Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS San Angelo, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1005 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

.UPDATE...
DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM MIDLAND TO COLORADO CITY. AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY WAS FROM HAMILIN TO JUST NORTH OF ABILENE TO WICHITA
FALLS. LARGE SEVERE STORMS JUST NORTH OF STAMFORD AT 10 PM MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH TOWARD ABILENE...BUT MAY TAKE UNTIL 1130 PM TO
MIDNIGHT TO REACH THE CITY.  MAY SEE STORMS IN NOLAN COUNTY GO
SEVERE WHEN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH DURING NEXT COUPLE
HOURS. NO CHANGES TO ZONES BUY STORMS MAY NOT REACH SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF CWA UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 631 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005)

UPDATE...
UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH 273 WHICH INCLUDES SAN ANGELO TO
SABA...THEN NORTHWARD ACROSS ALL OF THE BIG COUNTRY. STORM WERE
DEVELOPING SOUTH OF SWEETWATER AND MAY MOVE EASTWARD ALONG
I-20 TOWARD ABILEN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. LARGE SUPERCELL IN KNOX COUNTY MAY
AFFECT HASKELL OR THROCKMORTON 730 TO 8 PM TIME FRAME. LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL LIKELY TO DEVELOP WITH THESE STORMS TONIGHT...WITH
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 301 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005)

DISCUSSION...
SCENARIO SHAPING UP FOR AN ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM SCENARIO LATER THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT IN OUR REGION. A SHARPENED DRYLINE HAS MIXED
EASTWARD ACROSS WEST TX AND WAS APPROACHING AN IRAAN TO SNYDER LINE.
DRYLINE EXTENDED UP TO A MESO-LOW EAST OF LUBBOCK. A TORNADO WATCH
HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA JUST NORTH OF OUR COUNTIES INTO
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...WHERE THUNDERSTORM INITIATION IS IMMINENT.
FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE DRYLINE...EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ALONG THE DRYLINE AS THE
STRONGER PART OF THE CAP IS EVENTUALLY BROKEN. STORMS HAVE ALREADY
DEVELOPED NEAR FORT STOCTON.

EXPECT SCATTERED STORMS TO MOVE OFF THE DRYLINE AND AFFECT OUR AREA
NORTHWEST OF AN ALBANY TO SAN ANGELO TO OZONA LINE THIS EVENING/
EARLY TONIGHT. GIVEN THE STRONG INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT VERTICAL
SHEAR PROFILES...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. LATER TONIGHT
THE EFFECTIVE COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
RED RIVER AND INTO THE BIG COUNTRY. EXPECT ADDITIONAL STORM
DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. LOW-LEVEL JET AND 850
MILLIBAR THETA-E RIDGE SUPPORT HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WITH THE STORMS
OVERNIGHT.

CARRYING CHANCE POPS FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TX SATURDAY...WITH
THE BEST SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHIFTING SOUTHWESTWARD AS THE
FRONT CONTINUES SOUTHWARD. THE NAM AND GFS MODELS STILL SHOW SOME
DIFFERENCES LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. NAM TRYING TO BRIEFLY BRING
IN DRIER AIR FROM THE NORTHEAST...BUT IS LESS AGGRESSIVE THAN IN
PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS. WITH REMAINING MOISTURE AND POSSIBLY SOME LIFT
WITH WEAK EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES ALOFT...KEEPING THE POPS GOING
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. STILL HAVE SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH
TIMING...PLACEMENT AND STRENGTH OF THESE WAVES...SO LEANING TOWARD
BEING CONSERVATIVE WITH THE POPS AT THIS TIME.

THE RAIN CHANCE SHOULD DIMINISH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HEIGHT RISES
ALOFT ARE PROGGED THROUGH MID-WEEK WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING
ACROSS TX LATE NEXT WEEK. THIS PAINTS A DRY WEATHER SCENARIO WITH
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE 90S FOR THE
LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

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.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.

&&

04/04

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
220 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-
154-155-168>170-141920-
BROWN-CALLAHAN-COKE-COLEMAN-CONCHO-CROCKETT-FISHER-HASKELL-IRION-
JONES-KIMBLE-MASON-MCCULLOCH-MENARD-NOLAN-RUNNELS-SAN SABA-
SCHLEICHER-SHACKELFORD-STERLING-SUTTON-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON-TOM GREEN-
220 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS...BUT A WARM LAYER OF AIR ALOFT HAS ACTED AS A CAP TO
PREVENT THUNDERSTORM FORMATION SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. AS
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO CLIMB THIS AFTERNOON...THIS CAP IS
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND EVENTUALLY BREAK...ALLOWING THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT ALONG A SHARPENING DRYLINE FROM BIG LAKE TO SNYDER.
OTHER STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY FROM LUBBOCK TO WICHITA FALLS. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL
PUSH TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST...LIKELY BRINGING THEM INTO THE
WEST AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MOST LIKELY
AREA TO SEE ANY OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING WILL BE ALONG
AND WEST OF AN OZONA TO SAN ANGELO TO ABILENE LINE.

GIVEN THE INSTABILITY PRESENT...ANY STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL
QUICKLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS SUFFICIENT WIND
SHEAR THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW
ISOLATED TORNADOES...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
BIG COUNTRY.

LATE TONIGHT...THE STORMS MAY MERGE INTO A SQUALL LINE ALONG A
COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. IF THIS LINE
DOES DEVELOP...THEN IT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY SUNRISE SATURDAY
MORNING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ALTHOUGH COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BEHIND
THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL OF AT
LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. AGAIN...THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
QUITE STRONG...WITH A FEW PERHAPS BRIEFLY REACHING SEVERE LEVELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN BIG
COUNTRY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS
THE CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS EVENING.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
956 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0950 PM     HAIL             7 SSE HASKELL           33.07N 99.69W
05/13/2005  1.50 INCH        HASKELL            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEAR PAINT CREEK

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
958 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0925 PM     HAIL             WOODSON                 33.01N 99.05W
05/13/2005  1.00 INCH        THROCKMORTON       TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1005 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     HAIL             8 SSE HASKELL           33.05N 99.68W
05/13/2005  1.00 INCH        HASKELL            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL LOCATED BETWEEN LAKE STAMFORD AND US 277

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1017 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

TXZ054-127-140345-

NOLAN TX-TAYLOR TX-
1017 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR
AND NOLAN COUNTIES...

AT 1012 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OVER NOLAN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF
BLACKWELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSCOE.  THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE
AREA BETWEEN ROSCOE AND NOLAN THROUGH 1045 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION
CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING
BE ISSUED.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1026 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1023 PM     HAIL             STAMFORD                32.94N 99.80W
05/13/2005  1.00 INCH        JONES              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1052 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1045 PM     HAIL             8 NE ANSON              32.84N 99.80W
05/13/2005  0.88 INCH        JONES              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            IN CORINTH

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