Damaging Winds in Texas, March 25, 2003

Name: Damaging Winds in Texas, March 25, 2003
Start: 2003-03-25T20:50
End: 2003-03-25T21:15
Location: Texas

March 25, 2003 · NWS EWX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $40,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Mar 25, 8:50 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 8:50 PM CST, 0 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
850 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

WILL BE UPDATING FCST DUE TO NEW SVR TSTM WATCH BOX BEING ISSUED.
NEW WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM.  PRIMARY THREAT TONIGHT HAS BEEN
LARGE HAIL.

.EWX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #76 TIL 2 AM.

13/04

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 5:44 AM CST, 15 hours 6 minutes before

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
544 AM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN HALF
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS
ALSO A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS FOR TODAY.

AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE SPREAD OF
WILDFIRES WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT.

ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AS THE FRONT ENCOUNTERS AMPLE
MOISTURE AT THE TIME OF PEAK AFTERNOON HEATING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A BURNET TO COMFORT TO
PEARSALL LINE.

ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS UP TO 2
INCHES. THE FRONT WILL PUSH EAST AND FOCUS THUNDERSTORMS AWAY FROM
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 25, 3:25 PM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes before

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-260300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
325 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

...INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS FOR PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTH AND WEST PARTS OF THE HILL
COUNTRY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING TODAY...TO PARTS OF
CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE
EVENING HOURS AFTER 6 TO 8 PM...AND OVER THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS LATER TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM NEAR THE COLD FRONT
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME HOURS.  SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM BURNET AND LLANO COUNTY...TO BANDERA COUNTY...AND TO DIMMIT AND
ZAVALA COUNTIES.  IN THIS AREA THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS.  ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD FORM WITH SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  ANY
THUNDERSTORM WILL CAUSE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS IN THE PRE DAWN TO EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY...AS THE THE
COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

SUNNY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...IN WAKE OF
THE COLD FRONT...AND ITS ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

Local storm report, Mar 25, 5:19 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
0519 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

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

0512 PM    CONCAN                    TX   0.88 IN HAIL
03/25/03   UVALDE

DC

Local storm report, Mar 25, 5:24 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
0524 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

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

0512 PM    CONCAN                    TX   0.88 IN HAIL
03/25/03   UVALDE                         REPORTED BY COOP
                                          OBSERVER

DC

Local storm report, Mar 25, 6:04 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
604 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

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

0545 PM    4 S BAKERSMITH            TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   KENDALL                        REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER

DC

Local storm report, Mar 25, 8:04 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
804 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

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

0638 PM    COMFORT                   TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/25/03   NEAR COMFORT ON MILL DAM       1 HOUSE AND TREES
           ROAD AT HIS HILL               DAMAGED
           BAPTIST CHURCH                 REPORTED BY HAM
           KENDALL

0640 PM    4 MI W BOERNE             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   KENDALL                        REPORTED BY
                                          HAM

0655 PM    BARTLETT                  TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   WILLIAMSON                     REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0737 PM    AUSTIN                    TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   OAK HILL                       REPORTED BY
           TRAVIS                         HAM

0740 PM    SAN ANTONIO               TX   .75 HAIL
03/25/03   BEXAR                          REPORTED BY
                                          HAM

0740 PM     AUSTIN                   TX   .75 HAIL
03/25/03    JCT HWY 290 AND HWY 71        REPORTED BY
            TRAVIS                        HAM

0740 PM    BARTON CREEK AUSTIN       TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   TRAVIS                         REPORTED BY AUS SCHOOL
                                          NETWORK

DC

Local storm report, Mar 25, 8:38 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
838 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

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

0803 PM    BEN WHITE AND I 35             .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   SAN ANTONIO               TX   REPORTED BY
                                          HAM

0807 PM    AIRPORT AUSTIN            TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   TRAVIS                         REPORTED BY
METAR

0808 PM    HWY 21 SAN MARCOS         TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   HAYS                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0809 PM    AUSTIN                    TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03   TRAVIS                         REPORTED BY
                                          HAM

DC

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dimmit

When: March 25, 8:50 PM CST to 9:15 PM CST
Where: Dimmit County, 10 mi NW of Carrizo Spgs
Measured: 75 kt (86 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 28.617, -99.967

The NWS survey indicated noted spotty roof damage and several trees knocked over in the town of Big Wells. Residents reported strong winds for 20 to 30 minutes, along with brief heavy rain and small hail. Similar damage was also noted along SH83 in northwest Dimmit County.

Thunderstorm Wind, Zavala

When: March 25, 8:50 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Zavala County, 10 mi W of Crystal City
Measured: 75 kt (86 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 28.683, -99.983

An NWS survey noted that several trees had been knocked down and large limbs were torn out of trees in a very spotty manner from the southwest corner of the county into the town of Crystal City.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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: 5346286, 5346287.