A nearly stationary cluster of showers and thunderstorms developed across southern sections of Crockett county during the early mornings hours of June 29th. Local low water crossings were impassible due to flash flooding.
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A nearly stationary cluster of showers and thunderstorms developed across southern sections of Crockett county during the early mornings hours of June 29th. Local low water crossings were impassible due to flash flooding. A rainfall observer also reported over 4 inches of rain overnight.
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 Jun 29, 2:34 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 334 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 .SHORT TERM... A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS STALLED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AND IS CONTINUING TO SUPPORT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS FRONT...ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. BY THIS AFTERNOON...LOOK FOR THE FRONT TO BE SOMEWHERE ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES...ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTH TO NEAR A SAN ANGELO TO BROWNWOOD LINE BEFORE STALLING AGAIN. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. ON MONDAY...WHAT REMAINS OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE SURFACE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE SHORT TERM...EXPECT A DRY PATTERN TO RETURN WITH TEMPERATURES A CATEGORY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. .LONG TERM... FROM MID WEEK THROUGH THE START OF NEXT WEEKEND...THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN SHIFTED TO THE WEST. THIS CONTINUED SHIFT WILL ALLOW NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO DOMINATE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW COOLER 850 MB TEMPERATURES TO HOLD THE THERMAL RIDGE FARTHER WEST. THUS...EXPECT AFTERNOON HIGHS CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMALS RATHER THAN AROUND 100 LIKE LAST WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 87 67 91 69 / 50 20 10 10 SAN ANGELO 91 68 94 67 / 50 30 20 10 JUNCTION 95 70 96 69 / 30 40 30 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 23/HUBER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 455 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-301000- 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- 455 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AS A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING. ISOLATED AREAS COULD SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES. WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE BIG COUNTRY ON MONDAY. STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Low water crossings were reported flooded and impassible in southern sections of Crockett County. A rainfall observer reported over 4 inches of rain.
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