Beneficial rainfall during the fall continued to diminish the severity of the three year drought, agriculturally, across a large part of West Central Texas. S.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Beneficial rainfall during the fall continued to diminish the severity of the three year drought, agriculturally, across a large part of West Central Texas. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, severe drought continued across portions of North Texas. The Drought Monitor designated the Colorado River Basin above E.V. Spence to Lake Ivie to beyond San Saba in a severe drought because of very low lake levels.
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 Nov 30, 11:30 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1130 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ Evening MVFR stratus in the Hill Country dissipated, then was replaced by VFR stratus, a reversed from normal situation. However MVFR stratus is still expected to develop over all but KABI tonight. Light fog was developing at Ozona with dew point depressions less than 2 degrees, so added MVFR visibilities to all TAFS except Abilene. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 550 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013/ .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ Stratus with VFR/MVFR CIGS near the I-10 corridor, from just south of KSOA to KJCT will move north to KSJT and KBBD this evening. It may reach Abilene toward morning, however deep surface moisture will be lacking, and with drier air moving in the southwest, the stratus should scatter to VFR during the mid and late morning over western sections and early afternoon over eastern sections. 04 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 320 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013/ .SHORT TERM... (Tonight and Sunday) A split flow regime continues across much of the CONUS today, with a minor shortwave trough over western parts of the country. Southeasterly to southerly return flow was underway on the backside of the high. Dewpoints have risen significantly over the last 12 hours, and this trend will continue through tomorrow. Moisture was beginning to pool in the coastal areas and Rio Grande Valley, as evidenced by visible satellite imagery and surface observations. Nocturnal low-level jet development around 30 knots is expected tonight, which will help increase the moisture depth. Expect a deeper stratus deck to develop tonight, with development likely occurring a few hours earlier than last night, keeping overnight lows a few degrees warmer, with mainly lower 50s expected across most areas. Southwesterly flow in the lowest 3km of the atmosphere is forecast for Sunday, with the low level jet continuing through the first half of the day. As the western U.S. shortwave crosses the area tomorrow evening, a weak cold front/wind shift is forecast to enter the Big Country near sunset, reaching the Interstate 10 corridor just before sunrise Monday morning. This is slower than what the models showed yesterday. As a result, have increased highs tomorrow into the upper range of guidance. Doll .LONG TERM... (Wednesday Night through Saturday) Mild early December weather will dominate through Wednesday as the upper flow becomes zonal across the. U.S. and a lee surface trough forms across the South Plains. The lee surface trough will result in a warmer south to southwest breeze. But winter should return to West Central Texas Thursday and Friday as an upper level ridge continues to build north into Alaska and causes an upper trof to dig into the southwest U.S. This pattern is progged by the models to dislodge an arctic airmass that will eventually reach West Central Texas by Thursday afternoon or during the morning. The difficulty with this forecast is with the timing of the precipitation and the front. This GFS is more progressive with the upper trough than the Canadian and the ECMWF. Perhaps the powerful 150KT jet streaming from El Paso to the Great Lakes will be strong enough to support a more progressive upper trough pattern as noted by the GFS. If this happens, most of the precipitation will occur Wednesday before the front arrives and should not be frozen unless the front arrives much earlier than predicted. If the upper trough does not move across the region before the arctic airmass arrives, then could see post frontal precipitation develop in the frozen form. Please remember models have difficulty handling these shallow arctic fronts. Decided to go with a freezing rain or rain scenario for Thursday night into Friday morning along and north of Interstate 20. If the front arrives earlier, may see frozen precipitation as early as Thursday morning. Stay tuned && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 53 72 39 70 44 / 5 0 0 0 0 San Angelo 52 74 39 72 43 / 5 5 0 0 0 Junction 53 74 39 76 44 / 5 5 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && Doll/26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 333 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-012145- 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- 333 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the southern part of Brown County experienced severe drought conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the Colorado River Basin through Coke County experienced severe drought conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the Colorado River Basin in Coleman County experienced severe drought conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated that Haskell County experienced severe drought conditions during December.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the west and northwest part of Throckmorton County experienced severe drought conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated that the northern sections of Nolan County experienced severe drought conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the Colorado River Basin in Runnels County experienced severe drought conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the Colorado River Basin in San Saba County experienced severe drought conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the Colorado River Basin through Sterling County experienced severe drought conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated the extreme northwest part of Shackelford County experienced severe drought conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated that the northern half of Jones County experienced severe drought conditions during December.
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, December 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: 490070, 490071, 490072, 490073, 490074, 490075, 490077, 491344, 491345, 491537, 491544.