Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 1 to 2, 2003

Name: Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 1 to 2, 2003
Start: 2003-06-01T15:16
End: 2003-06-02T00:31
Location: Texas

June 1 to 2, 2003 · NWS SJT · 42 events in 12 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 42

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 happened

The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.

Severe thunderstorms erupted over much of west central Texas on the first day on June. However the most significant storm of the day was a supercell that formed in southern Coke county then moved southeast towards Grape Creek and San Angelo. This storm caused significant hail and wind damage as it moved through Tom Green County. The storm continued southeast while producing hail and wind damage across Concho and McCulloch counties.

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 Jun 1, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
300 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2003

TONIGHT-MONDAY...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS SHORTWAVE
TRACKING EASTWARD FROM SOUTHEASTERN NM INTO WESTERN TX. EAST-WEST
STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS INTERSTATE 20 TO LIFT NORTHWARD TO RED RIVER
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHORTWAVE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS
BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WEST OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY BY LATE AFTERNOON...
AND EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE EAST ACROSS OUR NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL COUNTIES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. WITH INCREASING UPPER
SUPPORT AND STRONG INSTABILITY...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN
THREATS. STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO MCS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER
MCS COULD TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS OK/RED RIVER VALLEY AND THE
SOUTHERN END OF THIS COULD CLIP THE BIG COUNTRY LATE TONIGHT. WILL
BOOST POPS SLIGHTLY TONIGHT...AND POPS MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY IF GREATER THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BECOMES MORE CERTAIN.
WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.0-1.5 INCHES...HEAVY RAINFALL
AND LOCALIZED RUNOFF PROBABLE...BUT SPEED OF STORM MOVEMENT ACROSS
OUR COUNTIES SHOULD PRECLUDE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. WILL MONITOR
DEVELOPING SITUATION. AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIVES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO
THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MONDAY...FRONT NEAR THE RED RIVER TO MOVE
BACK SOUTH AGAIN AS A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TX. FLY IN
THE OINTMENT FOR WINDS AND FRONTAL TIMING IS IF OVERNIGHT MCS IN
OKLAHOMA DRIVES A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD INTO OUR
COUNTIES...AND WHETHER THIS BECOMES THE EFFECTIVE FRONT. A LITTLE
BETTER MOISTURE AVAILABILITY INDICATED OVER OUR EASTERN COUNTIES
MONDAY. WITH THE SOUTHWARD MOVING FRONT...WILL CARRY THE HIGHEST
POPS IN THE HEARTLAND AND NW HILL COUNTRY...WITH LOWER POPS
ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES TO BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ACROSS NORTHERN...
CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES MONDAY.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODELS DEVELOP AND CONTINUE
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH A SERIES OF MINOR SHORT WAVES. AT THE
SURFACE...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS OVER MAINLY THE BIG
COUNTRY. BEST POPS WILL BE TUESDAY EVENING AS A GOOD UPPER-LEVEL
VORT MAX MOVES OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. BIG COUNTRY HIGHS TUESDAY
UNCERTAIN...A MEAN BETWEEN AVN AND ETA MOS LOOKS MORE REASONABLE.
OTHERWISE...NUMBERS CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE LOOK GOOD.

DAYS 4-7...HAVE COMPLETED FIRST ROUND OF ALL GRIDS IN GFE AND HAVE
SAVED ALL TO INTERSITE COORDINATION. LATEST MRF STILL VERY
AGGRESSIVE ON POPS FOR THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHING
INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. GIVEN THE PERSISTENCE OF THIS SOLUTION WILL
INCREASE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WORDING TO CHANCE FOR THURSDAY.
FOR THE REMAINING DAYS...WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE. MRF MOS
NUMBERS LOOK GOOD FOR TEMPERATURES.

CCF PRELIMS...

ABI 071/093 070/090 068 41323
SJT 072/096 070/093 070 32322
JCT 072/097 070/093 073 23322

.SJT...NONE.

TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...19
SUNDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND...23/HUBER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-021915-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
230 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
ENCOMPASSES ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SONORA TO
RICHLAND SPRINGS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...CURRENTLY MOVING
INTO WEST TEXAS FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...WILL TRACK ACROSS THE
BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT. THIS WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEST
OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL
MOVE INTO THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO A STORM COMPLEX ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS. WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE...SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD
OCCUR...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE BACK SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
ON MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THIS FRONT...
WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS OVER THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL
COUNTRY. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
THE UPCOMING WORKWEEK...AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND
WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES AFFECT THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

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Event by event

26 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Coke

When: June 1, 3:16 PM CST
Where: Coke County, 13 mi W of Robert Lee
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.900, -100.700

Hail, Taylor

When: June 1, 4:28 PM CST
Where: Taylor County, 1 mi E of Abilene
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 32.450, -99.717

