A strong upper level low pressure system brought heavy snow across portions of the Big Country and Western Concho Valley on Sunday after Thanksgiving. Accumulations of 4 inches were reported at many locations, with the highest accumulations across southern Fisher County, northern half of Nolan County, southwestern Jones County and northwestern Taylor County where 6 to 8 inches of snowfall were…
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A strong upper level low pressure system brought heavy snow across portions of the Big Country and Western Concho Valley on Sunday after Thanksgiving. Accumulations of 4 inches were reported at many locations, with the highest accumulations across southern Fisher County, northern half of Nolan County, southwestern Jones County and northwestern Taylor County where 6 to 8 inches of snowfall were reported. Also, 8 inches of snow was reported in Stamford located in northern Haskell County.
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 24, 2:38 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 238 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2007 .SHORT TERM... STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORMS SYSTEM WEST OF EL PASO CONTINUES TO BEAR EAST TOWARDS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. IT WAS SNOWING IN EL PASO AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS IN LIFT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING FROM THE BIG BEND INTO THE TRANS PECOS. SYSTEM IS VERY DYNAMIC...WITH LIFT/SHOWERS FROM THE SYSTEM COMING INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING...AND UPPER LOW/VORT MOVING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING IN THE CONCHO VALLEY...AND ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. WHILE MOISTURE IS VERY GOOD...QUESTIONABLE ON WHETHER THERE IS ENOUGH COLD AIR ALOFT TO SUPPORT SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. IF IT WERE ABOUT 5 C COLDER AT 700/850 MB I WOULD BE MORE CONFIDENT. HOWEVER CONVECTION/SHOWERS...MAY BE ABLE TO COOL THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN SOME OF THE BANDS. BETTER/BEST CHANCES OF SNOW APPEAR TO COME IN LATE TONIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING WITH COLD AIR IN CORE OF THE SYSTEM...ALTHOUGH LIFT/MOISTURE ARE LESS. LOOKING AT 1 TO 4 INCHES WITH THE CORE OF THE SYSTEM...MAY SEE A HIGHER AMOUNTS IN CONVECTIVE BANDS. MOST OF THE SNOW FALLS JUST NORTHWEST OF THE UPPER LOW. ON THE NAM...THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW IS FURTHER NORTH...MOVING ACROSS STERLING CITY TO SWEETWATER TO HASKELL. THE GFS MOVES CENTER OF UPPER LOW FROM...FROM SAN ANGELO TO CROSS PLAINS. LIKE THE GFS SOLUTION AT THIS TIME AS THE UPPER LOW STILL APPEARS TO DIGGING SOUTHWARD. MAY STILL SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY EVENING...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20..AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST. .LONG TERM... DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE UPPER SYSTEM SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH CLEARING SKIES BY MONDAY MORNING. WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S MONDAY...ALTHOUGH THAT DOES DEPEND ON HOW MUCH SNOW ACCUMULATES. ANOTHER COLD MOVES IN WEDNESDAY...BUT LOOKS DRY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT POSSIBLE SATURDAY. MODELS SHOW INCREASING MOISTURE...SO POTENTIAL INCREASING FOR A FEW SHOWERS...BUT WILL LEAVE OUT FOR NOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 30 34 34 54 / 90 70 20 10 SAN ANGELO 31 38 31 57 / 90 60 10 10 JUNCTION 35 42 28 61 / 90 60 10 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY FOR CALLAHAN-COKE-CROCKETT-FISHER-HASKELL-IRION-JONES-NOLAN- RUNNELS-SHACKELFORD-STERLING-TAYLOR-THROCKMORTON-TOM GREEN. && 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 322 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2007 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-252130- 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- 322 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG UPPER STORM SYSTEM WEST OF EL PASO THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. STRONG LIFT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...FROM CROCKETT COUNTY NORTHWARD INTO THE CONCHO VALLEY AND BIG COUNTRY. LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHICH ACCUMULATE SNOW FIRST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF IN THE CONCHO VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY SUNDAY EVENING...AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES NORTHEAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 442 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2007 TXZ073-077-078-139-140-154-155-168>170-251100- CONCHO-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD- KIMBLE-MASON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...ELDORADO...SONORA...COLEMAN... BROWNWOOD...BRADY...SAN SABA...MENARD...JUNCTION...MASON 442 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2007 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE AND THE RETURN OF THE GULF MOISTURE...WILL SET THE STAGE FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. INITIALLY PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW...BEGINNING FIRST ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES AND THEN EXPANDING AS TEMPERATURES FALL...TO INCLUDE MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM THROCKMORTON TO CROSS PLAINS TO SAN ANGELO TO OZONA. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS STORM SYSTEM. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...CHECK WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AT 1...800..4 5 2...9 2 9 2 OR ON THE INTERNET.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
About 4 to 5 inches of heavy snow fell across the Sterling and Glasscock County line.
Heavy snow fell across a large part of Taylor County. Merkel reported 4 inches. About 3.5 inches fell in Abilene.
Heavy snow fell across a large part of Nolan County. Roscoe measured 6 inches and Sweetwater measured 5.5 inches of snow.
Heavy snow fell across a large part of Fisher County. The community of Roby reported about 6.5 inches and about 6 to 8 inches of snow was reported near the border between Fisher and Nolan Counties.
Heavy snow fell across a large part of Throckmorton County. A NWS Cooperative Observer reported 4 inches of snow about 7 miles northeast of Throckmorton. Woodson also reported 4 inches.
Heavy snow fell over a large part of Jones County. Stamford measured 8 inches of snow.
Heavy snow fell across the southern part of Haskell County. Both satellite and cooperative observer data indicated about 4 to 8 inches of snow fell across the region.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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