The drought continues to intensify mainly north of Interstate 20, while the drought continues to expand over portions of the Northern Edwards Plateau and the adjacent Northwest Hill Country.
Every event with a place to put it; 16 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The drought continues to intensify mainly north of Interstate 20, while the drought continues to expand over portions of the Northern Edwards Plateau and the adjacent Northwest Hill Country.
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 Nov 30, 11:09 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1109 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2012 .AVIATION... /06Z UPDATE/ VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THE NIGHT WITH STRATUS ONCE AGAIN SPREADING NORTH OVER MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BEFORE DAYBREAK. STRATUS WILL BE AT KJCT BY 08Z...KBBD AROUND 09Z AND INTO THE REMAINING TERMINALS SOUTH OF KABI THROUGH 12Z. KABI CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR. EXPECT MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS AT ALL OTHER TERMINALS THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING. IN ADDITION...FOG MAY ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP...REDUCING VISIBILITIES INTO THE IFR CATEGORY. BRIEF LIFR CATEGORY WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN TO ALL TAF SITES BY 18Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 77 56 79 57 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 79 54 81 57 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 JUNCTION 79 55 80 57 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 241 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2012 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-012045- 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- 241 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
16 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Haskell County in the extreme drought category, while the southwest corner of the county was placed into the exceptional drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Fisher County in the extreme drought category, while the northeast corner of the county was in the exceptional drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed the north half of Jones County into the exceptional drought category, while the south half of the county was placed into the extreme drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Shackelford County in the severe drought category, while the northwest corner of the county was placed into the extreme drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Throckmorton County into the extreme drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Schleicher County into the extreme drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Sutton County into the extreme drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Kimble County into the extreme drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Nolan County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Taylor County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Callahan County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Coleman County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Brown County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of McCulloch County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Mason County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of San Saba County into the severe drought category.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2012
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: 426009, 426010, 426011, 426012, 426013, 426014, 426015, 426016, 426017, 426018, 426020, 426021, 426022, 426023, 426024, 426025.