Texas, 2003

Flash Flood in Texas, June 25, 2003

June 25, 2003 · NWS SJT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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 Jun 25, 7:30 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 7:30 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
830 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

VERY BUSY WITH ISOLATED SEVERE AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING.
PLAN TO MENTION HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL IN NORTHERN ZONES TONIGHT.  A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE BIG COUNTRY IF HEAVY RAIN
PERSISTS.  WILL INCREASE POPS ACROSS NORTHERN TIER ZONES.
OTHERWISE...NO OTHER CHANGES MADE.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.....

.CURRENT...ACCORDING TO THE AREA RADARS...COLD FRONT IS LOCATED FROM
NEAR LITTLEFIELD TO JUST NORTH OF CHILDRESS AT 230 PM. FRONT HAS
SHOWN SIGNS OF SLOWING THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. RADAR IS ALSO SHOWING SOME
SHOWER ACTIVITY WITHIN THE TROPICAL MOISTURE FEED THAT IS LOCATED
JUST TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA...HOWEVER IS FLIRTING WITH THE
NORTHWEST ZONES AT THIS TIME. AREA REMAINS IN THE TROPICAL SOUP AS
DEWPOINTS AREA WIDE IN THE LOWER 70S.

.TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SHOWERS AND MAYBE A THUNDERSTORM OR
TWO DEVELOP OUT TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONE OR TWO
OF THESE COULD MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
ALSO EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT
AND BY MID EVENING EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE GOING GOOD FROM
THE SOUTH PLAINS INTO OKLAHOMA. AS COLD POOL DEVELOPS...THIS SHOULD
GIVE FRONT A SHOVE TO THE SOUTH AND MAKE IT INTO THE BIG COUNTRY
COUNTIES BY SUNRISE AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING TO THE SOUTH WITH
IT. GIVEN THE DEEP TROPICAL AIRMASS LOCATED OVER THE AREA...STORMS
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...AND ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...DURATION OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LIMIT AMOUNT
OF FLOODING. AND WILL NOT ISSUE A WATCH AT THIS TIME.

.TOMORROW...FRONT TO MOVE TO THE NEAR SAN ANGELO BY NOON AND
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE IN DYING MODE BY THEN...HOWEVER EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES TOMORROW
AFTERNOON BEFORE FRONT EXITS THE FORECAST AREA. COOLER TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW. TEMPS AND POPS WILL BE NEAR MAV GUIDANCE.

.TOMORROW NIGHT...WILL ADD POPS TO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES
DURING THE EVENING HOURS...DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN FRONTAL
POSITION AND TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME POST FRONTAL
ACTIVITY.

.FRIDAY-WEDNESDAY...WILL BE INFLUENCED BY WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW FOR
FRIDAY INTO MONDAY. DO HAVE A 10 PERCENT POPS IN THE GRIDS ACROSS
THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE THREAT OF SOMETHING
DEVELOPING IN THE PANHANDLE AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO THESE
AREAS. BEYOND MONDAY...SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD AND
PUTS THE BRAKES ON ANY CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA. WILL ALSO SEE A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD
WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING THE UPPER 90S BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. IF THE TREND CONTINUES WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 100 BY THE FOURTH.

.SJT...NONE.

ABI 072/083/063/086/063 55200
SJT 073/084/065/086/062 4520-
JCT 074/086/066/088/063 043-0

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 3:05 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-262100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
405 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY MAY SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREAT AREA IS FARTHER
NORTH...CLOSER TO THE RED RIVER...SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE
INTO OUR NORTHERN OUTLOOK AREA. IF ANY STORMS DO DEVELOP OR MOVE
INTO OUR NORTHERN AREA...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
BIG COUNTRY.

23/HUBER

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Haskell

When
June 25, 9:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
Where
Haskell County, West Central Portion
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.178, -99.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flooding reported along California Creek.

What these are

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.

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: 5369988.