2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 315 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2003 500 HPA TROF OVR SE U.S...WITH ASSOC S/W TROF MOVG OVER EAST PART OF S CNTRL TX THIS AFTN AND EVE...FCST TO LIFT NE FRIDAY AND CAUSE RIDGE ALOFT CNTRD NEAR 4 CORNERS TO BUILD SLIGHTLY EAST OVER S CNTRL TEXAS ON FRIDAY. SOME MARGINAL INSTABLILITY POSSIBLE OVER FAR EAST AND SOUTHEAST PART OF S CNTRL TEXAS ON FRIDAY...WHERE ISOLD SHRA OR TSRA POSSIBLE...WITH LIMITNG POPS FURTHER WEST. ON SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...FORECASTS CONT TO SHOW WEAK WX SYSTEM MOVG TO THE SOUTH AND THEN SOUTHWEST OF AREA BY LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY. THIS PATTERN WILL ALLOW FOR DAYTIME HEATING SHRA TO FORM OVER THE AREA IN AN ISOLD TO WDLY SCT PATTERN. THE TUESDAY WX PATTERN SHOWS POSSIBLE SHRA OVER WEST AND NORTH PARTS OF THE AREA...AHEAD OF NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM COMING FROM THE NORTH. THIS WX SYSTEM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY WEAK COOL FRONT OR MESO BOUNDARY NEXT WEDNESDAY...SO WILL SHOW CHC OF SHRA OR TSRA FOR NEXT WED. THIS PATTERN MAY LINGER OVER PART OF THE AREA THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHEST CHC OF RAIN OVER EAST PART OF AREA AND LOWER CHC OF RAIN WEST. PRELIMS... AUS 073 095 073 095 070 01020 DRT 076 096 077 097 076 20000 SAT 075 092 076 093 073 10020 .EWX...NONE. 08/18
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-251100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 554 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm winds produce a downburst estimated at 60 knots that blew down power lines near Sweet Home.
Downbursts between Yorktown and Westhoff blew over trees and knocked over power lines
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, July 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: 5376476, 5376477.