An isolated thunderstorm developed across Sterling County and intensified as it moved to the southeast across northwest Tom Green County. The thunderstorm dropped a narrow swath of Golf ball size hail from north of Grape Creek into the northern portions of San Angelo.
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An isolated thunderstorm developed across Sterling County and intensified as it moved to the southeast across northwest Tom Green County. The thunderstorm dropped a narrow swath of Golf ball size hail from north of Grape Creek into the northern portions of San Angelo. The storm died across the northeast side of San Angelo.
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 May 28, 11:05 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1205 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...FROM SONORA TO SAN ANGEO TO COLORADO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AT 5Z. HEAVIEST RAIN IN SCURRY COUNTY LOOKS TO BE NORTH OF I-20...ACROSS FISHER JONES AND HASKELL COUNTIES. OTHERWISE MVFR CIGS AND IFR CIGS MOVING IN FROM EAST TO WEST. KBBD ACTUALLY IFR AT 900 FT. OTHERWISE IFR/MVFR SHOULD TO VFR 17-18Z AS CLOUDS SCATTER OUT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 717 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007/ UPDATE... MADE CHANGES TO FORECAST...MAINLY TIMING ISSUES. WRF MODEL INDICATES BEST CHANCE OF STORMS TONIGHT...NEAR CENTER OF SE NEW MEXICO UPPER LOW...AS IT MOVES EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT. WILL MAINTAIN THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES THIS EVENING...MAINLY CROCKETT COUNTY...PORTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND WESTERN BIG COUNTRY. RAIN CHANCES IN EASTERN SECTIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 659 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007/ AVIATION... SCATTERED TSRA IN A LINE FROM THE BIG BEND...TO THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...THEN BACK TO THE NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO ARE HAVING A HARD TIME SURVIVING AS THEY MOVE EAST TOWARD OUR ARA. WILL GO AHEAD AND MENTION A TEMPO FOR POSSIBLE TSRA OVERNIGHT FOR KSJT AND KABI...BUT WILL NOT HAVE A PREVAILING GROUP AS THESE STORMS WILL SOON LOSE DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A HARDER TIME MAKING IT INTO THE AREA. LLJ IS EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE STRONGER TONIGHT...SO EXPECT TO SEE ANOTHER BRIEF ROUND OF LOW LEVEL CLOUDS. HAVE TAKEN MOST SITES DOWN TO LOW MVFR HEIGHTS AROUND 1 THSD FEET. EXPECT THESE CEILINGS TO MIX OUT BY MID TO LATE MORNING. CHANCE FOR SHRA AND TSRA LESS THAN TODAY FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. EASTERN TAF SITES COULD SEE ISOLATED ACTIVITY. 20 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 62 86 66 86 / 30 20 20 20 SAN ANGELO 63 89 66 88 / 30 20 20 20 JUNCTION 62 87 67 87 / 20 20 20 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99/99/04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 249 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-292000- 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- 249 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WORK INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH NONE OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. WITH AREA SOILS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL...HEAVY RAINFALL OVER A SMALL PERIOD OF TIME MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DRIFT TOWARDS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MID WEEK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1002 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 TXZ076-290400- CROCKETT TX- 1002 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CROCKETT COUNTY... AT 958 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF OZONA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THE INTERSECTION OF US-190 AND HIGHWAY 137 BY 1020 PM CDT THE INTERSECTION OF US 190 AND HIGHWAY 163 BY 1055 PM CDT US-190 NEAR THE CROCKETT-SUTTON COUNTY LINE BY 1100 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 1027 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 TXZ064-290415- STERLING TX- 1027 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR STERLING COUNTY... AT 1023 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN STERLING COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... NORTHWESTERN STERLING 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 1101 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 TXZ071-290430- IRION TX- 1101 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR IRION COUNTY... AT 1057 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERTZON...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MERTZON BY 1120 PM CDT SHERWOOD BY 1125 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 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 1113 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 TXZ072-077-290515- TOM GREEN TX-SCHLEICHER TX- 1113 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR TOM GREEN AND SCHLEICHER COUNTIES... AT 1110 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 13 MILES SOUTH OF CHRISTOVAL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELDORADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... US-277 NEAR THE SCHLEICHER-TOM GREEN COUNTY LINE BY 1130 PM CDT CHRISTOVAL BY 1155 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 1203 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 TXZ064>066-072-290600- STERLING TX-COKE TX-RUNNELS TX-TOM GREEN TX- 1203 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR STERLING...COKE...RUNNELS AND TOM GREEN COUNTIES... AT 1201 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES EAST OF BROOME...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF STERLING CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 158 AND RANCH ROAD 2059 BY 1215 AM CDT SPENCE RESERVOIR NEAR PAINT CREEK RECREATION AREA BY 1225 AM CDT ROBERT LEE BY 1240 AM CDT BRONTE...TENNYSON AND MAVERICK BY 100 AM 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 1231 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 TXZ049-054-113-127-290630- NOLAN TX-JONES TX-FISHER TX-TAYLOR TX- 1231 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR NOLAN... JONES...FISHER AND TAYLOR COUNTIES... AT 1230 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROTAN TO SYLVESTER TO ROSCOE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF HAMLIN TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMLIN TO ROSCOE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MCCAULLEY BY 1240 AM CDT SWEETWATER AND HITSON BY 1245 AM CDT THE INTERSECTION OF US-180 AND RANCH ROAD 126 BY 1255 AM CDT LAKE SWEETWATER...NEINDA AND HAMLIN BY 100 AM CDT TUXEDO AND NOODLE BY 120 AM CDT TRENT BY 125 AM 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.
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:13 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail lasted for several minutes. The roar of the hail was heard well before the hail actually reached the observers location. Shingle damage was reported.
This hail occurred with the same thunderstorm that produced the hail in Grape Creek. The storm moved very slowly as it entered the northern portions of San Angelo.
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