Texas, 2003

Damaging Wind in Texas, July 23, 2003

July 23, 2003 · NWS SJT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, 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
$8,000
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 Jul 23, 1:14 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:14 PM CST, 6 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
214 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2003

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING ALONG SOUTHWARD MOVING WEAK COLD
FRONT IN OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. EXPECT THESE TO CONTINUE A SOUTHWARD
MOVEMENT OUT OF OUR COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING
WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. WILL MONITOR RADAR TRENDS FOR POP AND
RAIN CHANCE WORDING THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. AT THE MOMENT LEANING
TOWARD A 20 POP FOR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. TAIL END OF WEAK FRONT SHOULD
STALL OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL TX TONIGHT...THEN DISSOLVE WITH SOUTHERLY
LOW LEVEL FLOW DEVELOPING.

UPPER HIGH TO REMAIN CENTERED OVER FOUR CORNERS REGION INTO LATE
WEEK...BEFORE EXPANDING EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL PLAINS OVER THE
WEEKEND. THE 850 MILLIBAR TEMPERATURE PATTERN INDICATES THAT THE
HOTTER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR IN THE TX PANHANDLE AND HIGH
PLAINS...WITH MID TO UPPER 90S EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL TX.

FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...PLAN TO KEEP A DRY FORECAST IN THE
ZONES. AT THIS TIME...THINKING IS THAT LACK OF SUBSTANTIVE UPPER OR
SURFACE SUPPORT ALONG WITH QUESTIONABLE MOISTURE YIELD LOW
CONFIDENCE IN RAIN CHANCES FOR WEST CENTRAL TX. WILL CARRY A LESS
THAN 10 POP IN THE GRIDS. WILL GO WITH PERSISTENCE FOR
TEMPERATURES.

ABI 069/095/070/095/073 00000
SJT 069/096/070/096/071 00000
JCT 070/095/071/095/072 20000

.SJT...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:27 AM CST, 9 hours 53 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-241030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
427 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO EDGE SOUTHWARD INTO THE CONCHO
VALLEY AND HEARTLAND REGIONS TODAY BEFORE STALLING THIS AFTERNOON. A
FEW NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

A FEW STORMS MAY OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
THURSDAY ALONG THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Kimble

When
July 23, 1:20 PM CST
Where
Kimble County, Roosevelt
Measured
61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$8,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.483, -100.050

A severe wind gust tore a roof off of a home.

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5373683.