Damaging Winds in Texas, August 30, 2003

Name: Damaging Winds in Texas, August 30, 2003
Start: 2003-08-30T14:29
End: 2003-08-30T14:40
Location: Texas

August 30, 2003 · NWS SJT · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Aug 30, 2:37 AM CST, 11 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:37 AM CST, 11 hours 52 minutes before

WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
337 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003

RAIN PERSISTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES...THAT RAIN
SHOULD FIZZLE OUT BY SUNRISE...HOWEVER WITH AREAS OF AN INCH OR MORE
OF RAIN AND ADDITIONAL RAIN LIKELY TODAY WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY.
OUR FF WATCH DOVETAILS NICELY WITH MAF...LBB AND OUN. WILL NOT
INCLUDE POPULATION CENTERS OF ABI AND SJT.  THO AS THINGS DEVELOP
THROUGH THE DAY THE DAY CREW WILL LIKELY MODIFY THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH.

VERY SLOW MOVING SYSTEM WILL CREATE SEVERAL FORECAST ISSUES. MAX
TEMPS...FLOOD WATCHES...AND POSSIBLY SLIDING RAIN FURTHER INTO THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO NAME A FEW.

AS OVERNIGHT RAIN DIES OFF...THE MAIN BULK OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH
THE FRONT STILL REMAINS WELL TO OUR NORTH...AS A RESULT WE COULD SEE
DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS TODAY THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED.  SO
HAVE TWEAKED POPS DOWN A BIT AND INCREASED MAX TEMPS FOR MOST AREAS
TODAY.  WITH THE FRONT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT POPS WILL
BE HI THROUGHOUT...WILL STRETCH POPS NUMBERS A BIT MORE INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MY CONCERN IS THAT THE FRONT MAY STALL
AND PUSH RAIN INTO LABOR DAY...BUT AT THIS POINT HAVE TOO MANY FISH
FRYING SO WILL KEEP CURRENT FORECAST IDEA THAT MONDAY WILL BE OK.

DIDNT HAVE TIME TO MESS WITH EXTENDED SO LATER PART OF THE FORECAST
REMAINS UNCHANGED.

ABI 085/065/079/063 6752
SJT 089/066/080/063 5873
JCT 090/068/081/064 3664

.SJT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
TX049...054...064...065...098...099...113.

OR FOR HUMANS...HASKELL THROCKMORTON FISHER JONES NOLAN
COKE AND STERLING COUNTIES

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 1:14 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-311915-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
214 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS
TO PRODUCE A CHANCE OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE
TO TWO INCHES COULD OCCUR AT SOME LOCATIONS...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
OVER THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL LINGER SUNDAY...AS THE FRONT
MOVES SOUTH. AREAS SOUTH OF A SAN ANGELO...SAN SABA LINE HAVE THE
GREATEST POTENTIAL OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

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The radar

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green

When: August 30, 2:29 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, San Angelo Mathis Fl
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 31.367, -100.500

Report by ASOS.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green

When: August 30, 2:29 PM CST to 2:40 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, San Angelo
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 31.467, -100.433

Strong thunderstorm winds went southwest to northeast across the city of San Angelo. The automated weather station at the airport reported a 69 MPH gust. The winds ripped roofs off of a few buildings.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, August 2003

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: 5333157, 5333158.