S. Drought Monitor upgraded all of the Northwest Hill Country and the adjacent areas to the west and north to an extreme drought.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded all of the Northwest Hill Country and the adjacent areas to the west and north to an extreme drought. The continued lack of rainfall continues to impact the region both agriculturally and hydrologically.
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 Dec 31, 11:32 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1132 PM CST WED DEC 31 2008 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW FOR 06Z TAFS. && .AVIATION... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING LIGHT WINDS TO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE ON NEW YEARS DAY. SURFACE WINDS SPEEDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY AND BIG COUNTRY. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 21 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 28 70 41 72 49 / 0 0 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 31 71 38 76 47 / 0 0 0 0 0 JUNCTION 33 68 39 77 50 / 0 0 10 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 244 PM CST WED DEC 31 2008 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-012045- 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 CST WED DEC 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY BOTH THURSDAY AND SATURDAY...AS STRONGER WINDS COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND VERY DRY VEGETATION. REMEMBER...OUTDOOR BURN BANS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY SEVERAL COUNTIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the drought status from severe to extreme on January 13, 2009 for Sutton County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the drought status to extreme on January 13, 2009 for Schleicher County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the drought status from severe to extreme on January 13, 2009 for Kimble County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the drought status from severe to extreme on January 13, 2009 for Mason County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the drought status to extreme on January 13, 2009 for Menard County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the drought status to extreme on January 13, 2009 for southeast Tom Green County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the drought status to extreme on January 13, 2009 for Concho County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the drought status to extreme on January 13, 2009 for McCulloch County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the drought status to extreme on January 13, 2009 for San Saba County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 2009
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: 150746, 150747, 150748, 150749, 150750, 150751, 150752, 150755, 150758.