Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2003, 3:43 PM CDT for Coleman County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 23, 2003, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Coleman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSJT 232043 SVRSJT TXC083-232145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 342 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COLEMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF NOVICE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF WINTERS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN WINTERS. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SILVER VALLEY AT 355 PM CDT BURKETT AT 420 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING...AND STAY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3206 9968 3185 9968 3183 9923 3205 9922 $$
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 Apr 23, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 235 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003 BUSY AFTERNOON SO NOT MUCH DISCUSSION SEVERE WEATHER WILL MOVE OUT...LEAVING CLEAR SKIES AND SEASONAL TEMPS. FIRST PERIOD WILL CONTEND WITH SOME LEFT OVER PRECIP. PRELIM CCF... ABI 053/083/050/081 -000 SJT 053/084/052/084 0000 JCT 052/083/050/084 1000 .SJT...NONE. 25
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 5:44 AM CDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-241045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 544 AM CDT WED APR 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND ALL OF THE HEARTLAND COUNTIES TODAY. THIS MODERATE RISK AREA IS NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ASPERMONT TO JUST WEST OF ABILENE AND BALLINGER TO BRADY AND SAN SABA. ELSEWHERE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM ROTAN TO ROBERT LEE...SAN ANGELO...ELDORADO AND SONORA. THE DRYLINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MODERATE RISK AREA. INTERESTED PERSONS WILL WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO LATER FORECAST CONCERNING THIS THUNDERSTORM EVENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. 27/BRAZZELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Tom Green | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Jones, Shackelford | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett, Sutton | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Menard, Schleicher | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett, Sutton | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Coleman | 79 min |
| Apr 23, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 79 min |
Nearby
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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.