Storm reports for September 7, 2003

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On September 7, 2003, 19 hail, 8 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 2 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Bailey County, TX.

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 (19)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1 million in property damage and $13.3 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (28 events in 2 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Dawson County, TX (near Lamesa) · Hail 1.75″ · $250,000
  “The second supercell thunderstorm to affect the Permian Basin this day resulted in a swath of large hail that damaged property and destroyed cotton and sorghum crops across northeast Dawson County. Hailstones ranging in size from pennies to golfballs fell along U.S.”
• Hockley County, TX (near Sundown) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $200,000
  “Strong thunderstorm wind estimated at around 80 mph caused major damage to the roof of a petroleum plant.”
• Dawson County, TX (near Sand) · Hail 1.75″ · $150,000
  “The evening's third supercell to affect the northern Permian Basin (the second supercell in Dawson County) resulted in up to golfball size hail that broke windows, caused roof damage, and damaged vehicles at rural residences in the vicinity of Sand.”
• Martin County, TX (near Tarzan) · Thunderstorm wind 90 mph · $120,000
  “The storm which produced the tornado quickly evolved from a classic supercell structure to a high precipition supercell as the occlusion process occured. This transition resulted in a broad swath of very strong and damaging southwest to west winds which crossed Highway 349.”
• Bailey County, TX (near Needmore) · Hail 2.75″ · $100,000
  “Storm spotters affiliated with the Muleshoe PD reported baseball size hail.”
• Andrews County, TX (near Andrews) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $75,000
  “Severe thunderstorm winds blew down at least 15 power poles along Highway 176 east of Andrews to near the Martin County line as the supercell storm moved across eastern Andrews County.”

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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