S. Drought Monitor upgraded the classification as exceptional to a large region north of Interstate 20.
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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.
As the drought intensified across the Big Country, the U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded the classification as exceptional to a large region north of Interstate 20. This region has experienced the brunt of the drought since February 2011. With little rainfall in April, the drought continued to intensify over the remainder of West Central Texas as the southern areas were upgraded to extreme or exceptional drought.
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 Mar 31, 10:41 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1141 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013 .DISCUSSION... SEE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... MAIN CONCERNS FOR AVIATION THE NEXT 24 HOURS ARE MVFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN 09Z AND 17Z TOMORROW MORNING...AND POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE KABI TERMINAL TOMORROW EVENING. FOR TONIGHT...LOW LEVEL NORTHEAST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH TODAY WILL QUICKLY TURN BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL BRING MOISTURE BACK INTO THE AREA...AND MVFR CEILINGS TO KBBD/KJCT/KSOA. KSJT COULD SEE SOME MVFR CIGS AS WELL...BUT LIKELY FOR A SHORTER DURATION IF THEY DO. THERE IS STILL LOW CONFIDENCE THAT KABI WILL SEE ANY LOW CEILINGS. WINDS TONIGHT WILL TURN FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST BY TOMORROW MORNING...AND REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH THE PERIOD AT ALL SITES. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TOMORROW...AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF THE KABI SITE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT KABI. A VCTS MAY SUFFICE FOR THE SITE AT THIS TIME...BUT A PREVAILING GROUP WITH THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE NEEDED IN UPCOMING TAF FORECASTS. 20 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 646 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013/ DISCUSSION... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE CANCELLED FOR OUR CWA. ALSO...PLEASE SEE THE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. AVIATION... GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF A FEW HOURS OF MVFR CONDITIONS TOMORROW MORNING FOR SOUTHERN SITES AS SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW QUICKLY RETURNS TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. EXPECT THE MVFR CONDITIONS TO MOVE INTO OUR SOUTHERN SITES BY AROUND 09Z...MOVING NORTH INTO THE KSJT AREA BETWEEN 09Z AND 12Z. LESSER CONFIDENCE EXISTS FOR MVFR CEILINGS MAKING IT INTO KABI...SO WILL CONTINUE THE SCT020 THERE. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD MIX OUT OF MOST AREAS BY 18Z TOMORROW...WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 20 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013/ SHORT TERM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF A COLD FRONT. I EXPECT THE MAJORITY OF THIS CONVECTION TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IT IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT A FEW STORMS LINGER BEYOND 00Z...SO I HAVE LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE CWA. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S...WITH STRATUS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS PARTS OF THE HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY BY EARLY MORNING. UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. 12Z NAM IS INDICATING A WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY...RESULTING IN ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CWA. FOR NOW...I HAVE LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...BUT THESE MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED FARTHER SOUTH ON FUTURE SHIFTS. LONG TERM... FRONTAL TIMING CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN QUESTION FOR THE FORECAST. NAM CONTINUES TO BE THE FASTEST WITH THE FRONT...SLIDING THE FRONT THROUGH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY. THE GFS IS A FULL 24 HOURS SLOWER...WAITING ON WEDNESDAY...WHILE THE ECMWF IS IN BETWEEN. NOT ONLY IS THE ECMWF A NICE COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE MODELS...BUT PRESENTS A TIMING THAT IS OFTEN SEEN ACROSS THE AREA. INITIAL COLD FRONT SLIDES INTO THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY...STALLS...THEN WAITS FOR THE COLD AIR TO DEEPEN BEFORE MAKING RAPID PROGRESS DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THUS...WILL TEND TOWARDS THE ECMWF SOLUTION FOR THIS FORECAST. POTENT UPPER TROUGH...SHOWING UP NICELY ON WATER VAPOR...MOVING TOWARDS THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES BY TUESDAY MORNING AND THEN PROGRESS INTO THE PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LIFT FROM THIS SYSTEM STARTS MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...AND THEN CONTINUES ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL LIKELY BE ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE FRONT...BUT STILL LOOKS TO BE A FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT OVER A 36 TO 48 HOUR PERIOD. HAVE BUMPED POPS UP AREAWIDE. REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS PRETTY QUIET. WARMING TREND KICKS IN...AND TEMPERATURES WARM UP BACK INTO THE 80S. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 52 81 58 66 43 / 10 10 50 60 60 SAN ANGELO 54 85 61 74 48 / 10 10 40 60 60 JUNCTION 56 84 64 76 54 / 10 10 40 50 70 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99/99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 236 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-011945- 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- 236 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL SUNSET THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WHILE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM TO BECOME SEVERE...ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
24 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Brown County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Callahan County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Coke County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Coleman County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Concho County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Crockett County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated exceptional drought conditions across Fisher County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated exceptional drought conditions across Haskell County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Irion County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated exceptional drought conditions across Jones County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Kimble County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Mason County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Mcculloch County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Menard County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Nolan County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Runnels County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across San Saba County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Schleicher County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Shackelford County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Sterling County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated exceptional drought conditions across Sutton County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated mostly severe drought conditions across Taylor County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated exceptional drought conditions across Throckmorton County during the month of April.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated mostly severe drought conditions across Tom Green County during the month of April.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2013
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: 448125, 448128, 448139, 448143, 448150, 448152, 448155, 448156, 448158, 448160, 448161, 448162, 448165, 449143, 449144, 449145, 449146, 449147, 449156, 449157, 449158, 449159, 449160, 449162.