Isolated thunderstorms produced downburst winds 29 miles west of Ozona and near Carlsbad.
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Isolated thunderstorms produced downburst winds 29 miles west of Ozona and near Carlsbad.
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 Aug 12, 4:14 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 514 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2015 .UPDATE... Updated zones and grids to go with slight chance to chance Pops mainly along and south of a Mertzon to San Angelo to Brownwood line due to current radar trends. The showers and thunderstorms should dissipate by 03Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 359 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2015/ SHORT TERM...(Tonight and Thursday) Look for showers and a few thunderstorms this evening and again tomorrow afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms have developed this afternoon, mainly along and south of a Big Lake to San Angelo, to San Saba line. Short-term models indicate this will be the best area for continued development this evening and again tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, dry conditions and temperatures near persistence look good for the next 24 hours. Huber LONG TERM(time period)... High temperatures will gradually fall from the upper 90s to 101 on Friday...to mid and 90s Saturday and Sunday. This occurs...as the center high pressure aloft pushes west into the 4 corners region. Isolated showers and thunderstorms possible Friday into Saturday, as a weak upper shortwave moves west across the region. Confidence is low on potential development however...as models are showing disagreement in both timing and area of development. Next week...the GFS and ECWF models weaken the upper ridge further, with highs falling to near normal in the mid 90s. Despite the fall in heights, the model are not indicating convection over West Central Texas, and will keep next week's forecast dry. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 73 99 75 99 / 10 10 5 20 San Angelo 71 102 75 101 / 20 10 5 20 Junction 73 102 74 100 / 30 20 5 20 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 331 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2015 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-132045- 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- 331 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF A MERTZON...TO SAN ANGELO...TO SAN SABA LINE. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:53 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet Station at Fort Lancaster measured a 53 knot thunderstorm wind gust.
Damaging thunderstorm winds broke several tree limbs and the largest tree limb was 4 inches in diameter.
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