An isolated thunderstorm most likely resulted in a microburst that damaged several power poles near Tuscola.
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An isolated thunderstorm most likely resulted in a microburst that damaged several power poles near Tuscola.
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, 11:42 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service SAN ANGELO TX 1242 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 .AVIATION... /18Z TAFS/ VFR conditions will prevail for most of the period across West Central Texas terminals. However, showers and storms will be on the increase tonight and Saturday morning as a cold front moves into the area. Convection will be scattered, and trying to pin down exactly when and where each storm will develop is just about impossible more than a couple hours in advance. Will continue the idea of using VCTS and VCSH to cover much of the time period, and will then update as needed. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 628 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016/ AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/ Expect mainly VFR conditions at the terminals for the next 24 hours. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop across much of West Central Texas this afternoon and tonight due to abundant tropical moisture and a cool front moving into the area. Going with VCTS and the terminals from 21Z to 06Z for now, and wait for later radar trends. The winds will shift from the south to northeast after frontal passage and the speeds will be around 10 knots. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 330 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016/ SHORT TERM... (Today and Tonight) The weather looks interesting the next 24 hours as there a chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly this afternoon and tonight. The combination of increasing tropical moisture(PW values of 1.75 to 2 inches) and a cool front/outflow boundaries moving south into West Central Texas will be the ingredients for rainfall. The Hi Res models indicate scattered convection developing this afternoon across mainly the northern 2/3 of the area. The showers and storms will continue tonight across much of the area and increase Pops to likely across much of the Big Country and northwest Concho valley, with slight chance to chance Pops further south. The main hazards from storms will be wind gusts to 50 mph due to pulse type nature and dangerous lightning. Also, locally heavy rainfall is possible. For temperatures, one more hot day with highs in the upper 90s to around 103. Also, going with a heat advisory across the eastern 2/3 of the Big Country, much of the Concho Valley and Coleman county as heat index values this afternoon will be 105 to 106. Overnight lows will be in the 70s. 21 LONG TERM... (Saturday through Thursday) A cold front will be in the vicinity of West Central Texas on Saturday, continuing the rain chances for much of the forecast area. Precipitable water values will be near 2 inches, so locally heavy rainfall will be possible. The better rain chances will slowly shift south and east Saturday night, with the best PoPs across the southeast counties. North winds of 10 to 15 mph along with the expected cloud cover/precipitation will result in below normal temperatures on Saturday. Highs will mainly be in the upper 80s to lower 90s, with overnight lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s. On Sunday, the best rain chances look to be across our southeast counties, with rain chances decreasing as you head northwest. Highs on Sunday will continue to be below seasonal normals, mainly in the mid to upper 80s. Monday, models push the cold front into the Texas Hill Country, shifting the best rain chances south and east of West Central Texas. Still, at least scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible, with rain chances decreasing from southeast to northwest. High temperatures will be in upper 80s to near 90. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will remain possible across West Central Texas for the middle to latter part of the week. Good low level moisture will remain across the area along with the upper level ridge centered across South Texas. At this point, slight chance to low end chance PoPs were continued through most of the rest of the extended forecast, although not everyone will see rain every day. Highs through the rest of the extended forecast will mainly be in the upper 80s to lower 90s, with overnight lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Daniels && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 101 74 90 71 / 40 60 50 30 San Angelo 103 74 92 71 / 30 40 60 50 Junction 102 76 94 73 / 20 20 60 60 && .SJT Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for Callahan-Coke- Coleman-Haskell-Jones-Runnels-Shackelford-Taylor-Throckmorton- Tom Green. && 07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 225 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-131930- 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- 225 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED AREAS OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ACROSS CITY STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE PORTIONS OF CITIES SUCH AS SAN ANGELO...ABILENE...SWEETWATER...BROWNWOOD...AND BRADY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 235 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 TXZ072-122000- TOM GREEN TX- 235 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL TOM GREEN COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 235 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAPE CREEK... OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GRAPE CREEK AROUND 300 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3146 10058 3157 10071 3166 10056 3154 10046 TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 289DEG 2KT 3154 10059
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 250 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 TXZ049-054-113-127-122015- JONES TX-FISHER TX-NOLAN TX-TAYLOR TX- 250 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN FISHER... NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR...NORTHERN NOLAN AND SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 248 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SWEETWATER...AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SWEETWATER. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN FISHER...NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR...NORTHERN NOLAN AND SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: LAKE SWEETWATER...CAMP BOOTHE OAKS...THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 70 AND RANCH ROAD 53...CAMP BUTMAN AND THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 608 AND HIGHWAY 147. LAT...LON 3256 10001 3225 10013 3234 10057 3268 10018 TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 289DEG 2KT 3245 10035
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 302 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 TXZ065-122030- COKE TX- 302 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COKE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 300 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST AND ALSO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBERT LEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL COKE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 208 AND RANCH ROAD 2662. LAT...LON 3173 10068 3190 10060 3186 10042 3170 10049 TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 234DEG 6KT 3180 10057
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:05 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A law enforcement official reported several power poles down by damaging thunderstorm winds just west and north of Tuscola. Radar showed a thunderstorm in the vicinity that most likely resulted in these damaging thunderstorm winds.
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