8 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 31, 7:05 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 705 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2002 SHORT TERM...SEA BREEZE HAS CLEARED ALL OF CAMERON...APPROACHING MFE ATTM. GREAT NEW YEAR WX...AS WINDS QUICKLY DECOUPLE AND SEAS OFFSHORE SUBSIDE VERY QUICKLY. NO CHANGES NEEDED TO ZFPBRO. MARINE...SENT AMD FOR CWF TO DROP SCA ALL ZNS. SEAS DOWN TO 4.6 FT AT 00Z, IN NW FLOW OF 15G20KT. SEAS SHUD BE 3 TO 5 FT BY DAYBREAK, THE VERY MOMENT I CATCH THE 1ST FISH OF THE NEW YEAR. SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FM PHILO AND WATKINS .BRO...NONE. SYNOPTIC-AVIATION-MARINE...PHILO (58) MESO...WATKINS THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
GMZ130-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-011200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 900 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .THROUGH NEW YEARS DAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below normal levels.
Soil moisture values remain above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below normal levels.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5344600, 5344601, 5344602, 5344603, 5344604, 5344605, 5344606, 5344607.