Tornado Warning 11, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Apr 23, 2003, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)

Expired

Apr 23, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jones County, TX, Shackelford County, TX

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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.

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WFUS54 KSJT 231959
TORSJT
TXC253-417-232100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
257 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SHACKELFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  JONES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NUGENT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  EAST OF ANSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   LUEDERS AT 305 PM CDT
   FORT GRIFFIN AT 350 PM CDT

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

AT 245 PM CDT...SKYWARN STORM SPOTTERS FROM ANSON REPORTED GOLFBALL
SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF ANSON.  

LAT...LON 3281 9983 3264 9973 3273 9913 3293 9914
          3295 9957

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NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 23, 2:35 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

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.

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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

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