A strong thunderstorm produced downburst type wind damage in Ballinger.
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A strong thunderstorm produced downburst type wind damage in Ballinger.
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 Aug 12, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 330 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 .SHORT TERM... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY...SOUTHERN HEARTLAND AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A DIFFUSE BOUNDARY...AND WITHIN AREAS OF ENHANCED INSTABILITY DUE TO SFC HEATING IN THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS THROUGH SUNSET...THEN LIKELY DISSIPATE AS INSTABILITY IS LOST. LOWS TONIGHT WILL AGAIN BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S FOR THE MOST PART. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES...HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY...IN ADDITION TO ISOLATED GUSTS OF NEAR 60 MPH. HAVE REDUCED POPS FOR THURSDAY. EXPECT THE WEAK BOUNDARY THAT WAS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY TO BECOME EVEN MORE DIFFUSE BY TOMORROW... EFFECTIVELY REMOVING A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. WHILE WE WILL STILL BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE...WITHOUT THIS FOCUS...FEEL THAT CHANCES ARE LESS THAN 20 PERCENT FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION. SHOULD SEE FEWER CLOUDS TOMORROW...SO HAVE WARMED TEMPS A COUPLE DEGREES FROM TODAY/S EXPECTED HIGHS. .LONG TERM... AS A LONG-WAVE TROUGH SWINGS INTO THE NORTHWESTERN STATES AT THE END OF THE WEEK...A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WILL FORM AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. AS THE MID-LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO BUILDS EAST IN RESPONSE TO THE DEVELOPING TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWEST...MID-LEVEL WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST BRINGING AN END TO THE MID-LEVEL NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE FORECAST AREA. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD TAKE A BRIEF RESPITE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS SHORT WAVE RIDGING DOMINATES THE AREA. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL BE ON TAP THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST OF THE COMING WEEK AS THE WESTERN TROUGH PUSHES EAST. WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF PRIMARILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF A SURFACE TROUGH JUST WEST OF THE CWA COMBINED WITH GOOD AFTERNOON HEATING AS THE TROUGH AXIS PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE PANHANDLE SUNDAY WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...THE FRONT HOWEVER SHOULD NOT PROGRESS ANY FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE RED RIVER AREA. TUESDAY SHOULD SEE RAINFALL CHANCES ENDING AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES BUILDS WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF STATES AND MERGES WITH A DEVELOPING RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN STATES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 72 96 73 98 74 / 10 10 10 10 10 SAN ANGELO 72 97 72 95 72 / 30 10 10 10 10 JUNCTION 72 95 72 94 73 / 30 10 10 10 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99/15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 244 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-131945- 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- 244 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE FLOODING FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. . .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 144 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 TXZ154-155-170-121945- MCCULLOCH TX-SAN SABA TX-MASON TX- 144 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 140 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER ACROSS MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA...AND MASON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SAN SABA COUNTY GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM RICHLAND SPRINGS TO FREDONIA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL MCCULLOCH COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRADY...AS WELL AS IN RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING OR FLOOD ADVISORY BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 318 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 TXZ140-122115- BROWN TX- 318 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR BROWN COUNTY... AT 315 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS OF SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE LAKE BROWNWOOD AREA. BOTH STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 55 MPH. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...INCLUDING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 457 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 TXZ066-073-139-154-122300- RUNNELS TX-COLEMAN TX-CONCHO TX-MCCULLOCH TX- 457 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR RUNNELS...COLEMAN...CONCHO AND MCCULLOCH COUNTIES... AT 454 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 2 MILES WEST OF IVIE RESERVOIR NEAR CONCHO PARK MARINA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF PAINT ROCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... IVIE RESERVOIR BY 500 PM CDT MILLERSVIEW BY 535 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 521 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 TXZ066-127-139-122315- TAYLOR TX-RUNNELS TX-COLEMAN TX- 521 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR... RUNNELS AND COLEMAN COUNTIES... AT 520 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 4 MILES EAST OF LAWN...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINTERS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GOLDSBORO BY 535 PM CDT NOVICE BY 605 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained storm spotter reported wind damage from a thunderstorm. It damaged a tin building and a couple of roofs in town.
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