Hail in Texas, June 1, 2013

Name: Hail in Texas, June 1, 2013
Start: 2013-06-01T18:33
End: 2013-06-01T21:30
Location: Texas

June 1, 2013 · NWS SJT · 10 events in 2 counties and zones

An upper level area of low pressure interacted with plenty of instability and wind shear to produce a few severe thunderstorms across the Northwest Hill Country. Most of the hail reports were around an inch with a couple of reports of golf ball size hail.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

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 1, 5:36 PM CST, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 5:36 PM CST, 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
636 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

.DISCUSSION...
SEE THE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
THE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR GOLDTHWAITE...TO
BRADY...TO ELDORADO...TO IRAAN AT 2330Z WITH CONVECTION INITIATING
ALONG THE BOUNDARY IN A FEW LOCATIONS. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND...GIVEN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS...MAY LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. I DID INCLUDE
VCTS IN THE WX GROUP FOR BOTH KSOA AND KJCT AFTER 00Z AS THIS
ACTIVITY MAY EVENTUALLY GROUP UPSCALE BUT THE NORTHERN SITES LOOK
TO AVOID THUNDERSTORMS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THIS EVENING
WITH TEMPO MVFR CIGS/VSBYS POSSIBLE IN CONVECTION.

THE ABUNDANCE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND PROXIMITY TO THE SHALLOW
FRONTAL ZONE COULD RESULT IN PATCHY MVFR CIGS OVERNIGHT BUT I
THINK THE GENERALLY LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE WILL PREVENT THIS FROM
HAPPENING. OTHERWISE...EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10-15 KTS THIS
EVENING DECREASING TO 5-10 KTS OVERNIGHT. WINDS MAY VEER TO THE
EAST BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 12 KTS FOR THE
MOST PART.

JOHNSON

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 341 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013/

SHORT TERM...
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MAKE PROGRESS INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON...EXTENDING FROM ROUGHLY A SAN ANGELO TO BROWNWOOD
LINE. HAVE SEEN A FEW SHOWERS ALONG THE FRONT JUST NORTHEAST OF
THE AREA...BUT AIR MASS HAS REMAIN CAPPED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS. CAPE VALUES ARE IMPRESSIVE...ON THE ORDER OF 3500
J/KG...BUT NOT TAPPING INTO THEM QUITE YET. STILL THINK THAT BY
LATE AFTERNOON...CIN VALUES WOULD HAVE FINALLY SHRUNK ENOUGH TO
ALLOW THE VERY WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT TO INITIATE
CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE POPS ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE AREA. WEAK SHEAR VALUES WILL MAKE
SEVERE STORMS HARDER TO GET...BUT GIVEN THE CAPE
VALUES...CERTAINLY NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STILL...LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
MAIN THREAT.

LATEST MODELS SUGGEST CONVECTION MAY TRY TO DEVELOP AGAIN LATE
TONIGHT...AS THE BOUNDARY FINALLY SLOWS...AND THE LOW LEVEL JET
TRIES TO RIDE UP AND OVER THE BOUNDARY. AGAIN...THIS WOULD BE
ROUGHLY THE SAME AREA AS WOULD SEE THE EVENING POPS ANYWAY...SO
DONT HAVE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. BUT...WILL WILL NEED TO BE AWARE
OF THE POSSIBILITIES.

FINALLY...A LITTLE COOLER AND DRIER TOMORROW. AGAIN...HAVE
CONFINED ANY POPS TO BASICALLY THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR... WHERE
THE PRESENCE OF THE WEAKENING BOUNDARY MAY BE STILL JUST SOUTH
OF THE AREA.

LONG TERM...
FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK...EXPECT AN UPPER HIGH OVER NEW
MEXICO TO HAVE THE MAIN INFLUENCE ON OUR WEATHER. THE NAM AND GFS
INDICATE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WITH A DISTURBANCE MOVING EAST
ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SUNDAY EVENING...AND BRING THIS
INTO OUR FAR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES BY 12Z MONDAY. NOT GOING WITH
MENTIONABLE POPS YET...BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH BEARS WATCHING.

