A weak cold front resulted in isolated severe thunderstorms across the Big Country. These storms produced a few reports of thunderstorm wind damage and funnel clouds.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
A weak cold front resulted in isolated severe thunderstorms across the Big Country. These storms produced a few reports of thunderstorm wind damage and funnel clouds.
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 Jul 28, 12:08 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 108 PM CDT Mon Jul 28 2014 .UPDATE... Currently an outflow boundary was moving south towards the Colorado River. Visible Satellite and radar data show isolated showers developing near the boundary. Various model data continues to show isolated convection developing across much of the area. We've extended the slight chance of precipitation south to the Interstate 10 corridor to account for these trends. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 101 PM CDT Mon Jul 28 2014/ AVIATION... /18Z TAFS/ VFR conditions and light winds will dominate the weather at all terminals through the next 24 hours. At 17z, an outflow boundary was located between KABI and KSJT. This boundary is expected to stall just south of KSJT later this afternoon. Winds will shift to the northwest to northeast following it's passage, with a few showers developing near the boundary. VCSH was inserted at KABI. Farther south confidence remains low, thus, will leave out of the TAFs for now. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 615 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014/ AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/ VFR conditions will continue at all terminals through the next 24 hours. As a cold front moves through the northern area today, an isolated shower or thunderstorm will be possible along the front. However, convective activity will not be included in the KABI TAF due to the isolated nature of storm coverage. The remaining terminals will remain south of any thunderstorm activity. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014/ SHORT TERM... (Today and Tonight) Early this morning, a cold front is located from the northwestern Panhandle to midway between Amarillo and Lubbock and then east across southern Oklahoma. Convective activity is occurring along the frontal boundary in the northwestern Panhandle area and along the frontal boundary in southern Oklahoma. An outflow boundary is noted moving into the northern Big Country. The cold front is expected to sag south through the Big Country and into the northern Heartland today before becoming stationary tonight. Will continue the slight chance of showers and thunderstorms along and north of the cold front with the best chance of precipitation in the northern Big Country. Highs today will be similar to yesterday with upper 90s to around the 100 degree mark south of interstate 20. Mid 90s are expected over the Big Country due to increased cloud cover and some cool air advection behind the frontal boundary. Morning lows tomorrow will generally be in the lower 70s. 15 LONG TERM... (Tuesday through Sunday) The long-term portion of the forecast remains essentially unchanged, with slight chance to chance PoPs through next weekend across much of West Central Texas. Models continue a stalled cold front over West Central Texas through mid week. Then, models indicate another weak cold front will push into West Central Texas on Thursday. The NAM, GFS, and ECMWF are in fairly good agreement with this potential scenario. With a persistent upper ridge continuing to the west, this solution at least looks possible. So, continuing PoPs unchanged from the previous package looks reasonable for the long-term periods. In addition, cooler temperatures at 850 mb later this week points to potential afternoon highs a category or two below seasonal normals, especially for Friday and next weekend. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 92 72 93 72 97 / 20 30 30 20 10 San Angelo 93 73 96 72 100 / 20 20 10 20 10 Junction 90 73 96 71 100 / 10 10 10 5 5 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && Doll
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 328 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-290830- 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- 328 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE BIG COUNTRY AND THE NORTHERN HEARTLAND. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...MAINLY OVER NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
128 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014
TXZ066-127-128-139-140-281930-
RUNNELS TX-TAYLOR TX-COLEMAN TX-CALLAHAN TX-BROWN TX-
128 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
RUNNELS...TAYLOR...COLEMAN...CALLAHAN AND BROWN COUNTIES...
AT 120 PM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR NORTH A LINE FROM LAKE
ABILENE...TO LAKE BROWNWOOD...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ECHO BY 140 PM CDT
US-283 NEAR THE COLEMAN-CALLAHAN COUNTY LINE BY 150 PM CDT
LAKE COLEMAN BY 230 PM CDT
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER
ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
LAT...LON 3189 9961 3210 10015 3232 10015 3250 9912
3208 9912 3207 9892 3178 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 068DEG 8KT 3201 9931SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 232 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 TXZ140-282000- BROWN TX- 232 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR BROWN COUNTY... AT 231 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE BROWNWOOD STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF EARLY...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE BROWNWOOD STATE PARK...BYRDS...LAKE BROWNWOOD NEAR THRIFTY AND LAKE BROWNWOOD BY 300 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. LAT...LON 3170 9867 3162 9911 3203 9915 3205 9890 TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 075DEG 5KT 3190 9898
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
249 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014
TXZ127-128-139-140-282015-
TAYLOR TX-COLEMAN TX-CALLAHAN TX-BROWN TX-
249 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
TAYLOR...COLEMAN...CALLAHAN AND BROWN COUNTIES...
AT 245 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 3 MILES WEST OF DUDLEY...OR ABOUT 13
MILES SOUTH OF ABILENE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
KIRBY LAKE AND WYLIE BY 315 PM CDT
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER
ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.
LAT...LON 3162 9911 3178 9971 3186 9972 3208 9972
3208 9976 3240 9980 3239 9912
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 075DEG 5KT 3227 9966The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported a few mesquite limbs down along State Highway 36. The limbs were 3 to 5 feet in length.
The public reported a few large tree limbs down. The limbs were at least 10 feet in length.
Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud at FM 1235 and CR 303.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2014
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: 536897, 536898, 536894.