The drought intensified during May across West Central Texas as much of the area experienced extreme to exceptional drought conditions. The exceptional drought conditions included Sutton and Kimble Counties.
Every event with a place to put it; 24 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 drought intensified during May across West Central Texas as much of the area experienced extreme to exceptional drought conditions. The exceptional drought conditions included Sutton and Kimble Counties. The impacts from exceptional drought conditions included widespread crop and pasture losses and water emergencies from shortages in reservoirs, streams and wells. Much of the remainder of West Central Texas had extreme drought conditions. The impacts of extreme drought included major crop and pasture losses and widespread water shortages or restrictions. Heavy rainfall occurred across a large part of West Central Texas during the last week of May, with average amounts of 5 to 10 inches.
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 Apr 30, 10:03 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1103 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ Light and variable winds will become east to northeast at 5 to 8 knots late Thursday morning. VFR conditions will prevail through the next 24 hours. Daniels && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 621 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014/ AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ VFR conditions and light winds will dominate the weather at all terminals over the next 24 hours. Doll PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 344 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014/ SHORT TERM... (Tonight and Thursday) Pleasant but cool weather will continue across West Central Texas through Thursday. The main forecast challenge the next 24 hours will be low temperatures tonight. A short wave trough currently near the Four Corners region will drop southeast across New Mexico overnight. Mid and high level clouds ahead of this feature should overspread the area after midnight. The extent of cloud cover will have an impact on minimum temperatures tonight. Despite a dry airmass and light winds, went closer to the warm MET MOS numbers for overnight lows as the GFS MOS looks too cool given the models mid and upper level moisture fields. With that said, current record low temperatures for May 1st at both Abilene (36 degrees) and San Angelo (40 degrees) should stand, but it could be close for San Angelo if cloud cover is not as extensive as the models suggest. On Thursday, below normal temperatures continue. The mid/upper level trough will move slowly southeast across the area into Thursday evening, with weak high pressure in place at the surface. We'll see lighter winds on Thursday under partly cloudy skies, with afternoon highs in the lower to middle 70s. LONG TERM... (Thursday night through next Wednesday) As the upper level trough exits the forecast area look for winds to veer to the southwest over the weekend. An upper level ridge will build into the area on Saturday and Sunday bringing 80s and 90s back to West Central Texas. The main story for the long term forecast will be the dryline, which will sit off to our west through the first part of next week. This boundary is progged to move east across the forecast area on Wednesday only to retreat overnight. The GFS does bring it across our area again on Thursday, this time developing some QPF. However, there is too much uncertainty surrounding the position of the boundary and moisture availability to put PoPs in the forecast at this time. We will continue to monitor the possible rain event and update as needed. Otherwise, above seasonal temperatures are expected next week with highs mainly in the 90s, with lows in the 60s. FIRE WEATHER... Fire weather conditions will be rather low across the area Thursday and Friday, with elevated conditions returning this weekend. Despite minimum relative humidities 15 to 20 percent the next couple of days, winds will be light through the period with cool temperatures. South to southwest winds will increase across the Southern Plains over the weekend into early next week, with temperatures warming back into the upper 80s and lower 90s. Dry weather will continue with afternoon humidities falling into the 10 to 20 percent range each day. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 41 73 47 80 52 / 0 5 5 5 5 San Angelo 43 74 42 80 48 / 0 5 5 5 0 Junction 43 76 40 79 45 / 0 5 10 10 5 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && Daniels
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 218 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-011930- 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- 218 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
24 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Brown County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Callahan County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Coke County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Coleman County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Concho County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Crockett County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Fisher County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Haskell County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Irion County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Jones County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated exceptional drought conditions across Kimble County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Mason County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across McCulloch County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Menard County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Nolan County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Runnels County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across San Saba County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Schleicher County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Shackelford County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Sterling County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated exceptional drought conditions across Sutton County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Taylor County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Throckmorton County during May.
The US Drought Monitor indicated extreme drought conditions across Tom Green County during May.
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, May 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: 519321, 519322, 519323, 519324, 519325, 519342, 519345, 519347, 519349, 519350, 519352, 519354, 519357, 519359, 519361, 519363, 519368, 519370, 519375, 519377, 519378, 519390, 519394, 519396.