1 tornado, 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 Jan 16, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 225 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2004 .SHORT TERM... COMPLEX UPPER TROUGH FROM THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST INTO BAJA CA TO WORK EASTWARD INTO TX AND THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SATURDAY...THEN CONTINUE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY. NEXT SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT OF THE MAIN TROUGH TO MOVE FROM MEXICAN PLATEAU INTO TX THIS EVENING/EARLY TONIGHT. RADAR THIS AFTERNOOON SHOWS LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL TX...MOVING NNE. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING INTO OUR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AFFECTING OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES CLOSER ANTICIPATE DECENT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR COUNTIES THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT...BUT SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WILL MONITOR RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS FOR POPS AND WORDING TONIGHT. BOTH THE ETA AND GFS INDICATE CLOSED LOW FORMING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CHILDRESS AND WICHITA FALLS BY SATURDAY MORNING. SURFACE LOW TO ALSO FORM AND TRACK SLOWLY EAST. A PREFRONTAL PRESSURE TROUGH PASSAGE DEPICTED LATER TONIGHT WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLY COLDER SATURDAY WITH GUSTY NNW WINDS FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD AIR ADVECTION AND CLOUDCOVER...ANTICIPATE SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE SUPPORTS THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS IN THE BIG COUNTRY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN FARTHER SOUTH. WITH CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE LINGERING AND UNTIL THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS SWINGS THROUGH...WILL KEEP A CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN GOING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WILL NEED TO MONITOR HOW MUCH COLD AIR WORKS SOUTH INTO THE BIG COUNTRY SATURDAY NIGHT AS 850 MILLIBAR TEMPERATURES ARE PROGGED TO DROP BELOW ZERO DEGREES C...WITH SOME DYNAMICAL COOLING AS WELL. AT THIS POINT THINK IT WILL JUST BE LIGHT RAIN. ONLY EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO RECOVER INTO THE 40S FOR HIGHS SUNDAY WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDCOVER AND 850 MILLIBAR THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE REGION. CLEARING AND COLDER SUNDAY NIGHT AS DRIER AIR AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILD IN. && .LONG TERM... WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGING TO OCCUR MONDAY AS UPPER JET ENERGY CARVES OUT ANOTHER TROUGH ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND SOUTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM TO INCREASE THE MOISTURE AND CLOUDINESS IN OUR AREA TUESDAY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR EVOLUTION OF THIS PATTERN AS A CLOSED LOW FORMATION IS PROGGED VICINITY OF ARIZONA. WILL CONTINUE THE RAIN CHANCE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE INCREASE AND WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY EMANATING FROM THIS TROUGH AFFECT OUR REGION. DECIDED TO KEEP THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DRY...AS THE GFS DROPS THE CLOSED LOW ACROSS BAJA CA AND DEVELOPS WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGING INTO TX. IF UPPER LOW TRACKS OR DEVELOPS A LITTLE FARTHER TO THE EAST...POPS MAY NEED TO BE ADDED FOR OUR COUNTIES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 50 51 32 43 / 80 60 30 20 SAN ANGELO 53 54 35 45 / 70 40 20 20 JUNCTION 56 60 37 48 / 80 30 20 20 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 14/19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 214 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2004 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-172030- BROWN TX-CALLAHAN TX-COKE TX-COLEMAN TX-CONCHO TX-CROCKETT TX- FISHER TX-HASKELL TX-IRION TX-JONES TX-KIMBLE TX-MASON TX- MCCULLOCH TX-MENARD TX-NOLAN TX-RUNNELS TX-SAN SABA TX-SCHLEICHER TX- SHACKELFORD TX-STERLING TX-SUTTON TX-TAYLOR TX-THROCKMORTON TX- TOM GREEN TX- 214 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...INSTABILITY WILL BE INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY. HOWEVER...INSTABILITY WILL BE INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 14
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado developed from a low topped storm south of the community of Novice and moved northwest across the community. Portions of two roofs were blown off of homes and numerous windows were broken.
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