The combination of an intense upper level storm system and a strong cold front brought high winds to parts of West Central Texas. Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph were reported.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
The combination of an intense upper level storm system and a strong cold front brought high winds to parts of West Central Texas. Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph were reported.
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 Apr 2, 5:17 AM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 617 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 .AVIATION... /12Z UPDATE/ WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN TODAY AS HIGH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BLOW ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. 20 TO 25 KT WINDS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 KTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY...THE HIGHER WINDS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN TERMINALS NEARER THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. LLWS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING OVER ALL TERMINALS...WEST AT 45-55KTS. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NORTHEAST AND ABATE AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM DEPARTS THE AREA THIS EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE...HOWEVER THERE MAY BE REDUCED VISIBILITY OVER THE NORTHERN TERMINALS AS DUST IS BLOWN INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 414 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009/ SHORT TERM... HAVE CLEARED LAST COUNTIES OUT OF SVR TSTM WATCH 101. LATEST SATELLITE AND WSR-88D DATA INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY MOVING OUT OF OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. JUST BEHIND THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FAST-MOVING COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR SONORA NORTHEAST TO NEAR SAN SABA...AND IT WILL LIKELY CLEAR OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES BY SUNRISE. THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES FOR TODAY ARE HIGH WINDS AND FIRE DANGER. BASED ON INITIALIZATION...THE NAM LOOKS BEST FOR WINDS TODAY. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE MAINLY THIS MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH DEEPER INTO SOUTH TEXAS. BASED ON LATEST TRENDS AND RECENT RUC UPDATE...DECIDED TO ISSUE A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ALL BUT OUR SOUTHERN SIX COUNTIES. WE ARE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY WHERE THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL PASS CLOSE TODAY. FOR TONIGHT...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AS A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DOME BUILDS OVER THE REGION. OVERNIGHT LOWS CLOSE TO MEX MOS LOOK REASONABLE. LONG TERM... WARM UP WILL BEGIN FOR FRI INTO SAT AS HIGH RETREATS TO E AND FLOW TURNS BACK AROUND SRLY IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER FRONT AND ASSOCIATED LOW TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO TX. NEXT FRONT LOOKING TO MOVE THROUGH LATE SAT. NOT LOOKING FOR ANY RAIN CHANCES WITH THIS SYSTEM. MAIN UPPER LOW DOES NOT SINK NEARLY AS FAR S AS 1ST SYSTEM DID ONLY TO KS/OK AND IS LOOKING TO HAVE EVEN LESS MOISTURE THAN THE FIRST SYSTEM...BUT SHOULD STILL GIVE US SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND ON INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK. BY LATE MON/EARLY TUE WARM UP BEGINS AS FLOW TURNS BACK AROUND TO THE S WITH WEAKENING HIGH...PERHAPS ANOTHER SYSTEM BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. FOR THE MOST PART A DRY WX PATTERN. 11 FIRE WEATHER... TODAY WILL BE A VERY CRITICAL FIRE DANGER DAY. WITH VERY STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WELL BELOW OUR 20 PERCENT THRESHOLD...EXPECT A RED FLAG WARNING SOON WHICH WILL LIKELY COVER ALL OF OUR COUNTIES FOR MOST OF TODAY. BEYOND TODAY...LOOK FOR ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS NEXT WEEKEND AND INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK. ALSO...LOOK FOR ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 72 42 79 59 84 / 10 0 0 0 10 SAN ANGELO 73 44 81 56 86 / 0 0 0 0 0 JUNCTION 75 39 77 56 86 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...CALLAHAN...COKE...COLEMAN...CONCHO...FISHER... HASKELL...IRION...JONES...MCCULLOCH...NOLAN...RUNNELS...SAN SABA...SHACKELFORD...STERLING...TAYLOR...THROCKMORTON...TOM GREEN. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 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. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CROCKETT...KIMBLE...MASON...MENARD...SCHLEICHER...SUTTON. && 99/99/15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 457 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-031000- 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- 457 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM THAT WILL PASS OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR INTO THE REGION...RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE LOWER THIRD OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER POTENT STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS LATER THIS WEEK...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AGAIN ACROSS AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 15
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One street sign was blown down in Sweetwater.
Eight inch diameter tree limbs were blown down at the 1500 block of Paseo Devaca in San Angelo.
The wind gust was reported at the San Angelo Regional Airport.
The city of Anson lost electrical power during the high winds.
A light pole at a Abilene's Shotwell Stadium was blown over on the east side of Abilene near the fairgrounds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 164716, 164717, 164713, 168494, 164718.