Although drought continues to affect a large part of West Central Texas, it is showing some improvement. S.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Although drought continues to affect a large part of West Central Texas, it is showing some improvement. The U.S. Drought Monitor continues to indicate a severe drought along and north of Interstate 20 and a severe drought south of a line from Ozona to Brady to San Saba County.
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 Jul 31, 10:17 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1117 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 .DISCUSSION... LOOK FOR VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AVIATION BELOW HAS DETAILS. && .AVIATION... MODELS THIS CYCLE INDICATE NO NEED TO DEVIATE FROM THE PREVIOUS TERMINAL FORECAST. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HUBER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 913 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013/ UPDATE... REMOVING EVENING RAIN CHANCES. DISCUSSION... STORMS HAVE NEARLY DISSIPATED AT 9 PM THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY A FEW SHOWERS NORTH OF STERLING CITY. WITH LOSS OF HEATING...DO NOT EXPECT REGENERATION DESPITE A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE REGION. LOW IN THE MID 70S LOOK GOOD. 04 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 632 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013/ DISCUSSION... LOOK FOR VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SEE AVIATION BELOW FOR DETAILS. AVIATION... /THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING/ .ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE DOWNBURSTS... A SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING ALONG OR NEAR INTERSTATE 20 WILL CONTINUE TO BE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. WITH LITTLE IF ANY UPPER-LEVEL SUPPORT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SHORT LIVED. THE FREEZING LEVEL IS AROUND FOURTEEN THOUSAND FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THUS...THE HAIL THREAT IS VERY LOW. HOWEVER...MODEL FORECAST SOUNDING AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNBURST WINDS. THUS...I BELIEVE THAT IS THE PRIMARY THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET. GIVEN THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THUNDERSTORMS...I DECIDED NOT TO INCLUDE ANY THUNDER IN ANY OF OUR TERMINALS. HUBER /OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW/ .VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS... MODELS INDICATE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE REGION FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THEREFORE...EXPECT SURFACE WINDS TO BE MAINLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HUBER PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 346 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013/ SHORT TERM... A WEAK COLD FRONT WAS SITUATED ROUGHLY ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP A BIT FARTHER SOUTH INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND BEFORE STALLING OUT TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL BECOME MORE DIFFUSE ON THURSDAY AND SHOULD WASH OUT ACROSS THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. AS OF 3 PM...ISOLATED CONVECTION HAS FORMED JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. WILL KEEP ISOLATED CONVECTION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET WITH LOSS OF HEATING. CONVECTION HAS ALSO DEVELOPED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST NAM AND HRRR INDICATE THAT THIS ACTIVITY MAY MAKE A RUN AT OUR WESTERN COUNTIES TOWARDS DAYBREAK THURSDAY AS IT WEAKENS. NOT CONFIDENT THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN SO KEPT THE FORECAST DRY OVERNIGHT. DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS CONTINUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS 99 TO 102 AND HEAT INDICES 102 TO 105 DEGREES. 24 LONG TERM... HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FROM FRIDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE SURFACE HIGH THAT IS CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO WILL REPOSITION ITSELF OVER TEXAS THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEAR NIL RAIN CHANCES...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 98 TO 103...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S. VERY LITTLE RELIEF IN THE HOT AND DRY PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT 7 DAYS...AND POSSIBLY BEYOND...AS THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH REMAINS PARKED OVER THE LONE STAR STATE. DANIELS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 76 100 75 101 75 / 5 5 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 75 101 75 101 74 / 5 5 0 0 0 JUNCTION 75 99 73 99 72 / 5 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 24/DANIAELS/HUBER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 350 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-012100- 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- 350 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 103 TO 105 DEGREES ACROSS PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 103 TO 105 DEGREES ACROSS PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND AREAS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
15 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the northern half of Taylor County was in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated a small section across northern Callahan County was in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the northeastern two-thirds of Fisher County was in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated all of Jones County was in a severe drought, while a small portion of the county in the northeast showed extreme drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated most of Shackelford County was in an extreme drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated most of Throckmorton County was in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated most of Haskell County was in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated most of McCulloch County was in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated most of San Saba County was in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated all of Mason County was in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated all of Kimble County was in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated all of Menard County was in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated most of the southeast part of Schleicher County was in an extreme drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated most of the Sutton County was in a severe drought, while a small area of extreme drought extended across the eastern part of the county.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the southeast third of Crockett County was in a severe drought.
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, August 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: 475129, 475131, 475132, 475133, 475134, 475136, 475138, 475139, 475140, 475142, 475143, 475144, 475145, 475147, 475148.