Texas, 2003

Hail in Texas, July 13, 2003

July 13, 2003 · NWS FWD · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 11:30 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 11:30 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1230 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

...AVIATION DISCUSSION...
VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH EVEN
CUMULUS BEING CONFINED TO AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF KCOT-K3T5-KGGG.
SCT/BKN MID LEVEL DECK FROM KABI-KRPH-KADM IS FIGHTING MID-LEVEL
RIDGING AS IT MOVES SOUTH...AND DO NOT EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT AFFECT
ON THE KDFW/KACT TRACONS. TSRA ACROSS OKLAHOMA WILL LIKELY SLIDE
SOUTHEASTWARD AND MISS DFW AND WACO AREAS. EXPECT SIMILAR CLOUD
PATTERN ON MONDAY. SURFACE WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN 160-200
THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD...WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY IN THE 8-12
KNOT RANGE.

65/DD

...MID MORNING UPDATE...
NO WHOLESALE CHANGES PLANNED. NOT REISSUING ZONES...BUT DID MAKE
SOME TREND CHANGES TO WINDS/TEMPS/DEW PTS AS MIXING IS ALREADY
WARMING THINGS UP QUICKER AND WINDS PICKING UP A LITTLE AS WELL. SO
WILL MAINLY REISSUE GRAPHICAL/DIGITAL FCSTS. STILL WATCHING NE RED
RIVER AREA FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLY BY MID AFTERNOON.

05/

.FWD...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 7:35 AM CST, 5 hours before
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-141100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED TO MENTION HEAT ON DAY ONE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
835 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A SHERMAN...GREENVILLE...SULPHUR
SPRINGS LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER WEST...MAINLY EAST
OF A BOWIE...WEATHERFORD...CLEBURNE...TEAGUE LINE. STRONG WINDS TO
50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO THE STORM THREAT...HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 102 AND
107...ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A
SHERMAN...TERRELL...FAIRFIELD LINE. AVOID OVER EXERTION IF WORKING
OUTDOORS...AND NEVER LEAVE PETS OR PEOPLE IN AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY EAST AND SOUTH OF A
TEMPLE...TEAGUE...ATHENS LINE.  LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY WITH THE SLIGHT RISK AREA.
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FURTHER WEST.

65/DD

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 185 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:36 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lamar

When
July 13, 12:35 PM CST
Where
Lamar County, 5 mi N of Novice
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.850, -95.383

Hail, Hopkins

When
July 13, 2:25 PM CST
Where
Hopkins County, Sulphur Spgs
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
33.133, -95.600

Reported by a radio station.

What these are

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

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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: 5378550, 5378551.