THE MAIN CHANGE FOR OUR AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE HOTTER
TEMPERATURES AND A SOMEWHAT DRIER AIRMASS. WITH LESS CLOUD COVER
AND A STRONG LOW-LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE EXPANDING EAST INTO WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS
FOR HIGHS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ACROSS PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY
AND MUCH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY...WITH MID TO UPPER 90S ELSEWHERE.

FOR THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK...THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW THE
UPPER HIGH TO OUR SOUTHWEST WEAKENING AND BREAKING DOWN...AS AN
UPPER TROUGH MOVES FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST. THE ECMWF IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS...AND BRINGS A
COLD FRONT SOUTH INTO THE BIG COUNTRY THURSDAY MORNING AND TO
THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR BY 12Z FRIDAY. THE GFS HAS THE FRONT
STALLING NEAR OUR FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
AT THIS TIME LEANING TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION. TRENDING THE
TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY LOWER LATER IN THE WEEK...AND
CONSERVATIVELY INTRODUCING LOW POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN BIG
COUNTRY BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ABILENE 	 65  89  65  93  70 /  10  10  10  10  10
SAN ANGELO 	 69  92  68  96  70 /  20  10  10  10  10
JUNCTION 	 69  89  68  94  68 /  30  20  10  10  10

&&

.SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:41 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
541 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-021100-
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-
541 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS...MAINLY SOUTH OF A BIG LAKE...TO EDEN...TO
GOLDTHWAITE LINE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN
THREAT BEING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR THE NORTHERN EDWARDS
PLATEAU...NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN HEARTLAND COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN EDWARD
PLATEAU...NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN HEARTLAND.

JOHNSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:30 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
530 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TXZ076-012300-
CROCKETT TX-
530 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
CROCKETT COUNTY...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 527 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
I-10 NEAR THE CROCKETT-PECOS COUNTY LINE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF
SHEFFIELD...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. INTERSTATE 10 IN WESTERN
CROCKETT COUNTY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW WEAK TREES TOPPLED...
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
  LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
  MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE...
  ISOLATED SMALL VEHICLE DENTS...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  I-10 NEAR THE CROCKETT-PECOS COUNTY LINE BY 535 PM CDT
  FT LANCASTER BY 555 PM CDT

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 325 AND 339.

LAT...LON 3065 10171 3065 10176 3070 10182 3075 10182
      3076 10184 3082 10184 3083 10186 3088 10186
      3088 10168 3065 10153 3062 10166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 344DEG 17KT 3075 10178

DANIELS

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:01 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
601 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TXZ076-012330-
CROCKETT TX-
601 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
CROCKETT COUNTY...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 558 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST
OF I-10 NEAR THE CROCKETT-PECOS COUNTY LINE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SHEFFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. INTERSTATE
HIGHWAY 10 ACROSS WESTERN CROCKETT COUNTY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW WEAK TREES TOPPLED...
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
  LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
  MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE...
  ISOLATED SMALL VEHICLE DENTS...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FT LANCASTER BY 630 PM CDT

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 325 AND 338.

LAT...LON 3063 10167 3065 10176 3070 10182 3075 10182
      3076 10184 3083 10185 3084 10170 3059 10147
      3058 10167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 329DEG 6KT 3073 10178

DANIELS

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:30 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
630 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TXZ076-020000-
CROCKETT TX-
630 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
CROCKETT COUNTY...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 625 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN
CROCKETT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANKIN...MOVING
SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL...THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND CREEK BEDS THAT ARE NORMALLY
DRY.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW WEAK TREES TOPPLED...
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
  LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
  MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE...
  ISOLATED SMALL VEHICLE DENTS...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTHWESTERN CROCKETT COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3109 10196 3109 10156 3107 10151 3089 10188
      3090 10190 3092 10189 3092 10191 3105 10202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 213DEG 6KT 3104 10182

