Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 13, 2003
Start: 2003-07-13T14:10
End: 2003-07-13T14:10
Location: Texas

Where it happened

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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 9:55 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 9:55 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1055 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

UPDATED ZONE PACKAGE JUST SENT OUT.  RAISED POPS ALONG THE NORTH FOR
REMNANTS OF NRN SYSTEM THAT WILL DO A LITTLE MORE THAN SKIRT THE
AREA BEFORE DYING OUT.  IN DOING SO...ALSO TWEAKED DOWN HIGHS
TEMPERATURES DOWN A TAD ACROSS THE EXTREME N ALONG WITH INCREASING
CLOUD COVER.  OTHERWISE...ELSEWHERE...NO MAJOR CHANGES.  T.S.
CLAUDETTE STARTING TO THROW SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS SE LA COAST BUT
WILL NOT AFFECT OUR AREA TODAY.

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.SHV...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 11:00 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A BOUNDARY ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON IN CONJUNCTION WITH
AN UNSTABLE AND VERY WARM AIRMASS COULD IGNITE SOME ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THOUGH THIS EVENING.  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
SOME LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: July 13, 2:10 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, 1 mi N of Cypress
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.067, -95.283

Several trees down.

Hail, Franklin

When: July 13, 2:10 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, 1 mi N of Cypress
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.067, -95.283

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

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: 5365668, 5365669.