Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 7, 2003

Name: Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 7, 2003
Start: 2003-06-07T18:45
End: 2003-06-07T23:00
Location: Texas

June 7, 2003 · NWS SJT · 15 events in 6 counties and zones

10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $103,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 15

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 7, 12:50 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 12:50 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before

WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
150 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2003

.CURRENT...COLD FRONT APPROACHING LUBBOCK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
FIREWORKS SHOULD GET STARTED BEFORE 00Z IN THIS REGION...AS TCU
ALREADY EVIDENT ON VISIBLE IMAGERY. CLOSER TO HOME...MOISTURE
ADVECTION UNDERWAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...AS DEWPOINTS HAVE
RISEN INTO THE MID 60S FROM JUNCTION AND SAN ANGELO...TO SWEETWATER.

.TONIGHT...MCS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN VICINITY OF LUBBOCK LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN PROPAGATE/BUILD TOWARD SAN ANGELO AND SAN SABA
TONIGHT. STORMS MAY NOT REACH SAN ANGELO UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 1.75 INCHES...RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BIG
COUNTRY AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND...ALONG THE ANTICIPATED TRACK OF THE
MCS. CANNOT RULE OUT HEAVY RAIN FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE CONCHO
VALLEY...AS CORFIDI VECTORS SUGGEST DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHWEST
FLANK. IN ADDITION...SHOWALTER VALUES ARE GREATEST ACROSS THE CONCHO
VALLEY AND HEARTLAND...MINUS 6.

.SUNDAY...COLD FRONT TO STALL NEAR I-10...PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR MORE
DEVELOPMENT. ONLY CONCERN IS ATMOSPHERE MAY NOT RELOAD. BUT BASED ON
ETA CAPES AND CIN VALUES...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ERUPT WITH
ANY KIND OF HEATING. STORMS TO LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
UNTIL SURFACE INSOLATION CEASES.

.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW GETS ESTABLISHED ALOFT.
SERIES OF SHORTWAVES...SOME DECENT IN STRENGTH...TO INTERACT WITH
DRYLINE. WESTERN COUNTIES FAVORED. NO SHORTAGE OF MOISTURE WITH
DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE MID 60S AREAWIDE.

.EXTENDED WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY...GFS STILL BACKING OFF OF PREVIOUSLY
ADVERTISED RIDGING MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. IN FACT THIS ARE
TRANSITIONING INTO MORE OF A ZONAL TO SOUTHWEST FLOW BY THE END OF
THE PERIOD AS TROUGH DEVELOPS IN THE WESTERN US. THIS IS STILL
FAVORABLE FOR SOME SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
EXTENDED. NO ONE DAY LOOKS BETTER THAN THE OTHER AT THIS POINT AND
WITH CHANCES SO LOW...PLAN TO LEAVE OUT OF THE FORECAST AT THIS
POINT WITH BIGGER FISH TO FRY TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
MODERATE THROUGH THE PERIOD...HOWEVER IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT BAD AS
MOST SUNS ENERGY WILL STILL BE GOING TO DRY OUT THE ATMOSPHERE.
HOWEVER IT COULD BE QUITE HUMID.

PRELIMS...

ABI 063/078/063/088 9421
SJT 066/081/065/089 6422
JCT 071/082/066/090 3311

12PLANET/ISC COORDINATION WITH FWD/EWX. THANKS SISTER WFOS.

.SJT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY
AND HEARTLAND.

27/BRAZZELL/17

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 12:29 PM CST, 6 hours 16 minutes before

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-090000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
129 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BIG
COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND HEARTLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM BROWNWOOD TO SAN ANGELO
TO MERTZON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE SOUTH
OF THE APPROACHING FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY BY LATE AFTERNOON AND
BECOME MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE EVENING. THE STORMS COULD ORGANIZE
INTO A COMPLEX AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE HEARTLAND TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AS
IT MOVES DOWN INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND TONIGHT.

THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE
MAIN THREATS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY
WITH THE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES COULD OCCUR
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO THREE INCHES
POSSIBLE. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS...
SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE WATER RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED NORTH OF A LINE FROM MERTZON TO SAN
ANGELO AND SAN SABA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY...AS
MOISTURE REMAINS WITH THE PRESENCE OF WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES...
AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRAVERSE THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

27/BRAZZELL

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Event by event

10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Nolan

When: June 7, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Nolan County, Sweetwater
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.467, -100.400

Hail, Nolan

When: June 7, 6:48 PM CST
Where: Nolan County, Sweetwater
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.467, -100.400

Hail, Sterling

When: June 7, 7:38 PM CST
Where: Sterling County, 1 mi N of Sterling City
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.850, -101.000

Hail, Nolan

When: June 7, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Nolan County, Nolan
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.267, -100.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Nolan

When: June 7, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Nolan County, Nolan
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.267, -100.250

Hail, Coke

When: June 7, 8:48 PM CST
Where: Coke County, 5 mi N of Robert Lee
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 31.967, -100.483

Flash Flood, Sterling

When: June 7, 9:14 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Sterling County, 3 mi S of Sterling City
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.828, -101.050 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Water went over highway 87 south of Sterling City.

Flash Flood, Coke

When: June 7, 9:16 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Coke County, Robert Lee
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.889, -100.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Coke

When: June 7, 9:23 PM CST
Where: Coke County, Bronte
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.883, -100.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Nolan

When: June 7, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Nolan County, Blackwell
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.083, -100.317

Roof was blown off of a mobile home.

Hail, Taylor

When: June 7, 10:13 PM CST
Where: Taylor County, Dyess Afb
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates: 32.417, -99.850

Hail, Taylor

When: June 7, 10:25 PM CST
Where: Taylor County, Abilene
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.450, -99.733

Hail, Jones

When: June 7, 10:25 PM CST
Where: Jones County, 5 mi SE of Hawley
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.567, -99.767

Hail, Callahan

When: June 7, 10:48 PM CST
Where: Callahan County, Clyde
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.400, -99.500

Hail, Callahan

When: June 7, 10:53 PM CST
Where: Callahan County, Clyde
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.400, -99.500

Damage to cars and windows were broken out of homes.

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.

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: 5369765, 5369766, 5369821, 5369822, 5369823, 5369824, 5369825, 5369826, 5369827, 5369828, 5369829, 5369830, 5369831, 5369832, 5369833.