Numerous strong thunderstorms developed just behind an arctic cold front. These strong thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall and several reports of pea size hail with isolated reports of nickel size hail in an area from San Angelo to Bronte to Abilene.
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Numerous strong thunderstorms developed just behind an arctic cold front. These strong thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall and several reports of pea size hail with isolated reports of nickel size hail in an area from San Angelo to Bronte to Abilene.
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 Jan 31, 5:01 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 501 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 .AVIATION... /00Z UPDATE/ A COMPLEX WEATHER SITUATION IS EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING HAIL. INCLUDED CB GROUPS AT ALL NORTHERN TAF SITES THROUGH 08Z. AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA... TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY DROP WITH PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO A MIX OF SLEET/SNOW/FREEZING RAIN WITH WINDS NORTH AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE TRANSITION WILL OCCUR FIRST ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AROUND 06Z AND THEN ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY BETWEEN 08Z AND 09Z. MOST AREAS WILL TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SNOW BETWEEN 11Z AND 12Z. PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BETWEEN 15Z AND 18Z...WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW LINGERING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO IFR OR LIFR THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY...BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 20 20 7 18 11 / 100 50 10 10 0 SAN ANGELO 23 24 9 21 12 / 80 40 10 10 0 JUNCTION 34 34 13 26 11 / 60 20 10 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...CALLAHAN...COKE...COLEMAN... CONCHO...FISHER...HASKELL...IRION...JONES...MCCULLOCH...NOLAN... RUNNELS...SAN SABA...SHACKELFORD...STERLING...TAYLOR... THROCKMORTON...TOM GREEN. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CROCKETT...KIMBLE...MASON...MENARD... SCHLEICHER...SUTTON. && 15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 354 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-012200- 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- 354 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO BRING PLUNGING TEMPERATURES AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND THE HEARTLAND...WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET EXIST...WITH ISOLATED HIGH AMOUNTS. PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE SLICK WALKWAYS...ROADS... REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG FRONT TONIGHT AS IT MOVES SOUTH. THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TUESDAY MORNING...LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/4 MILES AT TIMES ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. PROLONGED COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. LIVESTOCK AND OUTSIDE PETS MAY NEED EXTRA CARE AND SHELTER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. DANIELS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 357 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 TXZ114-127-128-312300- SHACKELFORD TX-TAYLOR TX-CALLAHAN TX- 357 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR SHACKELFORD...TAYLOR AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES... AT 354 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUDLEY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF ABILENE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EULA BY 415 PM CST CLYDE BY 425 PM CST BAIRD BY 435 PM CST US-283 NEAR THE CALLAHAN-SHACKELFORD COUNTY LINE BY 450 PM CST SMALL 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 548 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 TXZ099-114-010030- THROCKMORTON TX-SHACKELFORD TX- 548 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR THROCKMORTON AND SHACKELFORD COUNTIES... AT 543 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODSON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... US-183 NEAR THE THROCKMORTON-STEPHENS COUNTY LINE BY 605 PM CST WOODSON BY 610 PM CST DIME 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. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 636 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 TXZ066-127-010130- TAYLOR TX-RUNNELS TX- 636 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR TAYLOR AND RUNNELS COUNTIES... AT 633 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES WEST OF WINTERS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WINTERS LITTLE ELM LAKE BY 640 PM CST DRASCO BY 655 PM CST BRADSHAW BY 700 PM CST OVALO BY 715 PM CST LAKE ABILENE AND TUSCOLA BY 720 PM CST DIME 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. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 820 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 TXZ066-072-073-010300- RUNNELS TX-TOM GREEN TX-CONCHO TX- 820 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR RUNNELS...TOM GREEN AND CONCHO COUNTIES... AT 815 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERETA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF PAINT ROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LOWAKE BY 825 PM CST ROWENA BY 840 PM CST BALLINGER LAKE AND BALLINGER BY 855 PM CST DIME 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. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 901 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 TXZ065-066-127-010345- TAYLOR TX-COKE TX-RUNNELS TX- 901 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR TAYLOR...COKE AND RUNNELS COUNTIES... AT 858 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 2 MILES SOUTH OF MAVERICK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF BALLINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NORTON BY 910 PM CST WILMETH BY 920 PM CST WINGATE...US-277 NEAR THE RUNNELS-NOLAN-TAYLOR COUNTY INTERSECTION AND WINTERS BY 930 PM CST PUMPHREY BY 935 PM CST DRASCO AND HAPPY VALLEY BY 940 PM CST DIME 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.
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:35 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained storm spotter reporter nickel size hail with lots of dime size hail covering State Highway 158.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 2011
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: 279854, 279853.