The dry conditions rolled on through March resulting in severe to extreme drought conditions across much of the area.
Every event with a place to put it; 23 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 dry conditions rolled on through March resulting in severe to extreme drought conditions across much of the area.
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 Feb 28, 10:28 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 1028 PM CST Mon Feb 28 2022 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 204 PM CST Mon Feb 28 2022 Warm and dry weather will persist as a quiet weather pattern sits across the area. The only real mentionable weather is that a general warming trend will continue. Look for low temperatures tonight to be just below to right around normal. Slightly above normal highs are forecast for tomorrow afternoon. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday night through next Monday) Issued at 147 PM CST Mon Feb 28 2022 A trend toward warmer temperatures will continue this week, with highs rising into the upper 70s and lower 80s Friday and Saturday. A long wave trough will be developing over the western United States by late week. A stronger lee trough development will bring breezy south winds by Friday and gusty west winds on Saturday (as a surface trough moves east). The main concern will be elevated fire weather concerns. South winds may approach critical values of 20 mph at times Friday, but minimum RH values generally stay above 30 percent...and on Saturday, the RH minimums fall to 12 to 20 percent, but 20 foot winds are lower at 10 to 15 mph. There is a slight chance of shower and thunderstorms Sunday, mainly in the Big Country as the upper trough approaches, and across West Central Texas Sunday night as a weak cold front moves through. Slightly cooler but dry conditions are expected Monday and Tuesday. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1027 PM CST Mon Feb 28 2022 VFR conditions will prevail through the next 24 hours. Winds will remain under 10 knots tonight and tomorrow. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 38 71 39 74 / 0 0 0 0 San Angelo 38 72 40 75 / 0 0 0 0 Junction 33 73 37 75 / 0 0 0 0 Brownwood 33 71 37 74 / 0 0 0 0 Sweetwater 43 71 43 74 / 0 0 0 0 Ozona 36 70 39 72 / 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...41 LONG TERM....04 AVIATION...42
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service San Angelo TX 152 PM CST Mon Feb 28 2022 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- 152 PM CST Mon Feb 28 2022 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...Tuesday through Sunday 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.
23 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe to extreme drought conditions across Haskell County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe to extreme drought conditions across Throckmorton County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated extreme to exceptional drought conditions across Fisher County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe to extreme drought conditions across Jones County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe to extreme drought conditions across Shackelford County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe to extreme drought conditions across Nolan County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated moderate to severe drought conditions across Taylor County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated moderate to severe drought conditions across Callahan County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated moderate to extreme drought conditions across Sterling County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated moderate to extreme drought conditions across Runnels County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe to extreme drought conditions across Coleman County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Brown County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated moderate to severe drought conditions across Irion County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated moderate to extreme drought conditions across Tom Green County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe to extreme drought conditions across Concho County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe conditions across McCulloch County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe to extreme drought conditions across San Saba County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Crockett County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe to extreme drought conditions across Schleicher County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Sutton County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Menard County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Kimble County during March.
The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated severe drought conditions across Mason County during March.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2022
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: 1015983, 1015984, 1015985, 1015988, 1015989, 1015990, 1015992, 1015994, 1015996, 1015997, 1015998, 1015999, 1016000, 1016002, 1016003, 1016006, 1016007, 1016009, 1016012, 1016013, 1016014, 1016015, 1016016.