5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 12, 8:40 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 940 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2003 .PUBLIC DISCUSSION AT 940 PM... WE WILL HOLD WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST. BOTH THE MESOETA AND THE RUC40 SHOW SMALL PATCHES OF PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT...INTO EARLY TUESDAY. INDEED...THE FWD SOUNDING INDICATES MODEST ELEVATED INSTABILITY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. FURTHERMORE...THE ETA FORECASTS MODERATE ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...AND A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. A NEGATIVE FACTOR IS THE ANTICYCLONIC MID-LEVEL CURVATURE RESIDING ABOVE THE CWA. THUS... THERE STILL IS SUFFICIENT UNCERTAINTY TO KEEP LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME 26 .AVIATION DISCUSSION... A FEW SHOWERS CONTINUE TO FORM NEAR THE METROPLEX THE LAST HOUR...SO MAY NEED TO INCLUDE SOME TEMPO FOR SHRA OR POSSIBLY VCSH. THESE SHOWERS ARE WELL NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AND MAINLY DRIVEN BY WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT AND AFTERNOON HEATING. THUS...EXPECT THEM TO MAINLY DISSIPATE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. BETTER ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT SURGES NORTHWARD ON A STRENGTHENING...YET NOT VERY STRONG...LOW LEVEL JET. WILL KEEP VFR CONDITIONS FOR METROPLEX AIRPORTS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD AND MENTION SOME -TSRA BETWEEN 13-17Z WHEN LIFT SHOULD BE AT ITS STRONGEST HERE. SSE FLOW FOR MOST OF THE NEXT 24 HRS. 80 .PUBLIC DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 4 PM... NOCTURNAL CONVECTION NORTH OF WARM FRONT IN CENTRAL TEXAS CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH THERMAL AND MOISTURE ADVECTION OVER STALLED BOUNDARY. A FEW STRAY CELLS NEARLY AS FAR NORTH AS I-20 CORRIDOR. AT 230 PM...FRONT FROM COT TO HOU. WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH. ELEVATED STORMS LIKELY WELL NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY. CHANCES SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVER SOUTHERN ZONES. THE NW FLOW SETUP TUES AND WED WILL KEEP CHANCES TOWARD NORTH. NEXT FROPA WED NIGHT...BOUNDARY STALLS OVER CWA THURS. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCES AS BOUNDARY LINGERS. BEST SETUP APPEARS TO BE FOR N AND W ZONES FRIDAY...AS SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE PASSES TO OUR NORTH. MRF PUSHING SYSTEM FURTHER NORTH. CANADIAN SENDS IT MUCH FURTHER SOUTH...WHICH COULD MEAN RAIN FOR ALL. INTRODUCED FURTHER SLIGHT CHANCES SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER FROPA...AND FOR ANY MISTIMING OF SHORTWAVE. FRONTS THIS WEEK LESS IMPRESSIVE THAN OUR MOST RECENT DELIGHT. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL ALL WEEK. EARLY SEASON UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES BUILDING INTO THE REGION. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...IT IS WELL ENTRENCHED. MRF CONTINUES TO GENERATE PRECIP TO THE NORTH...BUT AM VERY DOUBTFUL. TEMPS SHOULD BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL NEXT WEEK...WITH LITTLE HOPE FOR RAIN. LOOKS AS THOUGH HEAT WILL POUR INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS NEXT WEEK. 25 FCSTID = 25 DFW 65 85 70 87 / 30 20 20 30 ACT 67 87 72 89 / 30 10 10 20 PRX 61 83 68 85 / 30 30 40 30 DTO 62 84 68 85 / 30 30 30 30 TKI 62 84 68 85 / 30 30 30 30 DAL 65 85 71 87 / 30 20 20 30 TRL 63 84 71 85 / 30 20 30 30 CRS 65 85 71 87 / 30 10 20 20 TPL 66 86 72 88 / 30 10 10 20 .FWD... TX...NONE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-131000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 350 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAJORITY OF STORM WILL REMAIN ELEVATED AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER...ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY...GENERALLY NORTH OF A SULPHUR SPRINGS...DENTON...TO GRAHAM LINE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:21 UTC.
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail caused roof damage to houses and minor damage to approximately 600 new cars at auto dealerships.
Occurred at Loop 12 and Interstate 30 on the west side of Dallas.
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, May 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: 5355792, 5355879, 5355793, 5355794, 5355795.