The month of November featured an extended period of dry weather, above normal temperatures and well below normal rainfall. S.
Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The month of November featured an extended period of dry weather, above normal temperatures and well below normal rainfall. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the drought became severe over a large part of West Central Texas by the middle of November, especially south of Interstate 20. The drought was exceptional in portions of McCulloch and Mason Counties.
According to the Agrlife Texas Crop and Weather Report, the area from Barnhart to San Saba and north across I20, needed moisture. Wheat and oat fields were progressing slowly. Stock tank levels remained very low. Cotton harvest continued with below average yields reported. Pecan harvest was mixed with some reporting low yields and others reporting fair to good yields. Feeder cattle prices were mostly steady at local auctions with steer prices up $10-15 per hundredweight.
South of Barnhart to San Saba across I10, Trace amounts of rain were reported, but more rain was needed. Spring wheat planting began with oats and rye coming along nicely. Livestock conditions were good with supplemental feeding. Wildlife were in fair condition.
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 Oct 31, 11:33 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 1233 AM CDT Sun Nov 1 2020 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Sunday) Issued at 223 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 2020 Expect a dry forecast through Sunday. A cold front will move through the area late tonight and Sunday, with cooler temperatures and gusty north winds Sunday. Lows tonight will be in the 40s and highs Sunday will be in the 60s to around 70. && .LONG TERM... (Sunday night through next Saturday) Issued at 223 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 2020 Cool temperatures will continue across the area through Monday, with warmer temperatures slated from mid week through the beginning of next weekend. A dry airmass, coupled with light winds and little cloud cover, will allow temperatures to fall into the mid and upper 30s by daybreak Monday. Cool surface high pressure will influence the area on Monday, with sunny skies, light winds and afternoon highs mainly in the upper 60s. Dry and pleasant weather will continue Tuesday through Saturday, with near normal fall temperatures through the period. Expect daytime highs in the 70s, with overnight lows in the 40s and lower 50s. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1230 AM CDT Sun Nov 1 2020 VFR conditions will continue across the terminals through the next 24 hours. A cold front will move through the area overnight resulting in a wind shift out of the north-northeast and some breezy conditions on Sunday afternoon behind the front. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 63 37 68 41 / 0 0 0 0 San Angelo 67 36 71 39 / 0 0 0 0 Junction 71 34 72 37 / 0 0 0 0 Brownwood 65 34 68 36 / 0 0 0 0 Sweetwater 63 40 68 43 / 0 0 0 0 Ozona 67 36 68 40 / 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...21 LONG TERM....24 AVIATION...42
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service San Angelo TX 142 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 2020 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-011845- 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- 142 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 2020 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday 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.
13 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Runnels County in a severe drought category by November 17.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed nearly all of Coleman County in a severe drought category by November 17.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed the southern half of Brown County in a severe drought category by November 17.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed the the north and eastern part of Concho County in a severe drought category by November 17.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed a large part of San Saba County in a severe drought category by November 17. The extreme southwest part of the county was in an exceptional drought.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed all of McCulloch County in a severe drought category by November 10. And the southern part of the county was placed into an exceptional drought.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed all of Mason County in a severe drought category by November 10. And the northern part of the county was placed into an exceptional drought.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Kimble County in a severe drought category by November 17.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed the eastern portion of Menard County in a severe drought category by November 17.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed most of Crockett County in a severe drought category by November 17.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed the western portion of Irion County in a severe drought category by November 17.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed the southwestern portion of Sterling County in a severe drought category by November 17.
U.S. Drought Monitor placed the extreme southeastern portion of Sutton County in a severe drought category by November 17.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 2020
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: 929648, 929649, 929650, 929651, 929652, 929653, 929654, 929655, 929656, 929657, 929658, 929659, 929660.