Storm reports for March 25, 2003

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On March 25, 2003, 89 hail, 10 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Searcy County, AR.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (89)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $726,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (101 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Ellis County, TX (near Ennis) · Hail 1.50″ · $500,000
  “275 cars were damaged by a brief hailstorm. The roof of the showroom was also damaged.”
• Kendall County, TX (near Comfort) · Thunderstorm wind 86 mph · $80,000
  “Damaging winds knocked over several trees and damaged a home just south of Comfort in a path that ran from north to south. The winds tore a patio roof off the house, lifted it up over the roof and deposited it on the south side of the house.”
• Bell County, TX (near Killeen) · Tornado F0 · $80,000
  “8 air conditioning units on a school roof were destroyed.”
• Dimmit County, TX (near Carrizo Spgs) · Thunderstorm wind 86 mph · $30,000
  “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.”
• Zavala County, TX (near Crystal City) · Thunderstorm wind 86 mph · $10,000
  “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.”
• Brazos County, TX (near College Station) · Thunderstorm wind 66 mph · $5,000
  “Wind gusts at Texas A&M campus with construction damage near science building.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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