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 4:32 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 12 mi N of San Angelo
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.633, -100.433

Hail, Nolan

When: June 1, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Nolan County, Sweetwater
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.467, -100.400

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 10 mi N of San Angelo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.617, -100.433

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 4:48 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 12 mi N of San Angelo
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.633, -100.433

Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green

When: June 1, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 10 mi N of San Angelo
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.617, -100.433

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 4:52 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 10 mi N of San Angelo
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Property damage: $10 million
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.617, -100.433

The community of Grape Creek was pounded by hail up to the size of tennis balls combined with winds to 70 mph. This produced considerable damage to trees, roofs and cars. Hail of golf ball size or larger fell for almost 20 minutes. Severe hail of penny size or larger fell for 50 minutes. Almost every home in the community needed roof repairs.

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 11 mi N of San Angelo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.633, -100.433

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 4:57 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 1 mi N of San Angelo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.483, -100.433

Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, San Angelo
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.467, -100.433

Hail, Fisher

When: June 1, 5:12 PM CST
Where: Fisher County, Mc Caulley
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 32.783, -100.200

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, San Angelo
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.467, -100.433

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:17 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 1 mi NNE of San Angelo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.483, -100.433

Flash Flood, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:17 PM CST to 6:17 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 1 mi N of San Angelo
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.404, -100.462 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 10 mi N of San Angelo
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.617, -100.433

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:21 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, San Angelo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $4.0 million
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.467, -100.433

The thunderstorm moved from Grape Creek into the city of San Angelo. The thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail and winds to 70 mph over the north and east portions of San Angelo. This caused damage to cars, roofs and businesses.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 1 mi E of San Angelo
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.467, -100.417

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:26 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, San Angelo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.467, -100.433

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:28 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 1 mi N of San Angelo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.483, -100.433

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:31 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, San Angelo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.467, -100.433

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:32 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, San Angelo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.467, -100.433

Flash Flood, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:35 PM CST to 6:35 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 10 mi N of San Angelo
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.404, -100.462 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Coleman

When: June 1, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Coleman County, 1 mi S of Leaday
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.550, -99.683

Thunderstorm Wind, Concho

When: June 1, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Concho County, 9 mi N of Millersview
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.550, -99.767

Thunderstorm Wind, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:46 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 3 mi E of Wall
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.367, -100.267

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, San Angelo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.467, -100.433

Hail, Jones

When: June 1, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Jones County, Stamford
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.950, -99.783

Hail, Tom Green

When: June 1, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 3 mi S of Wall
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.317, -100.317

Hail, Jones

When: June 1, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Jones County, Stamford
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.950, -99.783

Hail, Haskell

When: June 1, 6:28 PM CST
Where: Haskell County, Haskell
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.167, -99.750

Thunderstorm Wind, Concho

When: June 1, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Concho County, Eden
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.217, -99.850

Thunderstorm Wind, McCulloch

When: June 1, 7:30 PM CST
Where: McCulloch County, Melvin
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.200, -99.583

Thunderstorm Wind, Fisher

When: June 1, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Fisher County, Roby
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $500,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.750, -100.383

Strong thunderstorm winds moved through the town of Roby and caused structural damage to homes. Car windows were broken by flying debris. Numerous trees and power lines were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sterling

When: June 1, 8:20 PM CST
Where: Sterling County, 2 mi N of Sterling City
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.867, -101.000

Hail, Coke

When: June 1, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Coke County, Bronte
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 31.883, -100.300

Hail, Coke

When: June 1, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Coke County, 2 mi W of Robert Lee
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 31.900, -100.517

Hail, Concho

When: June 1, 9:13 PM CST
Where: Concho County, 3 mi S of Paint Rock
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 31.467, -99.917

Thunderstorm Wind, Runnels

When: June 1, 9:25 PM CST
Where: Runnels County, Ballinger
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $6,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.750, -99.950

Serveral power lines and trees blown down.

Flash Flood, Tom Green

When: June 1, 10:50 PM CST to 11:50 PM CST
Where: Tom Green County, 2 mi S of Veribest
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 31.404, -100.462 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Concho

When: June 1, 11:31 PM CST to June 2, 12:31 AM CST
Where: Concho County, 5 mi E of Eola
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 31.327, -99.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sterling

When: June 2, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Sterling County, 8 mi NE of Sterling City
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.917, -100.900

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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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: 5370453, 5370454, 5370455, 5370456, 5370457, 5370458, 5370459, 5370460, 5370461, 5370462, 5370463, 5370529, 5370530, 5370531, 5370532, 5370533, 5370534, 5370535, 5370784, 5370785, 5370786, 5370787, 5370788, 5370789, 5370790, 5370791, 5370792, 5370793, 5370794, 5370795, 5370796, 5370797, 5370798, 5370799, 5370800, 5370801, 5370802, 5370803, 5370804, 5370871, and more.