Although the drought that had gripped a large part of West Central Texas throughout 2009 had improved. the drought in Shackelford County persisted.
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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.
Although the drought that had gripped a large part of West Central Texas throughout 2009 had improved. the drought in Shackelford County persisted.
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 Jun 30, 10:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1142 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 .AVIATION... /06Z UPDATE/ VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...AT THIS TIME HAVE INCLUDED ONLY SCT STRATUS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN TERMINALS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN TAFS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ACTIVITY DECREASING TOWARD EVENING. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF KSJT AND KABI. HOWEVER...HAVE INCLUDED VCTS FOR KSJT FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 935 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009/ UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS AND MOST OF THE SHOWERS HAVE ENDED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. LATEST RUC13 CONTINUES VERY SPOTTY QPF MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. THUS...DECIDED TO CONTINUE 20 POPS FOR THE BIG COUNTRY AND 30 POPS ELSEWHERE FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. BELIEVE ANY ADDITIONAL CONVECTION WILL BE SHOWERS. HOWEVER...INCLUDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OUR COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO PROVIDE STRONGER FORCING THAN I CURRENTLY ANTICIPATE. 23/HUBER PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 704 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009/ DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND MVFR CEILINGS...WITH OCCASIONAL LIFR CEILINGS...WILL DOMINATE MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. SEE AVIATION BELOW FOR DETAILS. AVIATION... RADAR TRENDS...DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS...INDICATE A DECREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. LATEST NAM QPF FIELD INDICATES THIS DOWNWARD TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF TONIGHT. THEN...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ANOTHER MINOR SHORTWAVE IMPULSE ALOFT WILL INITIATE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS FOR MAINLY THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. IN ADDITION...NAM12 925 MB RH AND WIND FIELDS SHOW STRATUS RETURNING TO MAINLY THESE TWO AREAS...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN HEARTLAND...BY SUNRISE. THUS...DECIDED TO INCLUDE MVFR CEILINGS FOR THE SONORA...JUNCTION...AND BRADY TERMINALS THROUGH 15Z TOMORROW MORNING. ALSO...WITH LOTS OF RAINFALL OVER THESE AREAS DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS...DECIDED TO CONTINUE TEMPO GROUPS FOR LIFR CEILINGS FOR THOSE THREE TERMINALS UNTIL 08Z TONIGHT. AS FOR SURFACE WINDS...EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING. FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN WEAK. THUS...WINDS THEN WILL STILL BE AT OR BELOW 10 KNOTS. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TOMORROW AFTERNOON...DECIDED TO INCLUDE PROB30 GROUPS FOR OUR SOUTHERN THREE TERMINALS AS WELL. 23/HUBER PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 402 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009/ SHORT TERM... W CNTRL TX IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN AN UPPER LOW OVER DEEP SOUTH TX AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER THE TX PANHANDLE. IN BETWEEN THESE FEATURES...A DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AXIS IS IN PLACE WHICH IS ALLOWING THE RECENT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THIS MOIST AXIS WILL SHIFT SOUTH AS THE TX PANHANDLE SHORTWAVE MOVES DOWN INTO NORTHERN TX. CURRENT WV IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THERE IS MUCH DRIER DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IN THE WAKE OF THIS WAVE AND THIS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS ALONG WITH A CHANGE TO MORE OF A NORTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL WIND. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS TONIGHT SHOULD SHIFT TO OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES WHERE THE NAM/GFS BOTH SHOW A SIGNAL FOR SOME MORE DEVELOPMENT...AND THIS MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST MOVING SHORTWAVE/MOIST AXIS. ON WEDNESDAY...CHCS FOR STORMS GENERALLY DECREASE AND WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 90S IN THE NORTH WITH MORE INSOLATION TO THE UPPER 80S IN THE SOUTH WHERE CLOUDS/RAIN KEEP TEMPS DOWN. LACY LONG TERM... THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH WILL BUILD BACK OVER OUR REGION THURSDAY THROUGH THE INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING A RETURN TO A HOTTER AND DRIER PATTERN FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. WITH A STRENGTHENING THERMAL RIDGING PATTERN...EXPECT THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES TO EDGE BACK UP TO THE 100-DEGREE MARK. OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...COULD SEE HIGHS IN THE 100-105 DEGREE RANGE AT SOME LOCATIONS. DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND...AN UPPER TROUGH IS PROGGED TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION...AND GFS AND ECMWF BRING THE TRAILING PORTION OF ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS THE RED RIVER AND INTO THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY ON MONDAY. HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER THE COLD FRONT CAN SURVIVE THIS FAR SOUTH...GIVEN THE FORECAST TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND IT. IF ANYTHING...THE GFS AND ECMWF STRENGTHEN THE THERMAL RIDGING PATTERN ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT. CARRYING HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOVE MEX GUIDANCE FOR SATURDAY- TUESDAY...GIVEN THE FORECAST PATTERN AND THE MODEL TENDENCY TO TREND TOWARD CLIMATOLOGY IN THE EXTENDED TIME FRAME. 19 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 87 68 93 72 96 / 70 20 10 10 10 SAN ANGELO 89 68 91 70 97 / 40 30 20 10 10 JUNCTION 91 69 90 70 97 / 40 30 30 10 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99/99/15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 327 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-012030- 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- 327 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TX THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME REDEVELOPMENT EXPECTED TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 87. LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 87. ONCE AGAIN...LOCALIZED FLOODING AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LACY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor continued to rate the drought as severe as the region remained dry.
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: 190636.