Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2003, 1:09 AM CDT for Haskell County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2003, 1:09 AM CDT (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2003, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Haskell County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 233 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSJT 160609 SVRSJT TXC207-160715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 109 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HASKELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 104 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF OBRIEN TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WEINERT AT 125 AM CDT HASKELL AT 135 AM CDT IRBY AT 155 AM CDT HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 3340 9987 3327 9999 3291 9947 3339 9947 $$ 27/BRAZZELL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 15, 11:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 11:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1100 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY AND THE HEARTLAND. AFTER COORDINATION WITH SPC HAVE CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 385 AND ISSUED A NEW TORNADO WATCH WHICH COVERS THE BIG COUNTRY ONLY. SPC CONTINUES TO BE CONCERNED WITH THE ACTIVITY DEVELOPING WEST OF THE BIG COUNTRY. BEST UPPER DYNAMICS WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS PORTION OF TEXAS. THUS...NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 AM. .SJT...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THESE COUNTIES... CALLAHAN HASKELL JONES SHACKELFORD TAYLOR THROCKMORTON FISHER NOLAN IN ADDITION...LAKE CAUTION BIG COUNTRY ZONES TONIGHT. 23/HUBER **** 800 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003 DISCUSSION **** AFTER COORDINATION WITH SPC...ISSUED TORNADO WATCH WHICH COVERS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SATELLITE AND WSR-88D IMAGERY INDICATING STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TO OUR WEST AND MOVING INTO OUR WESTERN ZONES. ENVIRONMENT IS RIPE FOR TORNADOS WITH CAPES EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG AND IMPRESSIVE HELICITY. .SJT...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THESE COUNTIES... BROWN CALLAHAN COLEMAN HASKELL JONES MCCULLOCH SHACKELFORD TAYLOR THROCKMORTON FISHER NOLAN SAN SABA COKE CONCHO IRION RUNNELS STERLING TOM GREEN IN ADDITION...LAKE CAUTION BIG COUNTRY ZONES TONIGHT. 23/HUBER **** 221 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003 DISCUSSION **** SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS BIG COUNTRY. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST DAY 1 SPC OUTLOOK FOR DETAILS ON SEVERE DISCUSSION. MODERATE SEVERE RISK DEPICTED IN THE OUTLOOK (ACROSS BIG COUNTRY) FROM I-20 NORTHWARD. SOUTHERN EDGE OF HIGH RISK AREA SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH OF HASKELL/THROCKMORTON COUNTIES. STILL A COMPLEX SCENARIO IN PINPOINTING THE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH INTO BIG COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. FRONT SHOULD BE LOCATED VICINITY OF NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY OR NEAR RED RIVER BY LATE AFTERNOON. POSITION OF FRONT WILL DETERMINE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THIS EVENING. STORM DEVELOPMENT OR MOVEMENT INTO BIG COUNTRY MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING. DRYLINE NEAR THE TX/NM BORDER TO MIX EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON INTO WESTERN TX...STAYING WEST OF OUR COUNTIES. COMPACT UPPER LOW TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN NM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TX PANHANDLE TONIGHT...CONTINUING INTO CENTRAL OK FRIDAY. DRYLINE TO BEGIN A WESTWARD RETREAT EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE WEAK PACIFIC FRONT OVERTAKES IT AND MOVES EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TX OVERNIGHT. AS UPPER LOW APPROACHES...STRONG LIFT AND INSTABILITY ALONG WITH VERTICAL SHEAR OVER BIG COUNTRY INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE EVENT WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STRONG CAP FARTHER SOUTH TO INHIBIT ANY STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STORMS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING ALONG NORTHERN PART OF DRYLINE TO THE NW OF OUR COUNTIES. FOR TONIGHT... GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY... IMPRESSIVE LIFT...AND LOW LEVEL JET SETUP ALONG WITH THETA E RIDGE...COULD SEE SOUTHWARD DEVELOPMENT AS PACIFIC FRONT OVERTAKES DRYLINE. COULD HAVE SQUALL LINE MOVE ACROSS BIG COUNTRY...POSSIBLY EXTENDING OR DEVELOPING FARTHER SOUTH. WILL CARRY THE GOING POPS AND SEVERE WORDING IN NEXT SCHEDULED ZONE PACKAGE. WILL RETAIN POPS IN OUR EASTERN COUNTIES FRIDAY. FRONT TO MOVE INTO THAT AREA LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. DRY AND A LITTLE COOLER SATURDAY AS UPPER LOW MOVES AWAY FROM OUR REGION. UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD INTO SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS OVER WEEKEND INTO MONDAY BEFORE FLATTENING TUESDAY. DRY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN DURING THIS TIME FRAME. AN UPPER TROUGH IS PROGGED TO MOVE FROM NORTHERN PLAINS INTO UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. TRAILING PORTION OF ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PROGGED TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TX BY TUESDAY. LATEST GFS IS STRONGER WITH THIS FRONT. GFS ALSO HAS WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVING INTO REGION..SUGGESTS ISENTROPIC LIFT AND GENERATES PRECIPITATION INTO NORTHERN HALF OF OUR COUNTIES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. WILL LOWER TEMPERATURES MIDWEEK AND CARRY MORE CLOUD COVER...BUT PREFER TO HOLD OFF POPS AND AWAIT ANOTHER MODEL RUN TO CHECK FOR CONSISTENCY. PRELIMINARY CCF ABI 068/092/059/086/062 51000 SJT 071/095/060/088/062 30000 JCT 072/092/062/089/061 32000 .SJT...CAUTION ADVISED ON AREA LAKES BIG COUNTRY ZONES TONIGHT 19
Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 2:30 PM CDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-161930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 230 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT RISK FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. THE FURTHER NORTH THE BETTER THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER. VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT AN AREA OF STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE TO NEAR MIDLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SLIDING EAST THROUGH THE BIG COUNTRY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING IN THE EAST...WITH A FEW OF THOSE POSSIBLY SEVERE. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY FOR THE BIG COUNTRY AND MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. 24
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 15, 10:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-154-155- 160645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1040 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... STERLING...COKE...RUNNELS...COLEMAN...BROWN...IRION...TOM GREEN...CONCHO...MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA. A NEW TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...FISHER...JONES...SHACKELFORD...NOLAN...TAYLOR. ..AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM CDT. 27/BRAZZELL
Local storm report, May 15, 10:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1051 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM 7 N BAIRD TX FX TORNADO
05/15/03 CALLAHAN CALLAHAN COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT REPORTED DOWN
POWER LINES...POLES...AND
TREES ON HIGHWAY 283 ABOUT
7 MILES NORTH OF BAIRD.
0859 PM 20 W MORAN TX FX TORNADO
05/15/03 SHACKELFORD CLYDE FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORTED A TORNADO AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 351
AND 604 OR ABOUT 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CLYDE. THIS
TORNADO MAY HAVE DAMAGED A
BARN AND A HOUSE.
0847 PM 5 SE HAWLEY TX FX TORNADO
05/15/03 JONES REPORTED BY AN AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATOR.
0818 PM ANSON TX 0.75 IN HAIL
05/15/03 JONES
0715 PM 1 S ROTAN TX 1.75 IN HAIL
05/15/03 FISHER
CEHThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher | 34 min |
| May 15, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones | 62 min |
| May 15, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 55 min |
| May 15, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 25 min |
| May 15, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan, Jones, Shackelford | 67 min |
| May 15, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan, Shackelford | 36 min |
| May 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 60 min |
| May 16, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 55 min |
| May 16, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 56 min |
| May 16, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Shackelford | 64 min |
| May 16, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 26 min |
| May 16, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 62 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.