On June 12, slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rain and flash flooding in McCulloch County.
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On June 12, slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rain and flash flooding in McCulloch County.
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 12, 8:12 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 912 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 .UPDATE... UPDATING TORNADO WATCH && .DISCUSSION... PER SPC DISCUSSIONS...WILL CLEAR ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT KIMBLE... MASON...MCCULLOCH AND SAN SABA...FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO QPF...WX...AND POP GRIDS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 608 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009/ AVIATION... /00Z UPDATE/ VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS OVER ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...BUT SHOULD REMAIN EAST OF KBBD. WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF VCTS FOR KBBD THROUGH 02Z. SURFACE WINDS WILL BACK TO THE SOUTH THIS EVENING AND WILL GUST TO AROUND 20 KTS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 404 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009/ SHORT TERM... RECENTLY ISSUED TORNADO WATCH #390 COVERS OUR EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM. SURFACE CONVERGENCY BOUNDARY IS ALIGNED NORTH-NORTHEAST TO SOUTH-SOUTHWEST ACROSS THAT AREA. DRYLINE IS MIXING EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY...AND MAY REACH ENHANCE THE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY IF IT MIXES THAT FAR EAST. HAVE CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA COVERED BY THE WATCH. EXPECT SIMILAR HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY...GIVEN THE STRONG THERMAL RIDGING PATTERN AND PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER HIGH TO OUR SOUTH. HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POP FOR OUR NORTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. DRYLINE MAY MIX ADVANCE INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES... AND WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY SAG SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER TOWARD OUR FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES. MAY ALSO HAVE A WEAK EMBEDDED DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVE AROUND THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LONG TERM... EXPECT A HOT AND DRY PATTERN SUNDAY AND WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. UPPER HIGH WILL BE OUR DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE. THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE THE UPPER HIGH EXPANDING EAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE 12Z MODELS ALSO SHOW A TREND FOR THIS UPPER HIGH TO RETROGRADE LATER NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 76 101 75 99 74 / 10 20 20 10 10 SAN ANGELO 76 103 76 101 74 / 10 20 20 10 0 JUNCTION 77 101 77 100 74 / 40 10 10 10 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT FOR KIMBLE...MASON SAN SABA...AND MCCULLOCH && 99/15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 436 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-132145- 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- 436 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 390 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM ALBANY... TO EDEN... TO JUNCTION. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING... VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE LIKELY. ALSO...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 100 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE DURING THE AFTERNOON SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO SEE THESE STORMS IS ALONG AND WEST OF A BROWNWOOD TO OZONA LINE. ALSO...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO AROUND 100 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AREA RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WHEN POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FOR AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO JUNCTION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
714 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
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..REMARKS..
0651 PM HAIL 5 SE ALGERITA 31.18N 98.79W
06/12/2009 E1.00 INCH SAN SABA TX COUNTY OFFICIAL
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 839 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 TXZ154-155-130245- MCCULLOCH TX-SAN SABA TX- 839 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR MCCULLOCH AND SAN SABA COUNTIES... AT 838 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 10 MILES EAST OF VOCA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CHEROKEE BY 945 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
909 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
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..REMARKS..
0907 PM HAIL FREDONIA 30.93N 99.11W
06/12/2009 E1.00 INCH MASON TX AMATEUR RADIO
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JDUNNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
930 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
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0926 PM HAIL 4 E MASON 30.74N 99.16W
06/12/2009 E1.75 INCH MASON TX NWS EMPLOYEE
INTERMITTENT SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED AT 926PM.
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SNAGLEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
932 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
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0927 PM HAIL 13 N MASON 30.94N 99.23W
06/12/2009 E2.50 INCH MASON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 13 MILES NORTH OF MASON AT
925 PM.
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SNAGLEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
948 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
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0915 PM HAIL 10 E MASON 30.75N 99.06W
06/12/2009 E1.75 INCH MASON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 10 MILES EAST OF MASON AT 915
PM.
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SNAGLEThe San Angelo radar (KSJT), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:49 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred at several locations in Brady. Barricades were set up by law enforcement.
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