Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in response to a weak upper level disturbance and daytime heating. These storms resulted in a couple of downburst wind reports.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in response to a weak upper level disturbance and daytime heating. These storms resulted in a couple of downburst wind reports.
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 16, 5:02 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 602 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW... && .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY. AT THIS TIME...BELIEVE MOST OF THIS CONVECTION WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF ALL TAF SITES...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THIS CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH...AND IS APPROACHING NORTHERN SHACKELFORD AND JONES COUNTIES. THIS OUTFLOW MAY RESULT IN A BRIEF WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH AT KABI...BUT FOR NOW HAVE LEFT OUT OF THE TAFS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. STRATUS DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY BETWEEN 10Z AND 12Z...THEN SPREADING SLOWLY NORTH. I ONLY INCLUDED MVFR CEILINGS AT KJCT...WHERE THE BEST CHANCE OF LOW CLOUDS EXISTS. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 323 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012/ SHORT TERM... HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBLE SATELLITE HAS SHOWN SOME ENHANCED CU...AND EVEN A FEW SHOWERS FROM THE NORTHWESTERN BIG COUNTRY NORTHEAST INTO OKLAHOMA ALONG AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. AND WHAT IS LIKELY AN MCV MOVING EAST ALONG THE RED RIVER. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OFF TO THE WEST...NORTHWEST TO NORTH FLOW PREVAILS AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY DEVELOP WILL TRY TO DROP SOUTHEAST. THUS...WILL ADD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INTO THE BIG COUNTRY FOR THIS EVENING. SOME CLOUDS AGAIN TONIGHT...AND WE HAVE TENDED TO STAY A LITTLE WARMER THAN THE GUIDANCE HAS SUGGESTED. SO WILL REMAIN ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE FORECAST. MORE OF THE SAME FOR TOMORROW. NO REAL UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...BUT AN AIR MASS THAT IS UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A FEW STORMS ALONG ANY FOCUS THAT CAN BE FOUND. MOST LIKELY FOCUS WOULD BE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT OVER FROM CONVECTION THAT MAY OR MAY NOT DEVELOP TONIGHT. WILL ADD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. LONG TERM... UPPER HIGH WILL BE CENTERED OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO ON MONDAY AND JUST WEST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA ON TUESDAY. THE 850 MB THERMAL RIDGE REMAINS STRONG ACROSS OUR AREA ON MONDAY AND GOING WITH MAX TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW 100 DEGREE READINGS IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY. HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO AT LEAST A FEW DEGREES LOWER BY MIDWEEK AS THE 850 MB THERMAL RIDGE SHIFTS TO THE WEST OF OUR AREA. AN INVERTED UPPER TROUGH/WEAK UPPER LOW IS PROGGED TO MOVE WEST INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO ON MONDAY...AND INTO SOUTH TEXAS BY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE SOME INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IS INDICATED FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY-THURSDAY...RAIN CHANCES LOOK TO REMAIN NON- MENTIONABLE GIVEN THE FORECAST TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM TO OUR SOUTH. THOUGH SOME OF THE MODELS HINT AT POSSIBLE TROPICAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK...THE UPPER HIGH IS PROGGED TO BUILD TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES DURING THAT TIME AND EVENTUALLY BECOME CENTERED OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...THIS UPPER HIGH IS EXPECTED TO BE OUR DOMINANT WEATHER INFLUENCE WITH TEMPERATURES CREEPING UP A FEW DEGREES BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 73 95 73 95 72 / 20 20 10 10 10 SAN ANGELO 74 96 75 99 73 / 10 10 10 10 10 JUNCTION 73 94 74 95 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DANIELS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 525 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-171100- 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- 525 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JOHNSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
522 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
TXZ098-162245-
HASKELL TX-
522 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
HASKELL COUNTY...
AT 517 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF RULE...OR ABOUT 13
MILES WEST OF HASKELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME ROADS IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE STATE HIGHWAY 6...AND RANCH ROAD 617.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROCHESTER AND O'BRIEN BY 545 PM CDT
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
PEA 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.
LAT...LON 3339 9963 3311 9992 3319 10000 3328 10000
3340 9996 3341 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 214DEG 12KT 3323 9993
DANIELSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
737 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
TXZ049-054-098-113-127-128-170100-
FISHER TX-HASKELL TX-JONES TX-NOLAN TX-TAYLOR TX-CALLAHAN TX-
737 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
FISHER...HASKELL...JONES...NOLAN...TAYLOR AND CALLAHAN COUNTIES...
AT 733 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES SOUTH OF NEINDA...OR ABOUT 11
MILES SOUTH OF HAMLIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. SOME ROADS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE INTERSTATE 20...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 277.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NOODLE BY 755 PM CDT
TRENT...MERKEL AND STITH BY 800 PM CDT
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
PEA 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.
LAT...LON 3254 9961 3252 9961 3251 9959 3244 9955
3232 10034 3293 10023 3297 10014 3296 10000
3303 10000 3307 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 352DEG 22KT 3270 10011The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:55 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
This 69 mph wind gust was measured by the Dyess Airforce Base Automotated Surface Observing System.
A utility pole was reported down at the corner of County Road 254 and Farm to Market Road 613.
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, June 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: 387501, 387500.