2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 3, 7:15 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 815 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DISSIPATE LATER THIS EVENING DUE TO DIURNAL EFFECTS. WILL HAVE SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT AND WILL TAKE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT OF THE FORECAST COMPLETELY FOR THE REMAINDER OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE BRO SOUNDING THIS EVENING SHOWED A PRECIP WATER OF 1.60 AND A K-INDEX OF 24. THERE IS A GOOD CAP AT ABOUT 6 THOUSAND FEET WHICH WOULD INHIBIT ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER ATLEAST THE EASTERN PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. OTHER THEN THAT PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. NO OTHER UPDATES ARE NEEDED AT THIS TIME. MARINE...BOY020 REPORTED A SOUTHEAST WIND AT 10 TO 12 KNOTS WITH 3 FOOT SEAS. VERY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... BRO BB 078/094 079/093 078 00/10/10/20/10 HRL BB 075/097 076/096 075 00/10/10/20/10 MFE BB 078/099 078/098 078 00/10/10/20/10 RGC BB 076/102 077/100 077 30/20/10/20/10 SPI BB 080/090 080/089 079 00/10/10/20/20 BRO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL BRO ZONES UNTIL 10 PM. SYNOPTIC...65 MESO-AVIATION-MARINE...60 THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
TXZ248>257-040500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE FOR WATCH INFORMATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 500 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...HIDALGO...KENEDY...STARR...BROOKS...JIM HOGG AND ZAPATA COUNTIES. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT AS A LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AREA FROM THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM OR MOVE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS THROUGH 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS AN AREA OF WEAKNESS DEVELOPS IN THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. IN ADDITION...A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL TEXAS FRIDAY PROVIDING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATER TONIGHT. SPEECE
TXZ248>257-040500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 505 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES CAMERON...WILLACY...HIDALGO...KENEDY...STARR... BROOKS...JIM HOGG AND ZAPATA COUNTIES. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA ARE ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...MCALLEN...HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND RAYMONDVILLE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO SPEECE
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 196 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:42 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management coordinator reported wind damage from very strong thunderstorms. The coordinator reported medium sized trees uprooted, sheet metal blown off roofs, and the covering of a little league bleacher destroyed.
Strong thunderstorm winds produced extensive damage to trees and tree limbs.
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, June 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: 5366370, 5366371.