8 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Feb 28, 8:15 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 815 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2003 WINDS ARE LIGHT OUT OF THE EAST TONIGHT UNDER CLOUDY SKIES. A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING OVERRUNNING TYPE LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE TO THE AREA TONIGHT. WILL RAISE LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND HIGH HUMIDITIES. OTHER THEN THAT PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. NO OTHER UPDATES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. MARINE...BOY020 REPORTED AN EAST WIND AT 17 TO 19 KNOTS WITH 4 FOOT SEAS. WILL HAVE SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE GULF WATERS FOR TONIGHT. .BRO...NONE. 65 THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
TXZ248>257-011200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1159 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST. AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG HAVE FORMED OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTHEAST. AREAS OF FOG, SOME BECOMING DENSE, ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AFTER MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN 1 MILE WILL BE LIKELY, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED THEN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. PHILO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Soil moisture values were near to slightly above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values were near to slightly above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values were near to slightly above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values were near to slightly above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values were near to slightly above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values were near to slightly above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values were near to slightly above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
Soil moisture values were near to slightly above normal. However, the region still remains in a long-term drought, with local reservoirs at well-below-normal levels.
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, March 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: 5349178, 5349179, 5349475, 5349476, 5349477, 5349478, 5349479, 5349480.