A small intense line of thunderstorms embedded in northwest flow aloft moved into Haskell and produced a 60 mph wind gust at the Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet located near Haskell.
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A small intense line of thunderstorms embedded in northwest flow aloft moved into Haskell and produced a 60 mph wind gust at the Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet located near Haskell.
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 4, 5:20 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 620 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ Expect mainly VFR for the next 24 hours. However, a few hours of MVFR ceilings are likely at most of the terminals Friday morning. The winds will be south at around 10 knots. 21 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 235 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020/ SHORT TERM... (Tonight and Friday) An upper level ridge is currently centered to our west, over the western half of New Mexico and western Colorado. Our northern counties will have a chance of thunderstorms late this evening and tonight, primarily between 9 PM and 1 AM. Carrying chance PoPs in the far northern Big Country, with slight chance extending as far south as a Roby-Anson-Albany line. A weak impulse will move around the northeastern periphery of the upper level ridge and enter the Texas Panhandle later this afternoon. With the arrival of this disturbance coincident with peak heating, thunderstorms are expected to develop late this afternoon across the Texas Panhandle. Indications are for thunderstorms to organized into a band (possibly a mesoscale convective system) and to move south-southeast into our far northern counties before dissipating. Have some uncertainty at this time on how far south the band of thunderstorms will last before dissipating. At this point, think the dissipation will be north of the I-20 corridor. With moderate instability and sufficient vertical shear, will have a conditional risk of strong wind gusts and hail with the band of storms. Low cloud development is expected toward morning over the southern third of our area, with expansion north into some of the Concho Valley and Heartland by 7-8 AM Friday. The low cloud field should break up by late morning or midday at the latest. The upper level ridge will edge a bit farther east into our area on Friday. A warm and humid night is in store, with early Friday morning lows expected to be in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Highs Friday afternoon should be a couple of degrees warmer than today, and are expected to range from the lower to mid 90s in our southeastern counties, to the upper 90s across the northern Big Country and parts of the Concho Valley. LONG TERM... (Friday Night through Wednesday) Upper level ridging over the region Friday night through the middle of next week should result in dry and hot weather. There will be a period of temporary weakening of the ridge Sunday through Monday as Tropical Depression (and likely to become a Tropical Storm) Cristobal moves up into east Texas/Louisiana. However, no rain is expected in our region from this system. With the upper ridge, southerly low level flow, a strengthening 850 mb thermal ridge and mostly sunny skies, expect highs Saturday and Sunday in the mid to upper 90s, upper 90s to low 100s Monday, low to mid 100s Tuesday, and upper 90s to low 100s Wednesday. It should be noted however, that the temperature forecast for Tuesday is low confidence, due to the timing of a weak cold front which should move through the region. Latest 00Z GFS shows the front moving down by late Tuesday morning, which would result in slightly lower highs Tuesday in the mid to upper 90s, while the 00Z ECMWF has the front arriving later in the day, with temperatures reaching around the 103-109 degree range before the front moves in. It will be hot, regardless. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 71 97 71 96 / 10 0 0 0 San Angelo 70 99 70 98 / 0 0 0 0 Junction 70 94 69 94 / 0 0 0 0 Brownwood 70 95 69 96 / 5 0 0 0 Sweetwater 71 97 71 96 / 10 0 0 0 Ozona 71 95 69 94 / 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service San Angelo TX 237 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-051945- 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- 237 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible late this evening and tonight across some of the Big Country, mainly north of a line from Roby to Anson to Albany. Damaging winds and hail are the main concerns, along with dangerous lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Temperatures will continue to heat up across the area through the weekend, with afternoon readings above 103 degrees in some areas by early next week. This intense heat will be a growing concern for next Monday, and possibly on Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
805 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020
TXZ098-050145-
Haskell TX-
805 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HASKELL COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM
CDT...
At 804 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles west of O'brien, or 11 miles west of Knox City, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
O'brien around 810 PM CDT.
Rochester around 815 PM CDT.
Rule around 825 PM CDT.
Haskell around 835 PM CDT.
Stamford and Paint Creek around 845 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this storm include Jud and Us-
380 Near The Haskell-Stonewall 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.
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LAT...LON 3335 9954 3318 9947 3311 9947 3296 9991
3296 9997 3302 9999 3339 9999 3340 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 326DEG 37KT 3339 10001The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet at Haskell reported this thunderstorm wind gust.
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