High winds of 55 to 65 mph produced widespread wind damage across a large part of West Central Texas. A strong surface low pressure system that moved east across North Texas caused these high winds.
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High winds of 55 to 65 mph produced widespread wind damage across a large part of West Central Texas. A strong surface low pressure system that moved east across North Texas caused these high winds.
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 Feb 25, 9:37 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 937 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 .UPDATE... TO INCREASE SNOW CHANCES. && .DISCUSSION... UPDATED THE POPS AND WEATHER FOR THE LIGHT SNOW THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY. ALSO ADJUSTED THE WINDS...TEMPS...AND DEW POINTS BASED ON CURRENT OBSERVATIONS. NO OTHER CHANGES NEED AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 601 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013/ DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION SECTION. AVIATION... THE PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERNS ARE WITH STRONG WINDS AREAWIDE...AND WITH POSSIBLE MVFR CONDITIONS AT TIMES AT KABI. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS /ASSOCIATED WITH THE POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW/ WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS AT THE TAF SITES. GUSTS OF 45-50 KT...POSSIBLY A LITTLE HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED AT KABI AND KSJT...WITH GUSTS OF 40-45 KT AT KBBD...KJCT AND KSOA. STILL STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT. A CLOUD FIELD WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ACROSS ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN THIRD OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. CEILINGS AT KABI SHOULD BE MOSTLY ABOVE 3K FT AFTER 15Z...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN 12Z AND 15Z. SOME PRECIPITATION WILL WRAP AROUND THE UPPER LOW AND AFFECT THE BIG COUNTRY LATER THIS MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW MAY DEVELOP AT KABI...LOW PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE FOR THAT LOCATION PRECLUDES A SPECIFIC MENTION IN THEIR TAF AT THIS TIME. WILL MONITOR RADAR TRENDS...HOWEVER AND UPDATE IF NEEDED. PATCHY BLOWING DUST MAY DEVELOP DURING THE DAY. CARRYING A MENTION OF THIS AT KABI AND KSJT WITH 6SM VISIBILITY IN THE 18Z TIME GROUP. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 454 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013/ SHORT TERM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE PACIFIC FRONT HAVE EXITED OUR EASTERN BORDER COUNTIES...AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN OUR AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE POTENT UPPER LOW AND ITS IMPACTS DOMINATE THE SHORT TERM... WITH HIGH WINDS AND WRAP AROUND SNOW THE MAIN CONCERNS. THE UPPER LOW CURRENTLY LIFTING OUT OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF NEW MEXICO WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TO THE MUNDAY/SEYMOUR AREA BY 18Z TODAY...AND THEN EAST TO NEAR SHERMAN TX BY 00Z. THE MODELS INDICATE THAT THIS ALREADY POTENT SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN FURTHER TODAY. GIVEN THE FORECAST STRENGTH OF THE WIND FIELDS AND THE OCCURRENCE DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ALONG WITH FAVORABLE DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSPORT FACTORS...WE HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE WIND ADVISORY TO A HIGH WIND WARNING ACROSS ALL OF THE CONCHO VALLEY...PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...AND PARTS OF THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU. A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. BOTH OF THESE WIND PRODUCTS ARE IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM TODAY. WRAP AROUND CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE BIG COUNTRY THIS MORNING. LESS CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...WHERE THE DRY SLOT WILL TRAVERSE THE AREA. COLD AIR ADVECTION AND THE WRAP AROUND CLOUD FIELD SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES CONFINED TO THE 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY DURING THE DAY. FARTHER SOUTH...HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 40S ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY TO MID 50S ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. THE NEXT ISSUE IS WITH PRECIPITATION WHICH THE MODELS SHOW WRAPPING THE UPPER LOW AND AFFECTING THE BIG COUNTRY. TEMPERATURE PROFILE WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY... WITH RAIN OR SNOW SOUTH TO THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. AT THIS TIME HAVE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH IN OUR FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING /MID 30S HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES/ WITH RELATIVELY WARM GROUND CONDITIONS...THIS SHOULD KEEP KEEP THE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH AND BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IS THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS WHICH WOULD SHARPLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY...EVEN IF FOR TEMPORARY PERIODS. WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING AND MAY NEED TO ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IF THE DEVELOPING SITUATION WARRANTS. THE UPPER LOW WILL QUICKLY DEPART TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. FOR OUR AREA EXPECT CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS OVERNIGHT. LONG TERM... DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH A COUPLE OF WEAK COLD FRONTS AFFECTING THE AREA. FOR TUESDAY...MUCH QUIETER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS RANGING FROM THE 50S ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY TO THE 60S SOUTH. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE ROCKIES ON TUESDAY AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SEND A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AND WILL COOL TEMPERATURES INTO THE 50S FOR HIGHS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. YET ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE 50S ON FRIDAY. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED FOR NEXT WEEKEND WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES WITH SOUTH FLOW RETURNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 42 30 58 30 54 / 30 10 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 50 32 66 32 59 / 20 0 0 0 0 JUNCTION 55 33 69 33 61 / 5 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COKE...CONCHO...CROCKETT...FISHER...IRION...JONES... NOLAN...RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER...STERLING...TAYLOR...TOM GREEN. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...CALLAHAN...COLEMAN...HASKELL...KIMBLE...MASON... MCCULLOCH...MENARD...SAN SABA...SHACKELFORD...SUTTON... THROCKMORTON. && REIMER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 516 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-261130- 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- 516 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM TODAY FOR ALL OF THE COHCHO VALLEY...PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY... AND PARTS OF THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU. FOR THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM. SOME SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY TODAY.... WITH LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING... SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER... ANY FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The strong gradient winds caused scattered damage across Mertzon. A metal roof on the county work barn located near the courthouse was blown off. Numerous sheds across Mertzon had roof damage.
The strong gradient winds caused scattered damage across San Angelo and Tom Green County. The strong winds knocked down power lines and resulted in power outages. The winds blew down road signs, ripped shingles off of homes, a school and commercial buildings across San Angelo and the county. The winds even peeled back some metal roofs from a commercial building in San Angelo. The high winds also blew down some fences and a few trees. One of the trees fell on a parked car.
The strong gradient winds caused scattered damage across Eldorado and Schleicher County. The strong winds knocked down an awning that damaged a car. The strong winds blew down road signs and also ripped shingles off of a school and a convenience store in Eldorado.
A trained spotter in Doole measured a 58 mph wind gust.
A pole with an emergency siren mounted on it was blown down in Brownwood.
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, February 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: 436554, 436536, 436537, 436545, 436548, 436549, 436551, 436557.