The airmass ahead of a weak cold front was very unstable and resulted in the development of isolated severe thunderstorms. The outflow from these storms quickly evolved into an intense outflow boundary that produced wind speeds in excess of 70 mph across a large part of Abilene.
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The airmass ahead of a weak cold front was very unstable and resulted in the development of isolated severe thunderstorms. The outflow from these storms quickly evolved into an intense outflow boundary that produced wind speeds in excess of 70 mph across a large part of Abilene. Many folks reported a wall of dust and very cool air along the leading edge of this boundary. This outflow boundary and severe thunderstorms caused extensive wind damage across Abilene and parts of the Big Country. The slow moving thunderstorms also caused flash flooding in the City of Abilene.
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 17, 2:54 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 354 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 .SHORT TERM... /TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY/ A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...MAINLY OVER THE BIG COUNTRY...BUT ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN AN ENHANCED CUMULUS FIELD IN THE BIG COUNTRY AT 3 PM...ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM A MORNING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY EAST OR SOUTHEAST OVER THE BIG COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SECOND COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG A WEAK COLD FRONT...EAST OF LUBBOCK THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST INTO THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY. IT MAY BE LATE EVENING FOR STORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHERN AREAS FROM SAN ANGELO TO BROWNWOOD. WITH SB CAPES OF 3000 J/KG...AND 0-6 KM SHEARS UP TO 40 KTS (BIG COUNTRY)THIS EVENING...SOME SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. SPC DAY 1 SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IN THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND. THERE IS A SIMILAR SETUP FOR TUESDAY...WITH DISSIPATING FRONT IN THE BIG COUNTRY BEING THE FOCAL POINT FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH CAPES OVER 2500 J/KG IN THE AFTERNOON. 04 .LONG TERM... THE MAJORITY OF THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BECOMES THE DOMINANT FEATURE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND SHOULD LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LOW POPS WERE INCLUDED FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE BY 9 PM BUT THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT A DECENT MID LEVEL WAVE DIVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN MCS PROPAGATING OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS AND INTO WESTERN NORTH TX. I DID INCLUDE LOW RAIN CHANCES FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING...GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF ABILENE THROUGH 18Z TO CAPTURE THIS POTENTIAL. HOWEVER...ONCE THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST...RAIN CHANCES LOOK TO BECOME VERY SCARCE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPS WILL WARM INTO THE MID 90S ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...CREEPING INTO THE UPPER 90S FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. I WOULD NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW AREAS COULD REACH TRIPLE DIGITS BUT I THINK THIS WILL BE THE EXCEPTION RATHER THAN THE RULE. EXPECT MIN TEMPS DURING THIS TIME IN THE LOW/MID 70S WITH BRIEF STRATUS EPISODES OVER THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. DEEP DIURNAL MIXING WILL RESULT IN DECREASING DEWPOINTS DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WORK WEEK...SUGGESTING THAT THE AFTERNOON CU FIELD WILL BECOME MORE SPARSE. THE 12Z ECMWF HAS COME MORE IN LINE WITH THE RECENT RUNS OF THE GFS/GEM REGARDING THE HANDLING OF THE REMNANTS OF TD 2. THE 00Z ECMWF WAS BRINGING A PERSISTENT MID LEVEL WAVE UP THE RIO GRANDE AND LIFTING IT NORTH ACROSS WEST TX OVER THE WEEKEND...VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS OBSERVED THIS PAST WEEKEND. HOWEVER...THE LATEST RUN IS KEEPING ANY REMNANTS WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA... ADVECTING IT NEARLY DUE WEST INTO CENTRAL MEXICO AND MORE IN LINE WITH THE TPC FORECAST. GIVEN THE POOR ORGANIZATION OF THIS STORM AND ITS PROXIMITY TO LAND...THE LATEST SOLUTIONS LOOK VERY REASONABLE. THUS...NO IMPACT IS EXPECTED ANYWHERE NEAR WEST CENTRAL TX. THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ALL INDICATE A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CONUS FRIDAY/SATURDAY BUT THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO HOLD STRONG OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. HOWEVER...MID LEVEL HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER SOMEWHAT AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND FLATTENS THE RIDGE. JOHNSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 70 92 72 95 75 / 50 30 30 10 5 SAN ANGELO 72 94 73 96 75 / 30 20 20 5 0 JUNCTION 73 93 72 93 73 / 20 10 20 5 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 04/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 301 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-182015- 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- 301 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF BIG LAKE....SAN ANGELO... BROWNWOOD LINE. THE MAIN THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE BIG COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. A SECOND COMPLEX OF STORMS MAY DEVELOP EAST OF LUBBOCK ALONG A WEAK COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE OVER THE BIG COUNTRY. WHILE A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS....LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUSTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
400 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
TXZ098-172145-
HASKELL TX-
400 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
HASKELL COUNTY...
POTENTIAL STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL
AT 357 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF
PAINT CREEK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASKELL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
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...
LAKE STAMFORD MARINA BY 405 PM CDT
LAT...LON 3297 9947 3295 9966 3304 9981 3319 9972
3321 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 312DEG 16KT 3307 9963
04The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:21 UTC.
15 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
This wind report was reported by the Anson Fire Chief about 1.4 miles east of Anson.
Based on a 911 log, a freeway sign was knocked down on Interstate 20 on the northwest side of town.
This wind gust was measured at the KTXS TV Station in Abilene.
Although a large part of Abilene experienced 60 to 70 mph winds, the location receiving the most significant damage occurred on the south side of town near the mall and the Warwick Apartments. These high winds snapped telephone poles, uprooted large trees, broke tree limbs, knocked down power lines, tore the roof off of an industrial building, removed metal roofing material from an Albertsons Grocery Store and knocked over tractor trailers. The damaging thunderstorm winds broke large glass windows at the Mall in Abilene, at a nearby Albertsons Grocery Store and on a nearby Furniture Row Building. One person was injured at the mall by the falling glass. The winds also blew large pieces of metal off of a storage facility into the front yard of a nearby residence that were about 1 to 2 blocks south of the facility. In addition to a freeway sign that was blown down, fences, power lines and tree limbs were toppled by the high winds across a large part of the City of Abilene.
This wind gust was measured at the Abilene Regional Airport.
This wind gust was measured at the Abilene Regional Airport.
Two 24 foot Oak Trees were uprooted in Hamby.
Trained spotters in Abilene reported power poles and large trees were down on the south side of town.
The Anson Fire Department estimated this wind speed.
Partial roof damage to a residence was reported near Potosi.
Trained storm spotters and law enforcement officials reported major flash flooding in the City of Abilene along with high water rescues. A few vehicles were fully submerged.
Law enforcement officials reported downed power lines near Coleman.
This wind gust was measured at the airport in Coleman.
This wind was estimated by the public.
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