1 lightning, 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 Aug 26, 2:28 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 328 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 .DISCUSSION... AS WE APPROACH THE LAST FEW DAYS OF AUGUST...THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE DRY AND VERY HOT WEATHER IS GRADUALLY AND FINALLY LOSING ITS GRIP ON WEST CENTRAL TX. LATEST GOES WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER MS/AL...WITH SOUTHWEST MONSOONAL FLOW FROM FAR WEST TX...INTO WESTERN OK. THIS MOISTURE WAS EVIDENT ON THE 12Z MAF SOUNDING ABOVE 750 MB. AT THE SURFACE...A PREFRONTAL PRESSURE TROF EXTENDED FROM NEAR FORT STOCKTON TO SWEETWATER AND WICHITA FALLS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS TROF...WHERE MIXED LAYER CAPES WERE NEAR 2000 J/KG. ADDITIONAL TOWERING CU / SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FLOWING NORTH FROM THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...TO THE LOW LEVEL PRESSURE TROF NEAR ABILENE. TEMPORARY RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA HAS BEEN APPROACHED...BUT NOT YET REACHED...WITH DEWPOINTS HANGING IN THE 60S. EXPECT TO COME NEAR ENOUGH TO TEMPORARY RFW CRITERIA TO KEEP THE RFW GOING THROUGH 8 PM...PARTICULARLY CONSIDERING THE DRY LIGHTNING THREAT AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE GFS DEVELOPS AN MCS ALONG THE RED RIVER TONIGHT...NEAR THE SURFACE TROF/STATIONARY FRONT AND ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE. SUSPECT THE BETTER RAIN CHANCE MAY OCCUR SOUTH OF THE FRONT...STEMMING FROM EVOLUTION OF THIS AFTERNOON/S STORMS. ONCE THE BOUNDARY LAYER STABILIZES THIS EVENING...BEST CHANCE OF RAIN TO REMAIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20... WHERE STORMS HAVE THE BEST CHANCES TO BECOME ELEVATED AND EXPERIENCE THE BEST STORM RELATIVE INFLOW AFTER DARK. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE PANHANDLE WILL LIKELY MAKE ITS SOUTHWARD PUSH INTO WEST CENTRAL TX SUNDAY NIGHT...IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK MID LEVEL TROF PASSAGE. THIS FRONTAL PUSH SHOULD BE AIDED BY CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW AND WILL RESULT IN THE DECENT RAIN CHANCES FOR WEST CENTRAL TX. THE GFS MAINTAINS THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE CONNECTION THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. REMNANTS OF FRONT LINGERS OVER WEST CENTRAL TX THROUGH TUESDAY... WITH THE GFS MAINTAINING CONSIDERABLE QPF TO OUR WEST IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MONSOON. MEX GUIDANCE POPS FOR WEST CENTRAL TX LIKELY OVERDONE...PARTICULARLY IN THE NIGHTTIME PERIODS. WILL MAINTAIN INHERITED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE MIDWEEK TIME FRAME....WITH A WELCOME LACK OF TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES. TEMPS WARM SLIGHTLY LATE IN THE WEEK AS THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK TO THE WEST OVER TX. THE GFS MAINTAINS LOW QPF UNDER THE RIDGE. OTHER THAN ISOLATED DAYTIME SHOWERS OR STORMS...THE LATTER PART OF NEXT SHOULD BE DRY OVER WEST CENTRAL TX. 14 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 75 96 74 90 / 30 30 40 40 SAN ANGELO 75 98 72 91 / 20 30 30 30 JUNCTION 75 98 75 96 / 10 10 20 20 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...CALLAHAN...COKE...COLEMAN...CONCHO...CROCKETT...FISHER... HASKELL...IRION...JONES...KIMBLE...MASON...MCCULLOCH...MENARD... NOLAN...RUNNELS...SAN SABA...SCHLEICHER...SHACKELFORD... STERLING...SUTTON...TAYLOR...THROCKMORTON...AND TOM GREEN. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 135 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-271845- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 135 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING FOR HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER DANGER IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS GUSTY SOUTH WINDS COMBINE WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS. WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IN THE BIG COUNTRY...ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...IN THE VICINITY OF A OLD THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A COLD FRONT IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE THOUGH THE BIG COUNTRY SUNDAY NIGHT...AND THROUGH THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY. WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...A FEW AREAS COULD SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE BIG COUNTRY WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF HEAVY RAINFALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE AND FRONT COMBINE TO FOCUS RAINFALL IN THAT REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 211 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 TXZ114-262015- SHACKELFORD TX- 211 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR SHACKELFORD COUNTY... AT 205 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALBANY BY 315 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 312 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 TXZ114-128-262115- SHACKELFORD TX-CALLAHAN TX- 312 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR SHACKELFORD AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES... AT 310 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CALLAHAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF ABILENE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... SOUTHWESTERN SHACKELFORD AND NORTHWESTERN CALLAHAN COUNTIES. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 328 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 TXZ077-262130- SCHLEICHER TX- 328 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SCHLEICHER COUNTY... AT 327 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND RANCH ROAD 2084...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF ELDORADO... MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... EASTERN SCHLEICHER COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 354 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 TXZ064-065-262130- STERLING TX-COKE TX- 354 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR STERLING AND COKE COUNTIES... AT 350 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN STERLING COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF STERLING CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... NORTHWESTERN COKE AND NORTHEASTERN STERLING COUNTIES. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 402 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 TXZ127-262130- TAYLOR TX- 402 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 356 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OVER BUFFALO GAP...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... VIEW BY 410 PM CDT DYESS AFB...TYE AND ABILENE BY 430 PM CDT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 409 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 TXZ072-262200- TOM GREEN TX- 409 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR TOM GREEN COUNTY... AT 406 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 11 MILES SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SAN ANGELO BY 445 PM CDT GRAPE CREEK BY 500 PM CDT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:11 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning started a large grass fire in a rural Tom Green County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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