A cold front moved into West Central Texas resulting in a few strong to severe thunderstorms. Although there was a report of small hail, the main hazard was damaging winds across portions of Haskell and Throckmorton Counties.
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A cold front moved into West Central Texas resulting in a few strong to severe thunderstorms. Although there was a report of small hail, the main hazard was damaging winds across portions of Haskell and Throckmorton Counties.
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 Apr 1, 5:52 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 652 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013 .DISCUSSION... SEE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT THE MOMENT. HOWEVER...MOISTURE WILL SURGE BACK INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND HAVE KEPT ROUGHLY THE SAME TIMING FOR MVFR CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO OUR SOUTHERN SITES...LIKELY AROUND 06Z. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD LAST INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS FOR MOST AREAS BEFORE LIFTING TO VFR HEIGHTS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING AREAS SOUTH OF CHILDRESS... AND HEADING SOUTHEAST INTO THE BIG COUNTRY...AND ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE KABI TERMINAL AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...SO HAVE KEPT THE VCTS AND CB GROUPS IN AT KABI AS ITS NOT GUARANTEED THAT ANY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL BE ABLE TO AFFECT THE KABI SITE DIRECTLY. WILL AMEND THE TAF IF NECESSARY AS THESE STORMS APPROACH TONIGHT. 20 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 310 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013/ SHORT TERM... FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT SAGGED SOUTH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY...HAS LOST A LOT OF ITS FOCUS...WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW ALLOWING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO SURGE BACK NORTHWARD. DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S HAVE RETURNED TO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...COMBINING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S TO PRODUCE A FAIRLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...WITH CAPES OF 500 TO 1500 J/KG. BEST SURFACE FOCUS IS ACROSS THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS...WHERE A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. MAY SEE A FEW FAIRLY ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY UNDER THE MAIN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PLUME...BUT MOST LIKELY ACTIVITY WILL BE FARTHER NORTHWEST ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL EXPAND TO THE SOUTHEAST...LIKELY MOVING INTO THE BIG COUNTRY THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BEST POPS ALREADY UP THERE...AND SEE NO REASON TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AT THIS POINT. APPROACH OF THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING LIFT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FOR TUESDAY...AS HAS BEEN FORECASTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS AS WELL...WITH BEST CHANCES ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. BUT SINCE THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL...RAIN CHANCE WILL SPREAD SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONTAL TIMING...ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE MODELS WILL PROBABLY HANDLE THE MIX OF COLD FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PARTICULARLY WELL. HAVE GONE WITH THE SLIGHTLY FASTER NAM SOLUTION ON FRONTAL TIMING...JUST WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH CONVECTION NORTH OF THE FRONT TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF A BOOST ON TUESDAY. 07 LONG TERM... THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT IS THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS THE POSSIBILITY OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A COLD FRONT WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY IN THE EVENING TUESDAY. THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE COLD FRONT WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE OCCURRING DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. MY CURRENT FORECAST HAS THE FRONT JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AROUND 7PM...THEN SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE CAVEAT IS IF OUTFLOW FROM CONVECTION ALONG THE BOUNDARY HELPS TO PUSH THE FRONT MORE QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA. FOR NOW...I HAVE SIDED CLOSER TO THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER SOLUTION...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE BOUNDARY...AND SCATTERED CONVECTION BEHIND AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WITH THIS IN MIND...I INCREASED POPS TO CATEGORICAL ACROSS MOST AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...WITH LIKELY ELSEWHERE. I EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT. WITH MODEST INSTABILITY IN PLACE...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT I THINK HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW SWINGS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY...AND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION...RAIN CHANCES WILL SLOWLY COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST. OVERCAST SKIES AND COLD AIR ADVECTION SHOULD MAKE FOR A CHILLY DAY WEDNESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM THE LOW 50S NORTH...TO THE LOW 60S SOUTH...AND THESE MAY NEED TO BE KNOCKED DOWN A FEW DEGREES ON FUTURE SHIFTS. LOW TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...TO THE LOW 40S ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. A SLOW WARM UP WILL ENSUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 80S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE NEXT POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ASHORE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST SUNDAY...THEN DIVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE DESERT SOUTHWEST EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODEL DIFFERENCES ARISE WITH THE EXACT TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...SO FOR NOW I MADE VERY MINOR CHANGES FOR DAYS 6 AND 7. THIS SYSTEM COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATING TO MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. DANIELS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 59 65 47 53 38 / 60 70 70 50 20 SAN ANGELO 62 77 50 55 41 / 20 60 80 40 10 JUNCTION 64 78 56 62 46 / 20 50 80 60 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 201 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-021915- 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- 201 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTION OF WES CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A SWEETWATER TO BROWNWOOD LINE. THESE STORMS MAY EVENTUALLY SAG A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH OVERNIGHT...REACHING INTO THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY AS WELL. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF REACHING SEVERE LEVELS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN IMPACTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THERE WILL BE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...AS A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS LIFTED UP AND OVER THE FRONT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL AGAIN BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
331 PM CDT MON APR 01 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0148 PM HAIL 2 W ROOSEVELT 30.49N 100.09W
03/31/2013 E1.00 INCH KIMBLE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2 MILES WEST
OF ROOSEVELT.
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EVENT NUMBER SJT1300126
DANIELSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 737 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013 TXZ098-020130- HASKELL TX- 737 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR HASKELL COUNTY... POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL... AT 733 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF O'BRIEN...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF HASKELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE... SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES... SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE... LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED... HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST... MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... O'BRIEN BY 755 PM CDT ROCHESTER AND RULE BY 800 PM CDT LAT...LON 3340 9948 3305 9947 3305 9999 3340 9999 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 314DEG 26KT 3341 10000 20
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:33 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The MESONET station at Weinert recorded sustained winds of 54 MPH with a peak wind gust to 64 MPH.
The Stamford and Haskell Star Newspapers reported nickel size hail in Haskell.
The Fire Department in Haskell reported a 60 MPH wind gust.
The Woodson Fire Department reported a wind gust of 65 MPH.
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: 448068, 448069, 448070, 448084.