Texas, 2003

Hail in Texas, April 7, 2003

April 7, 2003 · NWS SJT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 7, 1:45 AM CST, 9 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 1:45 AM CST, 9 hours 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, 4:00 AM CST, 6 hours 45 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 radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Crockett

When
April 7, 10:45 AM CST
Where
Crockett County, Ozona
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.700, -101.200

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5352791.