The long lasting West Central Texas Drought is approaching its third year. S.
Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
The long lasting West Central Texas Drought is approaching its third year. A heavy rainfall event that fell across the Big Country in July resulted in a downgrade to extreme drought from exceptional drought across the northern Big Country counties by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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 Jun 30, 10:45 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1145 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION SECTION. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT THE TAF SITES OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY. APPEARS THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND ADJACENT FAR WEST TEXAS WILL TRACK ALMOST DUE SOUTH... AND WILL STAY WEST OF OUR TAF SITES LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE MONITORED OVERNIGHT POSSIBLE UPDATES. ASSOCIATED HIGH CLOUD SHIELD WITH THIS CONVECTION WILL OVERSPREAD WEST CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL BECOME EAST MONDAY MORNING...AND NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 7-11 KT BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 650 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013/ DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION SECTION. AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT THE TAF SITES TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVENING ARE DEVELOPING ALONG A BAND EXTENDING FROM RUNNELS COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS CONCHO COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTY. ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE WEST. EXPECT THESE SHOWERS TO REMAIN EAST OF THE KSJT TERMINAL...BUT WILL MONITOR RADAR FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES WITH THE KSJT TAF. CARRYING VCSH AT KBBD UNTIL 01Z. ANY REMAINING SHOWERS SHOULD DISSIPATE LATE THIS EVENING. WITH UNCERTAINTY ON WHETHER CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL BE ABLE HOLD TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO REACH PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT...HOLDING OFF WITH ANY MENTION OF SHRA/TSRA AT THE TAF SITES. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY WILL BE WEST OF OUR AREA. SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST AN INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUD COVERAGE OVERNIGHT INTO THE DAY MONDAY ACROSS OUR AREA. LIGHT MAINLY EAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHEAST /POSSIBLY MORE NORTHERLY/ AT 7-11 KT BY MIDDAY MONDAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013/ SHORT TERM... NORTH TO NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY WITH A STRONG RIDGE OUT WEST AND A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS. THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL RESULT IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES THROUGH MONDAY AS THE THERMAL RIDGE REMAINS WELL TO OUR WEST WITH A COOL NORTHEASTERLY FLOW REGIME IN THE LOW LEVELS. EXPECTING ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE BIG COUNTRY THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX TO DIVE SOUTHEAST OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO OUR NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. FLOW ALOFT IS A BIT MORE NORTHERLY TONIGHT AND LATEST MODEL RUNS INDICATE THAT CONVECTION WILL BE FARTHER WEST COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT AND AFFECT MAINLY WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTH EDWARDS PLATEAU. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS GOING ACROSS THIS AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH DRY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED BUT A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN SOME BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE PLEASANT TONIGHT WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR MONDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE LATEST MAV GUIDANCE IS SHOWING HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S ACROSS SOUTHWEST SECTIONS ON MONDAY AND THESE NUMBERS MAY NOT BE FAR OFF DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH CONVECTIVE DEBRIEF CLOUDINESS LINGERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 24 LONG TERM... UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN CONUS THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH AN UPPER TROUGH REMAINING OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. THE EASTERN UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL PROJECT A TROUGH AXIS SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL TEXAS ON THURSDAY...DEVELOPING A CLOSED LOW OVER THE NORTHERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA REGION ON FRIDAY...PER THE 12Z ECMWF. THE GFS ALSO HAS AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS INTO CENTRAL TEXAS ON THURSDAY WITH A CLOSED UPPER LOW DEVELOPING OVER EAST TEXAS ON SATURDAY. THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN THE GFS IN THE PROJECTION OF RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. LEANING TOWARD THE ECMWF...WILL MAINTAIN RAINFALL AS PER PREVIOUS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL REMAIN COOLER THAN CLIMO THROUGH MOST OF THE EXTENDED...GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 80S. SHOULD SEE LOWER 90S BY THE COMING WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 66 85 63 85 61 / 10 10 10 10 5 SAN ANGELO 66 87 64 87 62 / 20 30 10 10 5 JUNCTION 67 87 59 87 60 / 20 20 10 5 5 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 253 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-012000- 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- 253 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AND AGAIN TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
14 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Callahan County in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Nolan County in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Kimble County in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Menard County in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Mason County in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Schleicher County in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Sterling County in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Sutton County in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Taylor County in a severe drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Fisher County in an extreme drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Jones County in an extreme drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Shackelford County in an extreme drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Haskell County in an extreme drought.
The U.S. Drought Monitor placed Throckmorton County in an extreme 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, July 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: 468109, 468119, 468120, 468121, 468124, 468126, 468127, 468128, 468129, 468130, 468131, 468132, 468133, 468134.