On July19-20, thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were reported in Fisher and Menard Counties.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
On July19-20, thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were reported in Fisher and Menard Counties.
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 Jul 18, 10:38 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1138 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 .DISCUSSION... SEE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW && .AVIATION... SEEING A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND HEADING SOUTHWARD. SO FAR...THESE STORMS NOT AMOUNTING TO TOO MUCH BUT THEY COULD AFFECT MAINLY THE KABI TAF SITE LATER TONIGHT. UNCERTAINTY STILL HIGH ENOUGH TO NOT ADD THUNDER INTO THE TAF YET. ALSO WATCHING STORMS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA...BUT EXPECT THESE TO REMAIN TO THE WEST OF AREA AIRPORTS AS WELL. EXPECT VFR FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH GENERALLY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS...BUT COULD GET GUSTY AND SWITCH DIRECTION NEAR THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LATER TONIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 651 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009/ DISCUSSION... 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW. AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NM AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. TSTM ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO STAY TO THE WEST OF ALL TERMINALS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TSTMS TO DEVELOP ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. ALSO...A WEAK SHORT WAVE TRANSLATES OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF TIMING AND LOCATION FOR TSTMS...WILL CONTINUE CB GROUPS AT TAF SITES ATTM. WINDS OUT OF THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT OR BELOW 12KTS MAY VARY FOR SHORT PERIODS ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. 12 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 353 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009/ SHORT TERM... RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE TO LOOK SOMEWHAT PROMISING FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST SHIFT FOR ME ON THE LONG-TERM SIDE OF OPERATIONS. I HAVE WORKED THE SHORT- TERM SIDE FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS. SO...I HAVE BROUGHT AT LEAST SOME FORECAST CONTINUITY WITH ME TO THIS FORECAST DESK TODAY. ONE INTERESTING NOTE FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS WATER VAPOR IMAGERY FOR THIS TIME YESTERDAY SHOWED MUCH MORE CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THAN WHAT WE SEE NOW. SO...IN TERMS OF FORECASTING RAIN CHANCES AND COVERAGE FOR TONIGHT...THIS OBSERVATION MAKES THIS FORECAST EVEN MORE CHALLENGING. MODELS THIS RUN...ESPECIALLY THE GFS...INITIATE CONVECTION ACROSS OUR AREA AGAIN TONIGHT. BELIEVE THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. AS FOR POPS TONIGHT...THE CHALLENGE OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS HAS CENTERED ON WHERE TO PLACE THE HIGHEST POPS AND WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE THE HIGHEST RAINFALL. THE 12Z MEX MOS GUIDANCE FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS GIVEN ME 50...40...AND 30 PERCENT POPS FOR ABILENE...SAN ANGELO...AND JUNCTION...RESPECTIVELY. AS A START FOR MY TONIGHT GRIDS...I DECIDED TO POPULATE MY FIRST PERIOD QPF GRIDS WITH 12Z HPC QPF GUIDANCE AND BUILD MY POP AND WEATHER GRIDS FROM THERE. SO...MY FINAL POP AND WEATHER PICTURE FOR TONIGHT BEGINS THE BEST RAIN CHANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR MAINLY OUR HEARTLAND COUNTIES AND THE CONCHO VALLEY. AS FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS...NUMBERS CLOSE TO MEX MOS LOOK GOOD. FOR TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT...DECIDED TO START WITH HPC QPF GUIDANCE AGAIN AND BUILD MY POPS AND WEATHER GRIDS FROM THERE. AGAIN...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN. TEMPERATURE NUMBERS CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE LOOK REASONABLE HERE. BEYOND TOMORROW NIGHT...DECIDED TO GO WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR THE REMAINING PERIODS OF THE SHORT TERM. MODELS DO CONTINUE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...AND SOME AREAS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS MAY HAVE MEASURABLE RAINFALL DURING THESE REMAINING PERIODS. HOWEVER...I JUST DO NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT BROADCASTING 20 POPS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EACH OF THESE REMAINING PERIODS WHEN THE UNCERTAINTY IS SO GREAT. TEMPERATURE NUMBERS CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMALS LOOK GOOD FOR THESE REMAINING PERIODS. LONG TERM... MODELS CONTINUE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEKEND. AS I INDICATED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH...LOCATION AND TIMING OF POTENTIAL RAINFALL ARE JUST TOO UNCERTAIN TO INCLUDE ANY MEANINGFUL POP FORECAST FOR ANY OF THE LONG TERM. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL HELP MAINTAIN NUMBERS CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMALS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 68 94 70 94 72 / 30 40 40 10 10 SAN ANGELO 69 95 71 95 72 / 40 30 30 10 10 JUNCTION 70 94 70 94 73 / 30 30 20 10 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 237 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-191945- 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- 237 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. LARGE HAIL ...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. ALSO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 131 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 TXZ098-099-190730- HASKELL TX-THROCKMORTON TX- 131 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES... AT 126 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 21 MILES NORTH OF WEINERT...OR ABOUT 33 MILES NORTH OF HASKELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WEINERT BY 210 AM CDT IRBY AND HASKELL BY 225 AM CDT 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. 04
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 239 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 TXZ072-190830- TOM GREEN TX- 239 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR TOM GREEN COUNTY... AT 239 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORIENT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF SAN ANGELO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GRAPE CREEK BY 300 AM CDT SAN ANGELO BY 315 AM CDT TANKERSLEY BY 330 AM 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. 04
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 243 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 TXZ113-190845- JONES TX- 243 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR JONES COUNTY... AT 239 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM HAMLIN TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF AVOCA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF STAMFORD...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... AVOCA BY 245 AM CDT LUEDERS AND ANSON BY 255 AM CDT NUGENT BY 305 AM CDT HAWLEY BY 310 AM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. 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. 04
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:50 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The strong wind gusts were assocaited with the gust front well ahead of the storm.
Power lines were knocked down and garbage dumpsters were turned over.
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, July 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: 188998, 188999.