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. These areas did not receive the heavy rain that fell at the end of September.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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. These areas did not receive the heavy rain that fell at the end of September.
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 Oct 31, 10:08 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1108 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2012 .DISCUSSION... SEE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT 24 HOURS AT THE TERMINALS. 21 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 54 83 60 82 59 / 0 0 0 0 5 SAN ANGELO 51 84 58 84 57 / 0 0 0 0 5 JUNCTION 47 86 57 84 59 / 0 0 0 0 5 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 248 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2012 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-011100- 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- 248 PM CDT WED OCT 31 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JOHNSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Fisher County in the extreme drought category and they placed the northeast corner of the county into the exceptional drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed the south half of Jones County in the extreme drought category and the north half of the county into the exceptional drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed the south half of Haskell County into the extreme drought category and the north half of the county into the exceptional drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed the Shackelford County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Throckmorton County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Sutton County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Kimble County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Brown County into the severe drought category.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed 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, November 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: 419139, 419140, 419142, 419143, 419144, 419145, 419146, 419149, 419150.