Drought, Throckmorton
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 33.178, -99.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 2009
The drought continued to plague the northern Big Country and the Northwest Hill Country while spring showers brought improvements to the remainder of West Central Texas. Stock water tanks and pond levels were dropping daily and becoming a major concern.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
The drought continued to plague the northern Big Country and the Northwest Hill Country while spring showers brought improvements to the remainder of West Central Texas. Stock water tanks and pond levels were dropping daily and becoming a major concern. Some producers considered further culling of herds because of lack of water.
The following precipitation amounts were recorded for the month of May: Abilene received 3.28 inches of rain, where normal is about 2.5 inches for the month. San Angelo received 0.12 inches of rain, where normal is about 2.78 inches for the month. Junction received 2.55 inches of rain, where normal is about 3.3 inches of rain.
What forecasters said that day
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 Apr 30, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1137 PM CDT THU APR 30 2009 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR DISCUSSION ON 06Z TAFS. && .AVIATION... GOES 11-3.9 MICRON SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS PATCHY LOW CLOUDS DEVELOPING OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. MOISTENING SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WILL PROMOTE CONSIDERABLE LOW CLOUD DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...OVERNIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT CEILINGS TO LOWER INTO THE 1-2 KFT RANGE. WITH MIXING EFFECTS WILL SEE THE LOW CLOUD FIELD ERODE FROM WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT GUSTY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 749 PM CDT THU APR 30 2009/ UPDATE... REMOVED POPS OVER ALL BUT HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... A SMALL BATCH OF CUMULUS REMAINS ALONG DRYLINE...JUST WEST HASKELL COUNTY AT 715 PM. DO NOT HAVE MUCH HOPE FOR DEVELOPMENT...BUT STILL AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO...SO LEFT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. REMOVED CHANCES ACROSS REST OF CWA. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 622 PM CDT THU APR 30 2009/ DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR DISCUSSION ON THE 00Z TAFS. AVIATION... VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE DRYLINE BETWEEN CHILDRESS AND SNYDER...BUT STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN PRESENCE. THE PROSPECTS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ARE DECREASING WITH TIME THIS EVENING...AND DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY THUNDERSTORM THREAT AT THE TAF SITES. CLOUD DECK ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES IS BECOMING SCATTERED THIS EVENING. MOISTENING SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WILL PROMOTE LOW CLOUD DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT CEILINGS TO LOWER INTO THE 1-2 KFT RANGE. WITH MIXING EFFECTS WILL SEE THE LOW CLOUD FIELD ERODE FROM WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 330 PM CDT THU APR 30 2009/ SHORT TERM... PLAYING THE WAITING GAME THIS AFTERNOON...SEEING IF ANY CONVECTION WILL MANAGE TO DEVELOP. DRYLINE HAS SURGED EAST TO NEAR THE WESTERN BORDER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...WITH THE COLD FRONT HEADING THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FEATURES UNSTABLE...WITH CAPES IN EXCESS OF 3000. CAP IS PRESENT...BUT MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST WEAK ENOUGH TO BE BROKEN IN AT LEAST A FEW LOCATIONS. STILL MAY TAKE ALL THE WAY UNTIL MAY HEATING TO BREAK CAP...SO WILL CONTINUE TO WAIT AND WATCH. WILL CONTINUE THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS...AND MAKE LAST MINUTE CHANGES. DRYLINE AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS STILL IN PLACE FOR FRIDAY...AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE AND AHEAD OF THE BY THEN STALLED FRONT. BUT MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO CLIMB A LITTLE BIT MORE. WITH THE SLIGHTLY STRONGER CAP...WILL KEEP THE SILENT 10S RUNNING. IF STORMS DO DEVELOP...LATE ENOUGH IN THE PERIOD THAT WE CAN JUST PLACE THEM IN THE AFTER 00Z TIME PERIOD...PERHAPS AHEAD OF THE REINFORCING FRONT HEADING TOWARDS THE AREA LATE IN THE PERIOD. LONG TERM... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST WILL EJECT A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE WEST COAST THIS WEEKEND...WHICH WILL QUICKLY DROP SOUTHEAST OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY EARLY SUNDAY. LATEST MODEL RUNS HAVE ACCELERATED THE SPEED AND REDUCED THE AMPLITUDE OF THIS DISTURBANCE WHICH IN PRIOR RUNS HAD IT CLOSING OFF EARLIER OVER THE FORECAST AREA. AN ASSOCIATED WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE CHANCE OF RAINFALL INCREASING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL CHANCES WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER WAVE AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL TEMPORARILY RETURN TO ZONAL IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING UPPER LOW BUT THE GFS FORMS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH A CHANCE OF ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS BY OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. HAVE LIMITED RAINFALL CHANCES TO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA AS THE BEST DYNAMICS SHOULD BE OVER EAST TEXAS AS THE DISTURBANCE DIGS SOUTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE CENTRAL GULF COAST. RAINFALL CHANCES SHOULD END EARLY WEDNESDAY. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES EAST...UPPER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES THROUGH THE END OF THE EXTENDED. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 90S OVER THE ENTIRE AREA UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 67 90 64 80 62 / 10 10 10 30 40 SAN ANGELO 67 90 68 86 63 / 10 10 10 10 40 JUNCTION 67 86 70 88 69 / 10 10 10 10 30 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 7:25 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 825 PM CDT THU APR 30 2009 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-020130- 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- 825 PM CDT THU APR 30 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS WEEKEND.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Haskell
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 33.178, -99.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Fisher
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 32.743, -100.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Jones
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Jones forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 32.740, -99.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Shackelford
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Shackelford forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 32.736, -99.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Nolan
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 32.304, -100.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Taylor
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 32.301, -99.890 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Callahan
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 32.298, -99.373 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Runnels
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Runnels forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 31.831, -99.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Sutton
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Sutton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 30.498, -100.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Mason
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 30.718, -99.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Kimble
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Kimble forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 30.487, -99.749 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Oklahoma, May 1 to 2, 2009
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 1 to 3, 2009
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, May 1, 2009
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 2009
- Flooding in Arkansas, May 1 to 31, 2009
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, May 1 to 3, 2009
- Flooding in Illinois, May 1 to 4, 2009
- Flood in Iowa, May 1 to 7, 2009
- Flood in Iowa, May 1, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, May 1, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Alabama, May 1 to 2, 2009
- Flooding in Indiana, May 1 to 29, 2009
More
Every storm in Texas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2009
Sources
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: 176160, 176162, 176163, 176164, 176165, 176166, 176167, 176168, 176169, 176170, 176171, 176175.