A very unstable airmass resulted in a few severe thunderstorm wind reports on June 18 and very large hail and damaging winds on June 19. Coleman County and the Cities of Coleman and Santa Anna received considerable damage from the baseball to softball size hail that fell on June 19.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
A very unstable airmass resulted in a few severe thunderstorm wind reports on June 18 and very large hail and damaging winds on June 19. Coleman County and the Cities of Coleman and Santa Anna received considerable damage from the baseball to softball size hail that fell on June 19.
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 Jun 18, 6:01 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 701 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019 .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ VFR conditions currently prevail across the terminals. Showers and thunderstorms currently moving across Crockett County could impact KSOA in the next hour if they hold together. Have inserted VCTS and a TEMPO group in the TAF to account for this possibility. Further north storms have developed to the west of the Big Country. Less uncertain on if this activity will impact the KABI terminal this evening but will maintain a VCTS in the TAF. Otherwise, VFR conditions are expected overnight and into tomorrow. Winds will be gusty again tomorrow afternoon. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 257 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019/ SHORT TERM... (Tonight and Wednesday) The main concern for tonight will be the potential for severe weather across parts of the area this evening. Severe thunderstorms have already developed across the Davis Mountains this afternoon. In our area, we have MLCAPEs in the 1500 to 3000 J/kg range, with the highest values along our western CWA border. However, so far, inhibition has been keeping development in check. Expect that the inhibition will weaken as we continue to warm for the next couple of hours, and will see thunderstorms develop along/west of our CWA border. Motion is expected to be generally easterly, so as storms develop, they should move east into our western counties into the axis of higher instability, and we will have enough deep layer shear to support at least some organization, so that some of the storms will likely become severe. The main hazards will be large hail and damaging winds, although a tornado or two cannot be ruled out. With that in mind, will have severe weather wording in our zones for the evening hours tonight. Expect the initial discrete storms to eventually congeal into a cluster of storms and move east across the area. The best chance of this is for the northern half of the CWA, and particularly in the Big Country, so have our highest PoPs placed for the northern 1/3 of our area. For Wednesday, a few of the CAMs models have been persistently developing isolated convection across the northern/eastern half of the area. With a weak outflow boundary expected to be in the area from previous convection, and potentially even warmer temperatures, these factors could overcome the slight increase in ridging and result in isolated to scattered thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, highs will warm a few degrees again, with temperatures ranged from the mid 90s to around 100 degrees in some locations. LONG TERM... (Thursday through next Wednesday) Triple digit heat continues through the week. Isolated thunderstorms return by the weekend... (Thursday and Friday) Weak upper level ridging aloft will continue to expand northward and settle across the region through this time period. Watching the progression and strength of the 850mb thermal trough across the desert southwest as it swings east into West Central Texas. Latest model outputs are showing 850mb temperatures in the 28 to 30 degree Celsius range. With mostly sunny skies and southwesterly flow with just enough of a westerly component leading to some downsloping and additional warming, all this equates to afternoon highs climbing into the triple digits on Thursday and Friday. Thursday looks to be the hottest day as the thermal trough will be the most intense. Highs on Thursday will be in the 100 to 104 range with isolated readings of 105 or greater not out of the question. The heat will continue into Friday but we should see more cloud coverage and the thermal trough will be a little weaker come Friday afternoon. We are still looking for highs to be in the 97 to 102 degree range. Evenings will be warm and muggy with overnight lows in the mid 70s. (Saturday through next Wednesday) A more typical summer like pattern will develop across West Central Texas over the weekend. Warm. moist southerly flow will keep the humidity and moisture content high across the area and a sharpening dryline will meander across the Trans-Pecos region with, isolated thunderstorm initiation possible along the dryline during the late afternoon and evening hours. Most of this activity will be isolated in coverage with some additional pop-up garden variety storms possible Saturday night. A stronger upper air disturbance is progged to swing across the Texas Panhandle on Sunday and bring and increased chance for shower and thunderstorm development Sunday and into Monday. The threat for showers and thunderstorms will continue as weak embedded shortwaves move across the area. Temperatures through this time period will be in the mid 90s with overnight lows in the mid to upper 60s. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 71 98 71 101 / 50 20 5 0 San Angelo 71 100 73 103 / 20 20 0 0 Junction 73 98 75 101 / 20 10 5 0 Brownwood 73 99 73 102 / 30 20 5 5 Sweetwater 71 98 71 101 / 50 10 5 0 Ozona 70 95 72 99 / 20 10 5 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 42
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service San Angelo TX 302 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-192015- 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- 302 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight This afternoon and evening, there is a Slight to Enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms, mainly west and north of a Sonora to Brownwood line. The main risks are large hail and damaging winds, although a tornado or two cannot be ruled out. Localized flooding is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible Wednesday afternoon. The main hazard will be cloud to ground lightning. Hot conditions with temperatures of 100 to 103 degrees will affect the area Thursday. The threat for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
602 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019
TXZ076-182330-
Crockett TX-
602 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CROCKETT COUNTY UNTIL 630
PM CDT...
At 602 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles east of Iraan, or 12 miles north of Sheffield, moving east at
35 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Crockett
County, including the following locations... The Intersection Of
Ranch Road 2083 And Highway 405, Ft Lancaster, The Intersection Of
I-10 And Highway 405, The Intersection Of I-10 And Highway 290 and
I-10 Near The Crockett-Pecos County Line.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3109 10225 3108 10154 3046 10116 3036 10165
3046 10173 3047 10169 3055 10165 3063 10166
3066 10177 3070 10181 3086 10185 3089 10189
3092 10187 3099 10199 3100 10219 3103 10220
3103 10228 3106 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 249DEG 37KT 3087 10179
JWSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
633 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019
TXZ071-076-190015-
Irion TX-Crockett TX-
633 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CROCKETT AND SOUTHWESTERN IRION
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
At 632 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16
miles east of Iraan, or 19 miles northeast of Sheffield, moving east
at 35 mph.
Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of Crockett and
southwestern Irion Counties, including the following locations... The
Intersection Of Us 190 And Highway 163, The Intersection Of Ranch
Road 2083 And Highway 405, Ft Lancaster, The Intersection Of Highway
163 And Ranch Road 1973, The Intersection Of I-10 And Highway 405 and
The Intersection Of I-10 And Highway 290.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3052 10168 3055 10165 3062 10166 3065 10169
3065 10175 3086 10185 3090 10189 3092 10187
3095 10192 3109 10156 3108 10128 3119 10128
3121 10122 3054 10102 3031 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 249DEG 32KT 3092 10162
JWThe Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:11 UTC.
9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Fisher County Sheriffs Office estimated wind gusts between 65 and 70 mph along with pea size hail.
The Anson sheriffs office estimated wind gusts to near 60 mph.
The Stamford Mesonet measured a wind gust to 60 mph.
The public provided pictures and video on social media.
A trained spotter reported 1 inch hail and estimated winds of 40 to 50 mph.
The emergency manager reported power lines down at the Spring Market off Main Street.
The Coleman County Emergency Manager reported lots of windows and windshields blown out due to wind driven hail. People in their vehicles sustained injuries from windows blowing out.
The fire department reported four inch hail 18 miles west of Coleman along Texas Highway 153.
Law enforcement reported broken windows in Coleman due to wind driven golf ball to softball size hail.
A trained spotter reported quarter size hail in Santa Anna.
A trained spotter reported golf ball to slightly larger hail falling in Santa Anna, off of Main Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 832166, 832167, 832168, 832169, 832170, 832171, 832172, 832174, 832173, 832175, 832176, 832177, 832178.