DANIELS

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:48 PM CST, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
648 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TXZ170-020015-
MASON TX-
648 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR MASON
COUNTY...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 646 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF KATEMCY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF MASON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH. THE CITY OF MASON IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW WEAK TREES TOPPLED...
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE...
  LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
  MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE...
  ISOLATED SMALL VEHICLE DENTS...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MASON AND KOOCKVILLE BY 715 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3068 9931 3093 9930 3094 9911 3071 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 325DEG 3KT 3086 9921

DANIELS

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:59 PM CST, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
659 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TXZ076-020015-
CROCKETT TX-
659 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
CROCKETT COUNTY...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 655 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN CROCKETT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
RANKIN...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. THIS STORM WILL SLOWLY MOVE OUT OF
EXTREME NORTHERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW WEAK TREES TOPPLED...
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
  LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
  MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE...
  ISOLATED SMALL VEHICLE DENTS...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTHWESTERN CROCKETT COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3109 10187 3108 10165 3103 10167 3103 10192
      3108 10194 3109 10194
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 159DEG 1KT 3107 10183

DANIELS

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:15 PM CST, 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
715 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TXZ170-020045-
MASON TX-
715 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR MASON
COUNTY...

POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL

AT 712 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF
MASON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO
MASON IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 MINUTES.

POTENTIAL STORM IMPACTS INCLUDE...
  SOME BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW WEAK TREES TOPPLED...
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LIKELY...
  LIGHT LOOSE OBJECTS TOPPLED...
  DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
  MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE...
  ISOLATED SMALL VEHICLE DENTS...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KOOCKVILLE BY 730 PM CDT
  MASON BY 735 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3064 9940 3085 9934 3087 9910 3063 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 005DEG 6KT 3078 9922

DANIELS

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:34 UTC.

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Event by event

10 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mason

When: June 1, 6:33 PM CST to 6:35 PM CST
Where: Mason County, 0.69 mi N of Mason
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Storm Chaser
Coordinates: 30.740, -99.220

Hail, Mason

When: June 1, 6:35 PM CST to 6:42 PM CST
Where: Mason County, 2.39 mi NNW of Koockville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 30.780, -99.270

Many half inch size hail mixed with a few hailstones to the size of quarters was reproted by a trained spotter.

Hail, Mason

When: June 1, 6:42 PM CST
Where: Mason County, 2.39 mi NNW of Koockville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 30.780, -99.270

Hail, Mason

When: June 1, 7:24 PM CST to 7:27 PM CST
Where: Mason County, 7.83 mi SW of Streeter
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.680, -99.450

Hail, Mason

When: June 1, 7:48 PM CST to 7:51 PM CST
Where: Mason County, 13.31 mi SSW of Streeter
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.590, -99.450

Quarter size hail was reported at Blue Mountain Peak Ranch.

Hail, Kimble

When: June 1, 8:30 PM CST to 8:33 PM CST
Where: Kimble County, 1.79 mi E of (Jct)kimble Co Arpt
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.500, -99.740

Dime to quarter size hail was reported at the Days Inn in Junction.

Hail, Kimble

When: June 1, 8:47 PM CST to 8:49 PM CST
Where: Kimble County, 1.38 mi WSW of (Jct)kimble Co Arpt
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.490, -99.790

Hail, Kimble

When: June 1, 8:50 PM CST to 8:52 PM CST
Where: Kimble County, 0.69 mi N of Junction
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Storm Chaser
Coordinates: 30.490, -99.770

Hail, Kimble

When: June 1, 8:52 PM CST to 8:54 PM CST
Where: Kimble County, 4.15 mi S of Junction
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 30.420, -99.770

Quarter size hail was reported at Llano State Park.

Hail, Kimble

When: June 1, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Kimble County, 3.01 mi SSE of Telegraph
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.290, -99.880

Golf ball size hail was reported just north of the Kimble and Edwards County Line on the 700 Springs Ranch.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, June 2013

Sources

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: 462800, 462805, 465084, 462808, 462809, 462811, 462812, 462813, 462814, 465086.