Severe thunderstorms developed in the afternoon. The thunderstorms affected the Northern Edwards Plateau, the Heartland and the Northwest Hill Country.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed in the afternoon. The thunderstorms affected the Northern Edwards Plateau, the Heartland and the Northwest Hill Country. Another isolated supercell developed in Throckmorton County and produced another tornado. There were other tornadoes reported with the southern storms across the Edwards Plateau and the Northwest Hill Country.
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 9, 2:04 PM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 304 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 THIS AFTERNOON...UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NM. SW FLOW IN THE UPPER LEVELS OVER WC TX. IN THE LOWER LEVELS STATIONARY SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS WRN BOUNDARIES OF CWA. THIS UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS WC TX TONIGHT INTO THU. BY FRI MORNING...LOW IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS SE TX COAST...INTO OPEN GULF BY FRI NIGHT. AS UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS CWA...WILL INTERACT W/ SURFACE BOUNDARY. UPPER JET MAX OF 80-90KTS ACROSS SRN PARTS OF THE CWA TONIGHT INTO THU WILL AIDE IN ENHANCING CONVECTION. WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 7AM FOR ONGOING AND CONTINUED EXPECTED CONVECTION TONIGHT. AS UPPER LOW MOVES SE. WILL SE POPS LOWER AS WE MOVE INTO FRI/SAT TIME FRAME W/ ONLY MINOR CHANCES FOR RAINFALL...MAINLY DAYTIME AND EVENING WITH HEATING. THINGS BEGIN TO DRY OUT BY THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST ACROSS WC TX... AS AN UPPER RIDGE SETS UP ACROSS THE MIDDLE PART OF THE U.S. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 56 75 59 80 / 70 40 20 20 SAN ANGELO 57 80 57 81 / 60 30 10 20 JUNCTION 59 80 56 81 / 70 40 20 20 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR BROWN-CALLAHAN- COKE-COLEMAN-CONCHO-CROCKETT-FISHER-HASKELL-IRION-JONES-KIMBLE- MASON-MCCULLOCH-MENARD-NOLAN-RUNNELS-SAN SABA-SCHLEICHER- SHACKELFORD-STERLING-SUTTON-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON-TOM GREEN. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 228 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-101930- 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- 228 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO. HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND WITH THE SOILS ALREADY SATURATED BY THE RAINS FROM THE LAST WEEK... FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY AND PERHAPS INTO FRIDAY AS WELL. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1111 AM CDT WED MAY 09 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0554 PM TORNADO 7 NW THROCKMORTON 33.25N 99.26W
05/08/2007 THROCKMORTON TX STORM CHASER
STORM CHASE TOUR GROUP REPORTS TORNADO NORTHWEST OF
THROCKMORTON BETWEEN 554 PM AND 556 PM. TORNADO BECAME
RAIN-WRAPPED AFTER 556 PM.
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PMCCULLOSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1202 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 TXZ076-078-091800- CROCKETT TX-SUTTON TX- 1202 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR CROCKETT AND SUTTON COUNTIES... AT NOON CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 163 AND RANCH ROAD 1973...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF JUNO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 163 ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF OZONA AT 1220 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 101 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 TXZ076-078-091900- CROCKETT TX-SUTTON TX- 101 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR CROCKETT AND SUTTON COUNTIES... AT 1256 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 23 MILES WEST OF SONORA...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OZONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... I-10 NEAR THE CROCKETT-SUTTON COUNTY LINE BY 125 PM CDT THE INTERSECTION OF I-10 AND RANCH ROAD 1989 BY 140 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 214 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 TXZ113-114-127-128-092015- SHACKELFORD TX-JONES TX-TAYLOR TX-CALLAHAN TX- 214 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR SHACKELFORD...JONES...TAYLOR AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES... AT 212 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES WEST OF ALBANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH PART OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ABILENE THROUGH 240 PM CDT... ALBANY BY 225 PM CDT... FORT GRIFFIN 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 218 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 TXZ076-092015- CROCKETT TX- 218 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR CROCKETT COUNTY... AT 216 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OZONA...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHEFFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 2083 AND HIGHWAY 405 BY 225 PM CDT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 163 AND RANCH ROAD 1973 BY 310 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 307 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 TXZ099-114-128-092100- THROCKMORTON TX-SHACKELFORD TX-CALLAHAN TX- 307 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR THROCKMORTON...SHACKELFORD AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES... AT 305 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN BIG COUNTRY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PUTNAM ...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF CISCO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MORAN BY 335 PM CDT US-180 NEAR THE SHACKELFORD-STEPHENS COUNTY LINE BY 400 PM CDT ANOTHER STRONG STORM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF ALBANY...NEAR THE SHACKELFORD AND THROCKMORTON COUNTY LINE. BOTH OF THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN SOME WEAK ROTATION AT TIMES AND HAVE PRODUCED FUNNEL CLOUDS AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 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), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:45 UTC.
8 flash flood, 4 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado developed several miles west northwest of Sonora along Ranch Road 1312. The tornado paralleled the road for about a mile before dissipating. No damage was reported.
A brief tornado developed over open country. No damage.
Flooding of numerous streets in Ozona due to flooding from the draw that runs through town. Highway 163 south of Ozona and highway 290 east of Ozona were closed due to flooding. The intersection of highways 163 and 137 located 3 miles to the north of Ozona was also flooded.
Flooding was reported along Clyde Lake Road and the access road to Interstate 20.
A tornado was reported near the McCulloch County line. The twister remained over open fields. This tornado crossed into McCulloch County.
A tornado crossed over from Menard County and remained in open fields.
Highway 864 one half mile south of U.S. 190 was closed due to flood waters.
Farm to Market road 915 between Eldorado and Mertzon was closed due to high water.
Farm to Market Road 2569 between Eldorado and Sonora was closed because of flooding.
A road was closed because of flooding near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 604 and Highway 36.
County Road 244 was closed due to flooding just east of Eula School.
Significant street flooding was reported in Brady. Many streets were closed.
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