A powerful low pressure system with an associated Pacific Cold Front brought high winds to the western portions of West Central Texas. Sustained winds of 40 mph with gusts to 55 mph and possibly higher caused sporadic damage across the region.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
A powerful low pressure system with an associated Pacific Cold Front brought high winds to the western portions of West Central Texas. Sustained winds of 40 mph with gusts to 55 mph and possibly higher caused sporadic damage across the region.
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 Feb 10, 3:48 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 348 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 .DISCUSSION... VERY POTENT UPPER LOW/TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES IS PUSHING TOWARD TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL EJECT OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. DRYLINE IS ADVANCING INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF OUR COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG/JUST AHEAD OF THE DRYINE FROM THE BIG COUNTRY NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD INTO OKLAHOMA. PACIFIC FRONT IS SURGING INTO WEST TEXAS. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE STRONG WEST WINDS AND AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST BEHIND THIS PACIFIC FRONT. TORNADO WATCH CURRENTLY COVERS THE EASTERN SIX COUNTIES OF THE BIG COUNTRY...BUT IS NOW BEING EXTENDED FARTHER TO THE SOUTH TO COVER THE AREA EAST OF THE DRYLINE. SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL CONTINUES ACROSS OUR EASTERN COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... BUT WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS TO OUR WEST. MAY NEED TO ISSUE A HIGH WIND WARNING AND BLOWING DUST ADVISORY FOR ROUGHLY THE WESTERN THIRD OF OUR COUNTIES FOR THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM....WITH A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR INVADING OUR REGION. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT...WITH CLEARING SKIES. WEAK SURFACE HIGH TO BUILD INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. A DRY FORECAST IS IN STORE FOR THE END OF THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ALOFT ARE PROGGED TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. OUR NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN MAY BE EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHEN AN UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO APPROACH TEXAS FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 44 65 41 73 46 / 20 0 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 42 67 37 73 46 / 10 0 0 0 0 JUNCTION 40 70 34 74 47 / 20 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COKE...CONCHO...CROCKETT...FISHER...IRION...JONES... NOLAN...RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER...STERLING...SUTTON...TAYLOR...TOM GREEN. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CALLAHAN...COKE...COLEMAN...CONCHO...CROCKETT...FISHER... HASKELL...IRION...JONES...NOLAN...RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER... SHACKELFORD...STERLING...SUTTON...TAYLOR...THROCKMORTON...TOM GREEN. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...KIMBLE...MASON...MCCULLOCH...MENARD...SAN SABA. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: KIMBLE...MENARD. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 217 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-112030- 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- 217 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY FOR AREAS EAST OF A HASKELL...ABILENE...SAN ANGELO...JUNCTION LINE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HASKELL TO ABILENE. AND ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE DANGER AREAS ARE ALONG AND WEST OF AN ANSON...ABILENE...COLEMAN...JUNCTION LINE. RESIDENTS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN FLAMES OR SPARKS. BURNING MATERIALS SUCH AS CIGARETTES SHOULD BE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY. IN ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED OVER THE NORTHEASTERN BIG COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 212 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 TXZ098-099-102115- HASKELL TX-THROCKMORTON TX- 212 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES... AT 208 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE STAMFORD NEAR LAKE STAMFORD MARINA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF HASKELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... IRBY BY 220 PM CST PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 457 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 TXZ099-110000- THROCKMORTON TX- 457 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR THROCKMORTON COUNTY... AT 455 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN WESTERN THROCKMORTON COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... THROCKMORTON COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN TEXAS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An estimated sustained west wind of 40 mph with gusts to around 55 mph lasted approximately one to two hours.
An estimated sustained west wind of 40 mph with gusts to around 55 mph lasted approximately one to two hours.
A sustained wind of 40 mph that lasted approximately one to two hours was estimated using the San Angelo ASOS. Even though San Angelo measured a wind gust of 55 mph, wind gusts across the region could have exceeded 58 mph.
A sustained wind of 40 mph that lasted approximately one to two hours was estimated using the San Angelo ASOS. Even though San Angelo measured a wind gust of 55 mph, wind gusts across the region could have exceeded 58 mph.
A sustained wind of 40 mph that lasted approximately one to two hours was estimated using the San Angelo ASOS. Even though San Angelo measured a wind gust of 55 mph, wind gusts across the region could have exceeded 58 mph.
The ASOS at San Angelo measured a sustained wind of 40 mph at 543 p.m. These sustained winds of 40 mph continued for about an hour. The highest wind gust of 55 mph occurred around 548 p.m. The strong winds knocked down some trees and power lines. One of the trees that was knocked down in San Angelo was a very old Pecan Tree.
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: 155293, 155294, 155296, 155298, 155297, 155361.