Isolated severe thunderstorms developed along the dryline and resulted in a few storms producing damaging winds across Sweetwater.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed along the dryline and resulted in a few storms producing damaging winds across Sweetwater.
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 30, 6:20 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 720 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013 .DISCUSSION... THE LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... EXPECT TO SEE STRATUS RETURN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SOUTHEAST FLOW WITH MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE. CURRENT STORMS OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS SHOULD STAY NORTH OF ABI. .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013/ .SHORT TERM... TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES UNDER CLEAR SKIES. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WORK EASTWARD...WITH SUBSIDENCE EVIDENT ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. TO OUR WEST...AFTERNOON HEATING HAS RESULTED IN CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN AND ALONG THE DRYLINE WEST OF LUBBOCK. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INSERTED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN CROCKETT COUNTY FOR THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER...AND A DECENT CU FIELD HAS ALSO DEVELOPED ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS JUST WEST OF THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTO THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IT/S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD MIGRATE FARTHER EAST...BUT WITH LOW CONFIDENCE IN DEVELOPMENT AND COVERAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TAKING PLACE...WILL NOT SPREAD COVERAGE FARTHER EAST INTO SUTTON AND SCHLEICHER COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE AS THE SUN SETS LATER. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE. FARTHER NORTH...THE DRYLINE HAS TIGHTENED UP AND IS SHOWING SIGNS THAT CONVECTION MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG IT. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WITH THIS DRYLINE SHOULD BE SPARSE...AND MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE TOO FAR WEST TO AFFECT COUNTIES IN OUR FORECAST AREA BEFORE IT DISSIPATES LATER THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE LOWER 60S AREA WIDE AS WARM...MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES. FOR WEDNESDAY...THE COLD FRONT THAT HAS BEEN ANTICIPATED FOR SOME TIME WILL MAKE ITS WAY TOWARD THE AREA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 2/3 OF THE AREA AS A DRYLINE MOVES EAST INTO THE AREA AND COMPRESSIONAL HEATING OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TAKES PLACE. HAVE WARMED HIGHS IN THE CONCHO VALLEY INTO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 IN SOME LOCATIONS. WE MAY SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN BIG COUNTRY...IF THE FRONT CAN MAKE A STRONG PUSH INTO THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .LONG TERM... CURRENT WEATHER...ALOFT...TROF DEVELOPING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS. WEAKER FLOW ACROSS TEXAS WITH SUBSIDENCE. AT THE SURFACE...COLD FRONT FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH SECONDARY ARCTIC FRONT ACROSS MONTANA AND NORTH DAKOTA. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...THESE WEATHER FEATURES WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE MAIN STORY WILL BE MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL TROF AMPLIFIES OVER THE PLAINS. THE FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA BY 3 AM THURSDAY...WITH NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 40 TO 50 DEGREES COLDER ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE COLD AND BREEZY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. LOWS WILL BE 35 TO 40. RECORD LOWS FOR SAN ANGELO AND ABILENE WILL BE IN JEOPARDY FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF RAIN MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. SCATTERED TSTMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF A SAN ANGELO TO BROWNWOOD LINE WHERE BEST INSTABILITY WILL EXIST. THE 0-6KM SHEAR PROFILE WILL BE WEAK ACROSS OUR AREA. A STORM OR TWO MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...WITH LARGE HAIL MAIN THREAT. LOOK FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...WITH ACTIVITY FALLING APART BY LATE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. WINDS WILL DIE OFF BY FRIDAY. HIGHS WILL MODERATE FRIDAY DUE TO SOME SUNSHINE BY AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT DUE TO GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING. LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. THE NAM MOS GUIDANCE IS GOING WITH A LOW OF 32 AT JUNCTION FOR SATURDAY MORNING. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...EXPECT A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE GFS MODEL IS INDICATING AN UPPER LEVEL TROF UNDERCUTTING A RIDGE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. SOME OF THIS ENERGY MAY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AS A DRYLINE DEVELOPS TO OUR WEST. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IS CURRENTLY IN SEVERE OR GREATER DROUGHT CONDITIONS. KEEPING THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 65 87 42 49 38 / 10 20 50 30 5 SAN ANGELO 65 97 46 49 39 / 10 10 40 30 5 JUNCTION 66 93 49 51 38 / 5 10 50 40 5 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 20/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 326 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013 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 TUE APR 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. CONDITIONS MAY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR A FEW OF THE STORMS TO STRENGTHEN TO SEVERE LEVELS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement officials from Sweetwater reported several trees were blown onto vehicles. In addition, several utility poles were snapped by the damaging thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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