Storm reports for July 23, 2003

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On July 23, 2003, 31 hail, 36 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Placer County, CA.

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 (31)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $714,000 in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (68 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Kendall County, TX (near Waring) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000 · 1 injury
  “The east-west oriented line of thunderstorms associated with the cold front continued to move southward through Blanco County. As it moved into the southern part of the county, it produced a downburst between Warning and Sisterdale that knocked over many trees.”
• Horry County, SC (near North Myrtle Beach) · Thunderstorm wind 78 mph · $100,000
  “A National Weather Service storm survey determined straight line winds blew numerous trees and power lines down northeast of SC Hwy 9 along Little River Neck Road. There was some structural damage to several homes due to fallen or snapped trees.”
• Bandera County, TX (near Medina Lake) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $80,000
  “As the line of thunderstorms moved through the eastern part of Bandera County, it produced a downburst that damaged roofs of homes and knocked over trees in the Lakehills area of Medina Lake.”
• Kinney County, TX (near Brackettville) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000
  “As the east-west oriented line of thunderstorms associated with the cold front moved southward through Kinney County, it produced a downburst that damaged the roofs of homes in Fort Clark Springs in the south part of Brackettville.”
• Lee County, TX (near Lexington) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000
  “A cold front moved southward into South Central Texas on the morning of July 23. A line of showers and thunderstorms developed along the front and moved quickly southward. Strong downburst winds damaged roofs, and knocked over several dozen trees shortly before noon.”
• Blanco County, TX (near Johnson City) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $50,000
  “As a cold front tracked southward into the Texas Hill Country near noon on July 23, a line of thunderstorms that had formed along the front moved toward the south and southwest.”

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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