Hail in Texas, May 1, 2003

Name: Hail in Texas, May 1, 2003
Start: 2003-05-01T21:40
End: 2003-05-01T21:40
Location: Texas

May 1, 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.

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Heat and drought
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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 May 1, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
900 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

THE MAIN ACTIVITY IS WITH THE SUPERCELL OVER MCCURTAIN/SEVIER
COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST.  MORE DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF THIS SUPERCELL.  EARLY REPORTS INDICATE A TORNADO HIT
THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF BROKEN BOW. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY
WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  HOWEVER...MORE ACTIVITY MIGHT FORM
LATER TONIGHT ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND PUSH INTO THE AREA.  WILL
ONLY MAKE A FEW TWEAKS TO THE CURRENT FORECAST...AND ADD THE NEW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ACROSS THE NORTH.

UPDATE OUT SHORTLY.

22

.SHV...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 11:00 AM CST, 10 hours 40 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>167-021700-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS FRONT...COMBINED WITH
NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM EARLIER CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN
ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...WILL HELP TO GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FOUR STATE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE PINEY
WOODS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
WITH A THUNDERSTORM THREAT FOR LATER THIS EVENING AND LATE TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA. WITH THE AID OF AFTERNOON HEATING...ENOUGH
INSTABILITY WILL EXIST THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE
ACROSS THESE AREAS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY
THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
ON FRIDAY THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE SOUTHWARD INTO THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR...AND THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL EFFECT NORTHEAST TEXAS
AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 6:33 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
733 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

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

0655 PM    PICKENS                   OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/01/03   MCCURTAIN                      REPORTED BY THE GENERAL
                                          PUBLIC.

Local storm report, May 1, 7:36 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
836 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

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

0830 PM    BROKEN BOW                OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/03   MCCURTAIN                      REPORTED BY FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT.

Local storm report, May 1, 8:49 PM CST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
949 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

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

0700 PM    PICKENS                   OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/01/03   MCCURTAIN                      LARGE TREES DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY GENERAL PUBLIC.

0805 PM    BROKEN BOW                OK   TORNADO
05/01/03   MCCURTAIN                      POSSIBLE TORNADO...PENDING
                                          NWS SURVEY. HOUSE DAMAGED
                                          NORTHEAST OF TOWN ON
                                          CURRENCE ROAD. NUMEROUS
                                          TREES DOWN. REPORT BY FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT.

0932 PM    2 W CROSS ROADS           AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/03   LITTLE RIVER                   REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm report, May 1, 9:27 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1027 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

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

1000 PM    FOREMAN                   AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/03   LITTLE RIVER                   REPORT RELAYED BY NWS IN
                                          LITTLE ROCK.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:37 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bowie

When: May 1, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Bowie County, 2 mi NW of Texarkana
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.450, -94.067

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, May 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: 5354499.