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Tornado Warning 42, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2003, 9:25 PM CDT for Tom Green 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
- Jun 3, 2003, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tom Green 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 3503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSJT 040225 TORSJT TXC451-040330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 924 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TOM GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERER THUNDERSTORM REMAINS OVER THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND WINDS TO 70 MPH. ALSO VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WALL AT 935 PM CDT VANCOURT AT 950 PM CDT MERETA AT 955 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM AND A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3135 10050 3117 10048 3112 10011 3151 10014 $$
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 Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 50 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION:RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 135 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TX. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHT MCS HAS BECOME DIFFUSE...BUT APPEARS TO HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF A BROWNWOOD TO SAN ANGELO LINE...AND MAY SAG SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS OUR REGION WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS FROM THE MID 60S NORTH TO LOWER 70S SOUTH... AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.2 TO 1.5 INCHES. PRECIPITABLE WATER MAY INCREASE INTO TONIGHT. AIRMASS HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS POSSIBLE WEAK SHORTWAVE IMPULSE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO EAST-CENTRAL NM. WITH CONTINUED DESTABILIZATION AND EROSION OF CAP... EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALSO EXPECTED IN FAR WEST AND NORTHWEST TX. THUNDERSTORMS TO ORGANIZE INTO MCS AND TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF OUR COUNTIES TONIGHT. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING EXACT MCS TRACK....BUT LATEST INDICATIONS FAVOR IT IMPACTING THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND THE HEARTLAND TONIGHT. SETUP FAVORS SEVERE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. GIVEN THE HEAVY RAINFALL DAYS IN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TX ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT...PLAN TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO CONTINUE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH SURFACE BOUNDARIES IN THE REGION. FAVORABLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO BE PRESENT AS WELL. THUS WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS IN THE FORECAST. TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF GREATEST POPS WILL DEPEND ON LOCATION OF SURFACE BOUNDARIES AND TRACKS OF EMBEDDED UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES. LATE AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST NM...TX PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST TX COULD RESULT IN OVERNIGHT MCS TRACKS INTO WEST CENTRAL TX. AT THIS TIME APPEARS THE BIG COUNTRY WOULD HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF BEING IMPACTED. LATEST GFS HAS WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS OUR COUNTIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. GFS ALSO BRINGS A WEAK SHORTWAVE EAST ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. BASED ON LATEST MODEL TRENDS...WILL BOOST POPS A BIT THURSDAY. LOOKS DRIER OVER THE WEEKEND WITH INFLUENCE OF WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. GFS BUILDS A BROAD UPPER RIDGE INTO SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NEXT WEEK. DRY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES ANTICIPATED FOR WEST CENTRAL TX NEXT WEEK. WILL UPDATE SOUTHERN COUNTY ZONES SHORTLY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BEING ISSUED. THANKS MAF FOR THE COORDINATION CALL. PRELIMINARY CCF ABI 068/088/067/086/065 82332 SJT 070/090/068/088/066 72242 JCT 071/090/068/090/067 52243 .SJT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY... AND HEARTLAND. 19
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 2:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-041900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 200 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS THE STORMS CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL SHIFT TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AS STORMS MOVE OVER THE TRACKS OF PREVIOUS STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR AREAS NORTH OF A SAN ANGELO SAN SABA LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 25
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ078-169-032330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 329 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... SUTTON...KIMBLE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-032145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 436 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003 ...SUMMARY OF VALID WATCHES FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 471 VALID UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...FISHER...JONES...SHACKELFORD...NOLAN... TAYLOR...CALLAHAN...STERLING...COKE...RUNNELS...COLEMAN...BROWN... IRION...TOM GREEN...CONCHO...MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 472 VALID UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... CROCKETT...SCHLEICHER...MENARD...MASON...SUTTON...KIMBLE FLASH FLOOD WATCH VALID UNTIL 5 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...FISHER...JONES...SHACKELFORD...NOLAN... TAYLOR...CALLAHAN...STERLING...COKE...RUNNELS...COLEMAN...BROWN... IRION...TOM GREEN...CONCHO...MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA...CROCKETT... SCHLEICHER...MENARD...MASON...SUTTON...KIMBLE 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 74 min |
| Jun 3, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan | 77 min |
| Jun 3, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sterling | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 70 min |
| Jun 3, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Coke | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Concho | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho | 76 min |
| Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Runnels | 75 min |
| Jun 3, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Brown, Coleman | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Brown | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Runnels | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 69 min |
| Jun 3, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason, San Saba | 91 min |
| Jun 3, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 2 hr |
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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.