Persistent dry weather over the summer into the fall has resulted in persistent severe drought conditions across the Northwest Hill Country.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Persistent dry weather over the summer into the fall has resulted in persistent severe drought conditions across 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 Oct 31, 10:43 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1143 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008 .DISCUSSION... SEE BELOW. && .AVIATION... NOT MANY CHANGES TO PREVIOUS THINKING...WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT SOUTH WINDS TO PREVAIL. MAY STILL SEE A FEW LOW CLOUDS...MVFR CONDITIONS...DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...BUT STARTING TO APPEAR A LITTLE LESS LIKELY NOW. IF THEY DO DEVELOP...EXPECTED TO BE SHORT LIVED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 842 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST ON TRACK. NO CHANGES NECESSARY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 625 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008/ DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THIS EVENING AND WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MODELS NOT AS AGGRESSIVE WITH LOW CLOUDS SATURDAY MORNING AS THEY HAVE BEEN...BUT MAY STILL SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS MOVE UP INTO THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST TERMINALS. SHOULD DISSIPATE QUICKLY AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN. WINDS FAIRLY LIGHT...BUT SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 316 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008/ SHORT TERM... A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WAS LOCATED ALONG THE GULF COAST WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A FEW LOW CLOUDS REMAINING ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR...OTHERWISE SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CWFA. NOT MUCH CHANGE IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 2/3 OF CWFA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. LONG TERM... ACTIVE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN ACROSS THE PACIFIC. THE FIRST UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL MOVE INTO THE WEST COAST THIS WEEKEND...AND THEN DAMPEN OUT IN THE FLOW ACROSS THE PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK. SECOND MORE IMPORTANT SHOT OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL MOVE INTO CALIFORNIA EARLY NEXT WEEK AND THEN AMPLIFY INTO A STRONG CENTRAL US UPPER LEVEL TROF BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE 12Z GFS IS INDICATING THE MAIN ENERGY AT THE BASE OF THE TROF FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY NEXT WEDNESDAY. AT THE SURFACE...A STRONG SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY...AND THEN SWING NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON THURSDAY. A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CWFA ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BEHIND IT. LOOKS LIKE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN CWFA. ALSO...LITTLE MOISTURE FOR THIS SYSTEM TO WORK WITH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. GOING WITH A DRY FORECAST THE NEXT 7 DAYS. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 57 81 56 81 59 / 0 0 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 56 82 55 81 58 / 0 0 0 0 0 JUNCTION 55 81 52 81 56 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 07/07/07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 330 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-011200- 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- 330 PM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 11/KEISER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe Drought conditions (D2) which began in September continued into November. Range and pasture conditions were extremely poor due to the dry conditions. Supplemental feeding of livestock has increased and the wildfire danger has continued to worsen.
Severe Drought conditions which began in September continued into November. Range and pasture conditions were extremely poor due to the dry conditions. Supplemental feeding of livestock has increased and the wildfire danger has continued to worsen.
Severe Drought conditions which began in September continued into November. Range and pasture conditions were extremely poor due to the dry conditions. Supplemental feeding of livestock has increased and the wildfire danger has continued to worsen.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 2008
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: 142386, 142388, 142390.