A severe to extreme drought impacted Brown and Coleman Counties in West Central Texas throughout the month of August.
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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.
A severe to extreme drought impacted Brown and Coleman Counties in West Central Texas throughout the month of August.
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 31, 11:31 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 1231 AM CDT Wed Aug 1 2018 AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ VFR conditions will persist across the terminals the next 24 hours, with light winds through the period. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 627 PM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018/ AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ Expect VFR conditions tonight and Tuesday. The winds will become light this evening. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 332 PM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018/ SHORT TERM... (Tonight) A weak cold front moved across the region this morning and brought with it some rain and some cooler temperatures. Those cooler temperature will continue tonight with refreshing low temperatures, in the mid to upper 60's. Our skies will be mostly clear with our north winds becoming light and variable during the overnight hours. LONG TERM... (Wednesday through Tuesday) Our slight cool down won't last very long as our winds will become more southerly for Wednesday through the start of next week. That will help warm our temperatures back a few degrees above average Wednesday through the beginning of the next work week. The upper level trough to our northeast will continue to move off to the east over the next couple of days. To our west an upper level ridge continues to be anchored over the southwest U.S. On Thursday a short wave will rotate down the front side of the ridge and bring a slight chance for rain to the western portions of the Edwards Plateau. For the end of the week into the weekend we will continue to be very warm and dry as upper level high pressure strengthens across and to the north of central Texas. For the first of next week we will see a few more clouds, but there will continue to be little chance for rain as the upper level ridge continues to control our weather. As you might imagine our high temperatures will continue to run in the mid to upper 90's through next Tuesday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 93 71 93 72 / 5 10 10 5 San Angelo 98 71 97 72 / 5 5 10 10 Junction 97 69 97 71 / 5 0 10 5 Brownwood 94 68 95 71 / 10 5 5 5 Sweetwater 94 72 94 74 / 5 10 10 10 Ozona 95 71 94 71 / 5 5 20 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 99/99/24
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service San Angelo TX 256 PM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-012000- 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- 256 PM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018 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. The clouds will clear out by this evening and our winds will go light and variable during the overnight hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday The threat for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe to extreme drought impacted Brown County through August. During the first two weeks of August, the drought was extreme. Because of rainfall, the drought category was lowered to severe during the last two weeks of August by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
A severe to extreme drought impacted Coleman County through August. During the first two weeks of August, the drought was extreme. Because of rainfall, the drought category was lowered to severe during the last two weeks of August by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2018
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: 782289, 782294.