Severe to exceptional drought continued to grip much of the Big Country or the region north of Interstate 20. Severe drought returned to San Angelo, Eldorado, Sonora, Ozona and surrouding communities with the lack of beneficial rainfall and hot temperatures.
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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.
Severe to exceptional drought continued to grip much of the Big Country or the region north of Interstate 20. Severe drought returned to San Angelo, Eldorado, Sonora, Ozona and surrouding communities with the lack of beneficial rainfall and hot temperatures. Surface water supplies are still low across West Central Texas which includes the Big Country due to limited runoff from rainfall. The City of San Angelo has enacted drought level two water restriction because of a limited, 15 month water supply. Several other cities like Abilene and Brownwood have also enacted water restrictions because of the dwindling water supplies.
According to the Texas Crop Weather Report issued July 31, by the Texas A&M Agriculture Program for the Big Country Region, the dryland cotton crop was suffering from moisture stress and wasn’t growing. Insurance adjusters were disastering-out more dryland cotton acres. Pastures were in fair to poor condition. The extreme heat was another concern as cattle producers were seeing stock tanks drying up and well levels dropping. Fly and insect pressure was ongoing. Wildfires were becoming more of a concern.
Over the rest of West Central Texas the hot, dry conditions continued. Soil-moisture levels continued to decline with high evaporation rates. Most row crops showed severe moisture stress. Although cotton was beginning to bloom, it was also moisture stressed. Irrigation continued where water was available. Producers were cutting and baling haygrazer. More rain was needed to make a second cutting. Grazing was very limited, and producers started feeding hay. Stock-tank water levels dropping. Livestock remained in good condition, though some producers were selling cattle due to high feed costs and very little access to hay.
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 30, 10:26 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1126 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .DISCUSSION... SEE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING WEST OVER NORTHERN MEXICO ON SUNDAY. ISOLD TO SCT SHWRS AND TSTMS WILL PROBABLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO WEAK UPPER LEVEL FORCING. HOWEVER...TO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IF THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR THE TERMINALS. GOING WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR NOW. 21 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 73 90 72 95 72 / 0 20 10 0 0 SAN ANGELO 72 92 71 97 73 / 10 20 10 0 0 JUNCTION 73 87 72 93 72 / 10 30 10 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 326 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-012030- 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- 326 PM CDT SAT JUN 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND MORE LIKELY ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE AREA. SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES HAVE THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR RAIN. POTENTIAL FOR DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY IMPACT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated a severe drought across Coke County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated a severe drought across Crockett County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated a severe drought across Irion County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated a severe drought across Schleicher County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated a severe drought across Sutton County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated a severe drought across Shackelford County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated a severe drought across Throckmorton County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated a severe drought across Tom Green County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated an exceptional drought across Fisher County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated an exceptional drought across Jones County.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated an extreme drought across Haskell County.
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, July 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: 404142, 404143, 404144, 404146, 404147, 404149, 404150, 404152, 404153, 404154, 404155.