Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2003, 11:55 AM CDT for Schleicher County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 7, 2003, 11:55 AM CDT (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2003, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Schleicher 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 nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 973 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KSJT 071655 SVRSJT TXC413-071745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1155 AM CDT MON APR 7 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SCHLEICHER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 1153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF ELDORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELDORADO AT 1235 PM 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. LAT...LON 3097 10092 3072 10094 3086 10049 3108 10051 $$
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 7, 2:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 10 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 245 AM CDT MON APR 7 2003 .CURRENT...COLD FRONT CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY EARLY THIS MORNING. ALSO A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES COMING TOWARDS THE AREA FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE HAS BEEN SCOURED OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA...60+ DEW POINTS AS CLOSE AS A HONDO TO AUSTIN LINE. SATELLITE ALSO INDICATES INCREASING CLOUDS AS FIRST SHORTWAVE ADVANCES ON THE FORECAST AREA. .TODAY...COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS SHORTWAVE COMES ACROSS WILL SEE MOISTURE MAKE A LITTLE RETURN TO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. EXPECT TO SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY NEAR THE FRONT...WHICH LOOKS TO BE FROM DEL RIO TO NEAR JUNCTION. .TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY IN THE EVENING...DIFFICULT TO TELL JUST HOW FAR NORTH TO TAKE THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...BUT CURRENT THINKING IS THAT IT WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SAN ANGELO TO BROWNWOOD LINE. THIS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD EXIT TO THE EAST BY SUNRISE. .TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY...WILL SEE SURFACE CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. BY TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING...WILL SEE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. WITH THE DRY AIR MOVING IN...WILL SEE TEMPERATURES FALL RAPIDLY. DID LOWER TEMPERATURES SOME FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT NOT AS LOW AS POTENTIALLY COULD BE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A BRIEF FREEZE...BUT WILL LET LATTER SHIFTS TAKE A BETTER LOOK AT THIS. .THURSDAY-SUNDAY...WILL SEE RIDGE BUILD INTO THE AREA THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND GRADUAL WARMING TREND. THIS IS HANDLED IN THE GOING FORECAST...AND MADE CHANGES ONLY TO BLEND FORECAST WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. CCF PRELIMS... ABI 068/040/059/034 0110 SJT 073/041/062/033 -1-0 JCT 077/046/064/034 231- .SJT...NONE. 27/BRAZZELL
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 5:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-081000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 500 AM CDT MON APR 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 23/HUBER
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 46 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.