1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 27, 4:40 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 540 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2003 .CURRENT...SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE TRANSPECOS REGION IS INITIATING HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM COLORADO CITY TO MIDLAND. AND ACROSS THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY. .FORECAST...UPDATED FORECAST ALREADY SENT TO ADD ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BIG COUNTRY. WITH SUCH A DRY ATMOSPHERE...MAY NOT SEE MUCH RAIN HITING THE GROUND SO ONLY 10 POPS WARRENTED. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMISH WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME MIXING AROUND 9 PM. 27/BRAZZELL ....PREVIOUS DISCUSSION........................................ ANOTHER WARM DAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...WITH TEMPS HITTING 90 IN MOST LOCATIONS. VAD WIND PROFILES OFF AREA RADARS SHOWED 55 TO 60 KNOTS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE THIS MORNING...WITH THESE GUSTY WINDS MIXING DOWN THROUGH THE DAY. MIXING ALSO HAVING AN EFFECT ON DEWPOINTS... WITH DEWPOINTS DROPPING DOWN INTO THE 40S. FOR TONIGHT...BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRYING TO MAKE UP THE RIO GRANDE INTO THE TRANS PECOS AREA. COMBINATION OF BETTER MOISTURE ...APPROACH OF A WEAK SHORTWAVE...AND UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA. QUESTION IS HOW FAR NORTHEAST THEY WILL COME BEFORE RUNNING INTO THE DRIER AIR. AT THIS POINT...WILL KEEP THE FIRST PERIOD DRY FOR NOW EXCEPT FOR A FEW SOUTHWEST COUNTIES. UPPER TROUGH TO REMAIN PARKED ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH SEVERAL ILL TIMED SHORTWAVES TO RACE ACROSS THE AREA. BEST WAVE APPEARS TO APPROACH MONDAY EVENING AND WITH DECENT INSTABILITY ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE...STORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS PARTS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTH PLAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LOOKS POSSIBLE. WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY NIGHT FOR NOW. MODELS DO TRY TO DRY THE LOWER LEVELS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A SURFACE LOW PULLS EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WITH THE MODELS CONTINUING TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE...NOT MUCH CONFIDENCE IN ANY PARTICULAR SCENARIO. WILL KEEP THE SLIGHT CHANCE ALREADY MENTIONED FOR NOW AND SEE IF SOME MODEL CONSISTENCY CAN BE DEVELOPED BEFORE YANKING POPS FOR ANY PARTICULAR DAY. CCF PRELIMS.. ABI 065/088/060/083 -232 SJT 065/088/060/083 1232 JCT 065/085/060/083 -222 .SJT...NONE.
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-281030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 230 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE DRYLINE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ON MONDAY...A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. THE BEST CHANCES FOR A SEVERE STORM ON MONDAY WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM SONORA...TO SAN ANGELO AND THROCKMORTON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 26
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1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power company reported power poles were knocked down due to high winds from a severe thunderstorm.
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