11 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 4, 7:47 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 847 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2003 MUCH QUIETER EVENING OVER WC TX...THUS FAR. AIRMASS THIS AFTERNOON WAS HEAVILY MODIFIED FROM LAST EVENINGS STORMS...WITH DAYTIME MAX TEMPS ONLY REACHING THE MID 80S UNDER LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STILL ABUNDANT AT MID EVENING...WITH DEWPOINTS OVER WC TX IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S AND 850MB DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TEENS C. GOES IR IMAGERY AND KLBB RADAR INDICATE A SOUTH-SOUTHEAST PROPAGATING MCS ENTERING THE SOUTH PLAINS AT 0130Z. PROPAGATION VECTOR BRINGS THIS MCS INTO THE FAR WESTERN BIG COUNTRY AROUND MIDNIGHT OR 1 AM. 21Z RUC AND THE 18Z MESOETA INDICATE BEST 850 MB MOISTURE CONVERGENCE TO REMAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL NM AND THE PERMIAN BASIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...NEAR A LEE SIDE 850MB LOW AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT. HOWEVER...20-25KT LOW LEVEL JET ALREADY EVIDENT ON KDYX VAD WIND PROFILER...WHICH MAY AID SOUTHEAST PROPAGATION OF THE MCS INTO THE BIG COUNTRY. ISOLATED STORMS OVER SW TX WERE MOVING NE AROUND 10 MPH AND MAY MERGE WITH APPROACHING MCS OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN. ANY STORMS THAT ENTER WC TX LATE TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE IN THE FIRST PERIOD. PER COORDINATION WITH THE SPC... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...INCLUDING WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...MAY BE ISSUED SHORTLY. TOMORROW EVENING/OVERNIGHT STILL APPEARS TO HOLD THE POSSIBILITY OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT OVER WC TX. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN THE EARLY MORNING FORECAST DISCUSSION. 14 -------------------- 355 PM DISCUSSION... DESPITE NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION...WITH THE ATMOSPHERE SLOWLY REJUVENATING ITSELF...DO NOT EXPECT ANOTHER THE WIDESPREAD OUTBREAK. HOWEVER STORMS ARE FIRING UP ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO THE TX/OK PANHANDLES. THIS WILL ALLOW A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLOW. WILL GO WITH THE SHORT TERM MODELS THINKING...WITH THE CORE OF THE SYSTEM SLIDING ALONG THE RED RIVER. HOWEVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THIS SYSTEM WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. THEREFORE WILL GRADUALLY REDUCE POPS FROM NORTH TO THE SOUTH. STORMS ARE ALSO POPPING UP FROM NEAR ROSWELL INTO FAR WEST TEXAS. MODELS ARE NOT INDICATING MUCH DEVELOPMENT WITH THESE...HOWEVER WITH MORE OF A WEST TO EAST FLOW WITH THESE STORMS...WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH. THURSDAY AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL ONCE AGAIN FIRE UP ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS...MUCH AS ON TUESDAY. WITH A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW...THIS WILL DRAG ANOTHER MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. WITH BETTER UPPER SUPPORT AND NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM PREVIOUS DAYS CONVECTION...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG STORMS DEVELOPMENT LOOKS TO BE SIMILAR TO TUESDAY NIGHT. THEREFORE WILL GO WITH HIGH POPS FOR ALL AREAS...WITH THE BEST CHANCES IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES. A COLD FRONT FINALLY DRAGS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING HELPING TO CLEAR THE STORMS ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR TO FILTER DOWN INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THUS HAVE BUMPED DOWN HIGH TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ON FRIDAY. SATURDAY THE ATMOSPHERE REJUVENATES WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNING. THIS WILL ALLOW DEEPER MOISTURE TO BEGIN TO RETURN AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. ANOTHER STRONG SHORTWAVE PASSING ACROSS...DRAGS A COLD FRONT THROUGH SUNDAY. ALSO THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE SUBTROPICAL JET PROVIDES SOME UPPER SUPPORT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. WITH MOISTURE POOLING UP ALONG THE FRONT...A LINE OF STORMS IS POSSIBLE. EXPECT CLOUDS AND SHOWER ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH THE NORTHEAST TO EAST UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW. OTHERWISE...RIDGING GRADUALLY BUILDS IN THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK...ALLOWING HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO GRADUALLY RETURN. PRELIMINARY CCF ABI 067/085/065/080 6362 SJT 068/087/066/083 3372 JCT 069/088/069/084 3263 .SJT...NONE. 24
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-051815- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 130 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXISTS...ALTHOUGH THE MASSIVE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE SOMEWHAT. BEST CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY EVENING/NIGHT...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. 25
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds knocked down some power poles in Roscoe.
Sherrif reported flooding all over the county.
Sherrif reported widespread flooding across the county with some roads completely impassable.
Sherrif reported significant flooding in and around Anson. Motorists were stranded on highway 277 for a time during the flood.
Numerous roads were impassable in the eastern portion of Tom Green county due to flooding. The most significant flooding was around the community of Veribest.
Significant street flooding reported in Coleman.
Significant street flooding reported in Ballinger.
Several roads were flooded in Taylor county, along with significant street flooding in the City of Abilene.
Numerous street closures in Brownwood due to high water. There was a report of 2.5 inches of rain that fell in 30 minutes.
Numerous trees blown down throughout the county.
Law enforcement reported high water over numerous streets and highways across the county including Richland Springs and San Saba.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2003
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: 5369742, 5369743, 5369744, 5369745, 5369746, 5369747, 5369748, 5369749, 5369750, 5369751, 5369752, 5369753, 5369754, 5369755, 5369756, 5369757, 5369758, 5369759, 5369760, 5369761, 5369762, 5369763, 5369764.