5 inches along the Interstate 20 corridor across the western Big Country on Thanksgiving Day. The heaviest snow fell over Fisher, Nolan, Taylor and Jones county.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
A strong upper level disturbance combined with cold air already in place produced a band of heavy snow from 4 to 6.5 inches along the Interstate 20 corridor across the western Big Country on Thanksgiving Day. The heaviest snow fell over Fisher, Nolan, Taylor and Jones county. About 6.5 inches of snow was reported in Sweetwater, TX.
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 Nov 22, 6:23 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 623 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007 .UPDATE... JUST ISSUED SNOW ADVISORY FOR ALL OF THE BIG COUNTRY WHICH INCLUDES THE I20 CORRIDOR AND ABILENE. ALSO LOWERED TEMPS A FEW DEGREES BECAUSE OF ANTICIPATED CLOUD COVER. SOME SLEET COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW TODAY. INCREASED POPS TO 30 OR SO FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MERTZON TO SAN ANGELO TO SAN SABA FOR LIGHT SNOW. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 552 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007/ AVIATION... COLD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS TEXAS THIS MORNING. ALSO...PCPN BREAKING OUT ACROSS WESTERN TEXAS...AHEAD OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE PCPN IS IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS MAINLY THE BIG COUNTRY TODAY AND TONIGHT. MVFR CIGS OF BKN-OVC010-020 AND VSBYS LESS THAN 3SM -SN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AFTER 22/18Z. ALSO...LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WILL SEE SCT SHSN. 21 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 435 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007/ SHORT TERM... POTENT JET STREAK STREAMING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL PRODUCE PLENTY OF MID LEVEL VERTICAL MOTION AND SHOULD BRING SOME SNOW INTO THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST NAM80 SHOWS SATURATED SNOW PROFILES DEVELOPING BY 00Z. FOR THIS REASON...DECIDED TO ISSUE SNOW ADVISORY FOR FISHER...HASKELL...AND JONES COUNTIES FROM 18Z- 06Z TODAY. THIS SNOW ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FURTHER EAST. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS IMPRESSIVE VORT MAX APPROACHING THE REGION. EXPECT GOOD LOW LEVEL WET BULB COOLING AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD LOWER THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURES TO OR BELOW FREEZING. THE NEXT PROBLEM IS WITH THE UPPER LOW. THE GFS HAS TRENDED QUITE A BIT SOUTH WHILE THE ECMWF AND NAM80 HAVE TRENDED SOUTH BUT NOT AS MUCH AS COMPARED TO THE GFS. ALSO...THE MODELS HAVE SLOWED THE SYSTEM DOWN. WILL CONTINUE TO GO WITH A MODEL BLEND. AS A RESULT...HAVE ADJUSTED RAIN/SNOW LINE TO THE WESTERN CWA. INCREASED POPS SINCE STRONG WAA SHOULD BEGIN SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF WC TX. AS THE UPPER LOW PULLS OUT ON SUNDAY...IT COULD PRODUCE DYNAMIC COOLING AND COULD PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. THE UPPER LOW SHOULD EXIT THE REGION BY SUNDAY NIGHT. LONG TERM... LONG RANGE MODEL CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY ACTIVE POLAR JET STREAM WITH ANOTHER UPPER LOW APPROACHING WC TX BY THURSDAY. HAVE INCLUDED SOME LOW POPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 36 30 48 34 / 60 60 10 30 SAN ANGELO 38 31 46 34 / 30 30 10 30 JUNCTION 44 34 49 36 / 10 10 10 40 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR BROWN-CALLAHAN- COKE-COLEMAN-CONCHO-FISHER-HASKELL-IRION-JONES-MCCULLOCH-MENARD- NOLAN-RUNNELS-SCHLEICHER-SHACKELFORD-STERLING-TAYLOR- THROCKMORTON-TOM GREEN. SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR CALLAHAN-FISHER- HASKELL-JONES-NOLAN-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON. && 26/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 654 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-231300- 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- 654 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS WEEKEND. SOME AREAS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS MAY SEE LIGHT SNOW FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 749 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-221600- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROTAN...ROBY...SWEETWATER... STERLING CITY...ROBERT LEE...BRONTE...BALLINGER...WINTERS... MERTZON...SAN ANGELO...EDEN...OZONA...ELDORADO...SONORA... HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...WOODSON...STAMFORD...ANSON...HAMLIN... ALBANY...ABILENE...CLYDE...BAIRD...CROSS PLAINS...COLEMAN... BROWNWOOD...BRADY...SAN SABA...MENARD...JUNCTION...MASON 749 AM CST THU NOV 22 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE BIG COUNTRY THROUGH MIDNIGHT... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS... ...MORE RAIN AND POSSIBLY SNOW FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WAS SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS INTO THE BIG COUNTRY THIS MORNING. THIS SNOW WAS MOVING ACROSS ROTAN AND WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE I20 CORRIDOR TODAY. FOR THIS REASON...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM STERLING CITY TO NEAR SAN ANGELO TO BRADY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S TODAY...AND THEN WILL COOL TO AT OR BELOW FREEZING AGAIN TODAY. A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES ON FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD TRACK EAST ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND INTO TEXAS ON SUNDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM SLOWLY APPROACHES...SEVERAL PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE CHANCE FOR THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE SNOW SHOULD FALL ACROSS FAR WEST TEXAS...SOME OF THE SNOW COULD MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE WEST. HOWEVER...ANY SNOW THAT DOES FALL WILL DEPEND ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW AS IT MOVES INTO TEXAS. YOU ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA BROADCASTS...ALONG WITH INTERNET RESOURCES... FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Anson and Stamford both reported 4 inches of snow. Satellite showed that even heavier snow fell across the southwestern portions of Jones County, but no reports were available for that region.
Heavy snow of 4 to 6 inches fell across Fisher County. Rotan reported 5 inches of snow.
Heavy snow fell across Sweetwater and Roscoe along the Interstate 20 corridor. Sweetwater reported 6.5 inches while Roscoe reported 5 inches.
Visible satellite imagery showed an area of heavy snow across western Taylor County across the higher terrain where at least 4 inches or more fell. A National Weather Service off duty employee estimated 5 inches of near Abilene.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 2007
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: 61615, 61616, 61617, 61618.