An eastward moving dryline and an approaching upper level disturbance triggered an isolated severe thunderstorm that produced large hail in Callahan County.
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An eastward moving dryline and an approaching upper level disturbance triggered an isolated severe thunderstorm that produced large hail in Callahan 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 Jan 29, 10:00 AM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1000 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 .UPDATE... UPATED TO ADD MORNING THUNDERSTORM FARTHER WEST. INCREASED TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS. && .DISCUSSION... DRYLINE AND SURFACE TROUGH WERE FARTHER WEST THIS MORNING WITH MID LEVEL CLOUDS PREVENTING MIXING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING BETWEEN OZONA AND MERTZON ALONG THE TROUGH. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A STRONG..POSSIBLY EVEN A SEVERE STORM AS THE SURFACE TROUGH MOVES EAST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST AF A SAN ANGELO TO ABILENE TO THROCKMORTON LINE WITH RUC SFC BASE CAPES OF 1500 TO 1900 J/KG. 04 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 516 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013/ AVIATION... /12Z UPDATE/ VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN TERMINALS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. MVFR CEILINGS OVER THE SOUTHERN TERMINALS WILL LIFT TO VFR BY NOON...REMAINING VFR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO THE TERMINALS. SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN SPEED THROUGH THE DAY. KABI CAN EXPECT WESTERLY GUSTS TO OVER 30KT FOR MOST OF THE DAY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45KT BY NOON. WINDS AT KSJT WILL GUST TO AROUND 35KT BY NOON. FOR THE SOUTHERN TERMINALS EXPECT WIND GUSTS FROM 25KT TO 35KT BY NOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN 20KT BY THIS EVENING AT ALL TERMINALS. BLDU WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT THE NORTHERN TERMINALS BY NOON TO AROUND 6SM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 69 34 56 31 68 / 20 5 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 70 36 56 27 68 / 20 0 0 0 0 JUNCTION 72 35 59 26 68 / 20 5 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...CALLAHAN...COKE... COLEMAN...CONCHO...CROCKETT...FISHER...HASKELL...IRION...JONES... KIMBLE...MENARD...NOLAN...RUNNELS...SCHLEICHER...SHACKELFORD... STERLING...SUTTON...TAYLOR...THROCKMORTON...TOM GREEN. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...CALLAHAN...COKE...COLEMAN...CONCHO...CROCKETT... FISHER...HASKELL...IRION...JONES...MCCULLOCH...NOLAN...RUNNELS... SHACKELFORD...STERLING...TAYLOR...THROCKMORTON...TOM GREEN. && 99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1005 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-301615- 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- 1005 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG A EAST OF A HASKELL...BALLINGER...BRADY LINE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AS DRY CONDITIONS COMBINE WITH STRONG WEST WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 04
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:58 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported mostly marble sized hail with a few just under golfball size.
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