Hail in Texas, March 25, 2003

Name: Hail in Texas, March 25, 2003
Start: 2003-03-25T23:15
End: 2003-03-25T23:15
Location: Texas

March 25, 2003 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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
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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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 25, 9:40 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 9:40 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
940 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

A LONG NIGHT OF CONTINUED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN STORE FOR AREA
WITH NEW SVR TSTM WATCH ISSUED UNTIL 2 AM FOR MOST OF NW LA AND NE
TX. AREA OF STORMS NOT PROGRESSING MUCH...HAVING BARELY REACHED
EXTREME NORTH AND NW TIER OF LA. MODELS INDICATE UPPER DIVERGENCE
INDUCED LIFT TO MAINTAIN FAIRLY STEADY INTENSITY NEAR FRONTAL ZONE.
STORMS PREDOMINANT HAILERS...SEVERAL REPORTS OF GOLFBALL OR LESS
SIZE. RAISED SOME MIN TEMPS SLIGHTLY DUE TO LACK OF EXPECTED COLD
FRONTAL PUSH BEFORE DAYBREAK.

VII

.SHV..SVR TSTM WATCH FOR TXZ-067-459-315-423-183-203-073-
401-365-347-419-005-405-403-LAZ-017-015-119-027-111-031-
081-013-061-049-073-085-069-

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 12:00 PM CST, 11 hours 15 minutes before

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-261200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF THE FOUR
STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY SEVERE FEATURE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO BECOME
SEVERE...HOWEVER STRONG AND DAMAGING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE FOUR STATE
REGION ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A STRONG COLD FRONT ENTERS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 25, 6:35 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
635 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    CLARKSVILLE               TX   .88 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   RED RIVER                      REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0625 PM    AVERY                     TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   RED RIVER                      REPORT FROM GENERAL PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Mar 25, 7:50 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
750 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0635 PM    BOXELDER                  TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   RED RIVER                      REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0735 PM    ARGO                      TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   TITUS                          REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0740 PM    12 W ASHDOWN              AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   LITTLE RIVER                   REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Mar 25, 10:50 PM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1050 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    8 W ASHDOWN               AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   LITTLE RIVER                   REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0825 PM    10 S HOPE                 AR   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   HEMPSTEAD                      FELL FOR 2 TO 3 MINUTES
                                          ALONG HIGHWAY 29 REPORT
                                          FROM HOPE ASP RELAYED BY
                                          NWS LITTLE ROCK

0845 PM    12 W TYLER                TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   SMITH                          FELL AT THE INTERSECTION OF
                                          HIGHWAYS 2661 AND 64 REPORT
                                          FROM SPOTTERS

0900 PM    TYLER                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   SMITH                          FELL AT INTERSECTION OF
                                          HIGHWAY 31 AND WEST LOOP
                                          REPORT FROM SPOTTERS

0900 PM    TYLER                     TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   SMITH                          FELL AT INTERSECTION OF
                                          SOUTH BROADWAY AND 5TH
                                          STREET AND COVERED THE
                                          GROUND REPORT FROM
                                          SPOTTERS

0915 PM    ATLANTA                   TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   CASS                           REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

0920 PM    8 NW TYLER                TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   SMITH                          COVERED THE GROUND BETWEEN TYLER
                                          AND LINDALE ALONG HIGHWAY 69
                                          REPORT FROM SPOTTERS

0930 PM    RAVANA                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   MILLER                         REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

1000 PM    RODESSA                   LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   CADDO                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rusk

When: March 25, 11:15 PM CST
Where: Rusk County, Mt Enterprise
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.917, -94.667

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

Every storm in Texas in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5347492.