Hail, Newton
- When
- March 18, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County, 9 mi N of Burkeville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.133, -93.633
Hail in Texas, March 18, 2003
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 18, 1:00 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 1:00 PM CST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 100 PM CST TUE MAR 18 2003 UPDATE...MARINE FORECASTER WILL ISSUE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HIGH ISLAND TO CAMERON. TIGHTENING GRADIENT IS SEEN WITH BOUNDARY MOVING TOWARD COAST. SPC HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 5 PM. LOOKS LIKE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA AS FRONTAL SYSTEM AND STRONG JET MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA. FIRST LOOK AT DATA COMING BACK FROM RAOB IN THE AIR SHOWS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND SOME LOW LEVEL DIRECTIONAL AND SPEED SHEAR. WILL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY. NOTE: LAKE CHARLES WILL BE DOING A SPECIAL 18Z RAOB TO SUPPORT SPC. .LCH...TOR WATCH...TXZ180>182-201-215-216-LAZ027-028-030-031-041-042- 051-UNTIL 5PM...SCA...GMZ450-470. .UPDATED NUMBERS... AEX 73/52/78/48/78 63000 BPT 77/53/77/52/77 50000 LCH 78/54/78/51/77 50000 LFT 79/54/78/49/78 32000 7-RUA
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 7:28 AM CST, 6 hours 22 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-191200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 728 AM CST TUE MAR 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL... SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ACROSS THE PINEY HILLS REGION OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. A FRONTAL SYSTEM ADVANCING OUT OF SOUTH TEXAS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA JUST AFTER MIDDAY, THEN CONTINUE TO THE NORTHEAST, EXITING THE ALEXANDRIA AREA JUST AFTER DUSK. AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE AHEAD OF THIS ADVANCING FRONTAL SYSTEM. THE AREA UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT IS ALEXANDRIA AND VICINITY. ALSO MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SABINE AND NECHES RIVERS. SEE LATEST STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR TODAY. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA OVERNIGHT THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THE TIME PERIOD WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. TRARES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 18, 1:08 PM CST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
108 PM CST TUE MAR 18 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1250 PM HONEY ISLAND TX WIND DAMAGE
03/18/03 HARDIN TREES DOWN IN HONEY
ISLAND. REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
FNLocal storm report, Mar 18, 1:14 PM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
114 PM CST TUE MAR 18 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0102 PM 1 W WOODVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
03/18/03 TYLER BARN DESTROYED. TREE DOWN.
REPORTED BY WOODVILLE
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
FNThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in New York, March 18 to 23, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 18, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 18, 2003
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 18, 2003
- Rip Current in Florida, March 18, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, March 18, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Florida, March 18, 2003
- Hail in Alabama, March 18, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 18, 2003
- Hail in Texas, March 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 18, 2003
More
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2003
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: 5346371.