Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2003, 9:48 PM CDT for Concho County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
- Jun 1, 2003, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2003, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Concho 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 1772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
078 WUUS54 KSJT 020248 SVRSJT TXC095-020345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 948 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CONCHO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 944 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF PAINT ROCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MILLERSVIEW AT 1020 PM CDT HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3158 9997 3144 10009 3133 9963 3149 9961 $$
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 Jun 1, 9:30 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 9:30 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 930 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 ZONE UPDATE RECENTLY SENT FOR NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. GOES WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND WIND PROFILER NETWORK INDICATE A SHORTWAVE TROF OVER NM...EMBEDDED IN GENERAL NW FLOW ALOFT. ASSOCIATED COLD MID LEVEL COLD POOL EXPECTED TO ENHANCE DAMAGING WIND THREAT WITH SQUALL LINE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA. 14 -------------------- 300 PM DISCUSSION... TONIGHT-MONDAY...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS SHORTWAVE TRACKING EASTWARD FROM SOUTHEASTERN NM INTO WESTERN TX. EAST-WEST STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS INTERSTATE 20 TO LIFT NORTHWARD TO RED RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHORTWAVE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY BY LATE AFTERNOON... AND EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE EAST ACROSS OUR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COUNTIES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. WITH INCREASING UPPER SUPPORT AND STRONG INSTABILITY...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO MCS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER MCS COULD TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS OK/RED RIVER VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS COULD CLIP THE BIG COUNTRY LATE TONIGHT. WILL BOOST POPS SLIGHTLY TONIGHT...AND POPS MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IF GREATER THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BECOMES MORE CERTAIN. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.0-1.5 INCHES...HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED RUNOFF PROBABLE...BUT SPEED OF STORM MOVEMENT ACROSS OUR COUNTIES SHOULD PRECLUDE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. WILL MONITOR DEVELOPING SITUATION. AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIVES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MONDAY...FRONT NEAR THE RED RIVER TO MOVE BACK SOUTH AGAIN AS A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TX. FLY IN THE OINTMENT FOR WINDS AND FRONTAL TIMING IS IF OVERNIGHT MCS IN OKLAHOMA DRIVES A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD INTO OUR COUNTIES...AND WHETHER THIS BECOMES THE EFFECTIVE FRONT. A LITTLE BETTER MOISTURE AVAILABILITY INDICATED OVER OUR EASTERN COUNTIES MONDAY. WITH THE SOUTHWARD MOVING FRONT...WILL CARRY THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE HEARTLAND AND NW HILL COUNTRY...WITH LOWER POPS ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES TO BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ACROSS NORTHERN... CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES MONDAY. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODELS DEVELOP AND CONTINUE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH A SERIES OF MINOR SHORT WAVES. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS OVER MAINLY THE BIG COUNTRY. BEST POPS WILL BE TUESDAY EVENING AS A GOOD UPPER-LEVEL VORT MAX MOVES OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. BIG COUNTRY HIGHS TUESDAY UNCERTAIN...A MEAN BETWEEN AVN AND ETA MOS LOOKS MORE REASONABLE. OTHERWISE...NUMBERS CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE LOOK GOOD. DAYS 4-7...HAVE COMPLETED FIRST ROUND OF ALL GRIDS IN GFE AND HAVE SAVED ALL TO INTERSITE COORDINATION. LATEST MRF STILL VERY AGGRESSIVE ON POPS FOR THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. GIVEN THE PERSISTENCE OF THIS SOLUTION WILL INCREASE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WORDING TO CHANCE FOR THURSDAY. FOR THE REMAINING DAYS...WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE. MRF MOS NUMBERS LOOK GOOD FOR TEMPERATURES. CCF PRELIMS... ABI 071/093 070/090 068 41323 SJT 072/096 070/093 070 32322 JCT 072/097 070/093 073 23322 .SJT...NONE. TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...19 SUNDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND...23/HUBER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-021915- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA ENCOMPASSES ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SONORA TO RICHLAND SPRINGS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...CURRENTLY MOVING INTO WEST TEXAS FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...WILL TRACK ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT. THIS WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO A STORM COMPLEX ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE...SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE BACK SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THIS FRONT... WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS OVER THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORKWEEK...AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES AFFECT THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. 19
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
0536 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0528 PM 1 E ABILENE TX 0.88 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TAYLOR
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Jun 1, 5:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
0554 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0532 PM 3 N GRAPE CREEK TX 0.88 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Jun 1, 5:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
0555 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM GRAPE CREEK TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Jun 1, 5:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
0556 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM GRAPE CREEK TX 70 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Jun 1, 9:32 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT : CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
0932 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM SAN ANGELO TX 0.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0646 PM 3 E WALL TX 70 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0635 PM GRAPE CREEK TX FLASH FLOOD
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0632 PM SAN ANGELO TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0621 PM SAN ANGELO TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0617 PM 1 N SAN ANGELO TX FLASH FLOOD
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0615 PM SAN ANGELO TX 1.00 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0550 PM GRAPE CREEK TX 70 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0545 PM GRAPE CREEK TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0532 PM 3 N GRAPE CREEK TX 0.88 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0528 PM 1 E ABILENE TX 0.88 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TAYLOR
0416 PM 13 W ROBERT LEE TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 COKE
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Jun 1, 9:40 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT : CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
0940 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0728 PM HASKELL TX 0.88 IN HAIL
06/01/03 HASKELL
0700 PM STAMFORD TX 2.50 IN HAIL
06/01/03 JONES
0650 PM STAMFORD TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 JONES
0650 PM SAN ANGELO TX 0.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0646 PM 3 E WALL TX 70 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0635 PM GRAPE CREEK TX FLASH FLOOD
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0632 PM SAN ANGELO TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0621 PM SAN ANGELO TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0620 PM GRAPE CREEK TX 1.00 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0617 PM 1 N SAN ANGELO TX FLASH FLOOD
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0615 PM SAN ANGELO TX 1.00 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0550 PM GRAPE CREEK TX 70 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0545 PM GRAPE CREEK TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0532 PM 3 N GRAPE CREEK TX 0.88 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TOM GREEN
0528 PM 1 E ABILENE TX 0.88 IN HAIL
06/01/03 TAYLOR
0416 PM 13 W ROBERT LEE TX 1.75 IN HAIL
06/01/03 COKE
BRAZZELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 68 min |
| Jun 1, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 71 min |
| Jun 1, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 11:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Concho | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Sterling | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
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.