Texas, 2003

Flash Flood in Texas, July 6, 2003

July 6, 2003 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 3:02 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:02 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
402 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003

WILL MAINTAIN FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY. PERSISTENT UPPER LOW HAS
SHIFTED SLIGHTLY FURTHER WEST. MAIN CONVECTION HAS SHIFTED FURTHER
WEST AS WELL WITH MORE CONVECTION MORE SCATTERED IN THE EAST. WILL
GO WITH 60 POPS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER AND NEARBY PLAINS TO 30
FAR EAST. FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY, AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE
WEST, CHANCE POPS JUST ALONG THE RIVER WITH SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE
AS SOME SUBSIDENCE TAKES HOLD FROM APPROACHING TUTT LOW. FLASH FLOOD
WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED OR RECONFIGURED FOR TONIGHT AS SOILS
MOISTEN ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. TEMPERATURES STILL REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE
DUE CLOUDS AND RAIN.

ON TUESDAY, UPPER LOW MOVES FAR WEST AS TUTT LOW MOVES TO TEXAS
COAST. SLIGHT POPS WEST TO CHANCE EAST, THEN CHANCE POPS WEDNESDAY
AS TUTT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS WITH SLIGHT CHANCE ON THURSDAY
AS IT MOVES INTO MEXICO. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, UPPER RIDGE FINALLY
APPEARS TO REGAIN CONTROL WITH ONLY SEABREEZE CONVECTION EXPECTED
TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO SEASONAL AVERAGES, ALTHOUGH IN AREAS WHERE
SOIL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED THEY WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW A CATEGORY
OR SO.

PRELIMS...
AUS 090/073 092/074 093 32213
DRT 088/072 090/076 094 65412
SAT 088/074 090/075 092 52213

.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 2130Z TODAY...GENERALLY ALONG AND
WEST OF A MOUNTAIN HOME TO BANDERA TO CASTROVILLE TO PEARSALL LINE.

04/19
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:00 AM CST, 1 hour before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
600 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
MOUNTAIN HOME TO PIPE CREEK...CASTROVILLE...PEARSALL AND CATARINA.
THIS INCLUDES THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF DEL RIO. THE WATCH INCLUDES
THE COUNTIES OF BANDERA...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FRIO...KERR...
KINNEY...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...UVALDE...VAL VERDE AND ZAVALA.

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LOCATED TO THE WEST IS THE FOCUS FOR THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION.
HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MEDINA...UVALDE...ZAVALA AND FRIO
COUNTIES AND NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE DAY AT 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED AND
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCH POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
RAINFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WILL DECREASE MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM DRIFTS AWAY FROM THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Val Verde

When
July 6, 6:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where
Val Verde County, Southeast Portion
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.893, -101.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Showers and thunderstorms developed over southern Val Verde County as an upper level low pressure area drifted slowly toward the west. The storms produced a general 1 inch rain over the southern third of the county, with isolated locations collecting up to 3 inches of rain.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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: 5379480.