November 12, 2003: Thunderstorms dropped as much as 6 inches of hail east of Los Angeles, just two weeks after the area was ravaged by wildfires.
November 9, 2003: A severe thunderstorm producing hail and funnel clouds in the Central Valley was headed straight for downtown Sacramento, traveling along I-80.
October 26, 2003: Downtown San Francisco was a record high 94 degrees cool.
A strip mall in Northwest Austin contains a liquor store, a gun store, and a bank, right next to each other.