Hail, Fisher
- When
- April 17, 1:30 PM CST to 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County, 2.71 mi ESE of Center
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 32.715, -100.407
Hail covered the ground.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 17, 2007
Another in a series of potent upper low pressure systems moving across the southern plains, combined with a surface dryline and cold front, produced showers and thunderstorms across much of the northwestern half of West Central Texas. A few of these thunderstorms produced marginally severe hail and damaging winds.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $13,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 happened
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Another in a series of potent upper low pressure systems moving across the southern plains, combined with a surface dryline and cold front, produced showers and thunderstorms across much of the northwestern half of West Central Texas. A few of these thunderstorms produced marginally severe hail and damaging winds.
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 Apr 17, 1:17 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 1:17 PM CST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 217 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 .UPDATE... RECENT ZONE AND GRID UPDATE ADDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 151 UNTIL 800 PM CDT THIS EVENING AND EXTENDED POPS INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND UNTIL THE WATCH ENDS. ALSO...INCREASED CLOUD COVER FOR MOST OF OUR COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. NO OTHER CHANGES. 23/HUBER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1251 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007/ AVIATION... THIS PACKAGE...LOW CLOUDS MOVING OUT. HIGH WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL BE MOVING IN VIA A DRY LINE TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION. MAY GET AN ISOLATED STORM THROUGH ABI SITE. WILL MONITOR PROGRESSION OF STORM ACTIVITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON W/ MOVEMENT OF LOW. OTHER SITES SHOULD BE OK. UPDATE... NO ZONE UPDATE IS PLANNED AT THIS TIME. CURRENT PACKAGE OK. PREVIOUS POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 74 47 78 55 / 40 10 10 10 SAN ANGELO 80 49 81 58 / 10 10 10 10 JUNCTION 75 44 81 53 / 20 10 10 10 SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COKE-CROCKETT- IRION-SCHLEICHER-STERLING-SUTTON-TOM GREEN. LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COKE-CONCHO- TOM GREEN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 74 47 78 55 / 40 40 10 10 SAN ANGELO 80 49 81 58 / 10 10 10 10 JUNCTION 75 44 81 53 / 20 10 10 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COKE-CROCKETT- IRION-SCHLEICHER-STERLING-SUTTON-TOM GREEN. LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR COKE-CONCHO- TOM GREEN. && 23/HUBER
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 4:25 AM CST, 9 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 525 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-181030- 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- 525 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. ENOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT TO BRING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A SWEETWATER...BALLINGER... BROWNWOOD LINE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE POTENTIAL ALSO EXISTS AN ISOLATED TORNADO AS THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH...FROM THE CONCHO VALLEY SOUTHWARD TO SONORA AND OZONA...STRONG WEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES BEHIND A DRYLINE...WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 12:46 PM CST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 146 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 TXZ049-054-171945- NOLAN TX-FISHER TX- 146 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR NOLAN AND FISHER COUNTIES... AT 144 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASTELLA...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HOBBS AND CAPITOLA BY 245 PM CDT PEA SIZE TO DIME 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. 11
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 12:53 PM CST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 153 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 TXZ049-054-064>066-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140-172100- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES- SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER... STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...BALLINGER...WINTERS... HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN... ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS...COLEMAN... BROWNWOOD 153 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM STERLING CITY TO BROWNWOOD. AT 150 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HAMLIN TO COLORADO CITY THAT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY IMPACT ROBY...ROTAN...SWEETWATER BY 3 PM. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG UPPER LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fisher
- When
- April 17, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County, Roby
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -100.380
Hail Covered the ground.
Hail, Runnels
- When
- April 17, 2:14 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels County, 0.91 mi SW of Wingate
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 32.040, -100.130
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 17, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, 2.91 mi E of Hawley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.620, -99.780
Hail, Brown
- When
- April 17, 3:39 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 3.02 mi ESE of Thrifty
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 31.810, -99.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- April 17, 3:49 PM CST to 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 0.91 mi SW of Brownwood
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.710, -98.990
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- April 17, 3:49 PM CST to 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 1.76 mi W of Early
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $13,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -98.980
The high winds blew a large tree onto a house and the strong winds downed power lines.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 17, 2007
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- Wildfire in Georgia, April 17 to 30, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 17, 2007
- Winter Weather in Colorado, April 17, 2007
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 17 to 20, 2007
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, April 17 to 19, 2007
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 17, 2007
- Heavy Snow in Montana, April 17 to 20, 2007
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, April 17 to 18, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, April 17, 2007
- Heavy Snow in Montana, April 17 to 19, 2007
More
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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: 24286, 24287, 24288, 24289, 24290, 24291, 24292.