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Tornado Warning 31, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2003, 6:55 PM CDT for Jones County, Shackelford County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 7, 2003, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jones County, TX, Shackelford County, TX
Did it verify
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.
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 7, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSJT 072355 TORSJT TXC253-417-080100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 655 PM CDT WED MAY 7 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 800 PM CDT * AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAWLEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF ABILENE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LAKE FORT PHANTOM HILL AT 700 PM CDT NUGENT AT 700 PM CDT ALBANY AT 745 PM CDT MORAN...IBEX AT 800 PM CDT A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3267 9984 3253 9983 3254 9915 3278 9911 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 7, 5:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 5:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 537 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2003 UPDATED THE ZONES AT 515 PM FOR TORNADO WATCH IN THE BIG COUNTRY...AND TO INCLUDE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TONIGHT CONCHO VALLEY...WHERE ENHANCED CUMULUS FIELD EXISTS. 400 PM DISCUSSION... CURRENT...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING CUMULUS DEVELOPING ALONG A BOUNDARY WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY INTO THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. SO FAR...THE CAP IS HOLDING. DAYS 1-3...GIVEN CURRENT CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT...WILL CONTINUE LOW POPS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES FOR TONIGHT. NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE FRIDAY WHEN THE DRYLINE WILL PROVIDE A SURFACE FOCUS AS IT BEGINS TO MIGRATE SLOWLY EAST AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY. WILL CONTINUE LOW POPS MAINLY FOR THE BIG COUNTRY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. NUMBER CLOSE TO GUIDANCE LOOK GOOD. DAYS 4-7...MOISTURE RETURNS QUICKLY AFTER THE FRONT IN THE FORM OF A DRYLINE. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE OVER MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MID WEEK...ESPECIALLY GIVE UNCERTAINTY OF THE DRYLINE POSITION FOR THESE PERIODS. THANKS TO OUN...FTW...AND LBB FOR COORDINATION WITH GRIDS. CCF PRELIMS... ABI 070/094/066/090 2002 SJT 070/095/068/093 1000 JCT 072/093/071/091 0000 .SJT...NONE. 23/HUBER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-081930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 215 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT...ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY...AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 14
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 7, 6:28 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
0628 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0626 PM SAGERTON TX 0.88 IN HAIL
05/07/03 HASKELL
0623 PM SAGERTON TX 0.88 IN HAIL
05/07/03 HASKELL
19Local storm report, May 7, 6:28 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
0628 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0623 PM SAGERTON TX 0.88 IN HAIL
05/07/03 HASKELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones | 61 min |
| May 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 64 min |
| May 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Shackelford | 60 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.