There were moderate/severe drought conditions east of a San Saba to Junction line during the month of April. Areas south of I-20 were abnormally dry with moderate drought conditions across southern portions of Crockett County.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
There were moderate/severe drought conditions east of a San Saba to Junction line during the month of April. Areas south of I-20 were abnormally dry with moderate drought conditions across southern portions of Crockett County.
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 Mar 31, 11:57 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 1257 AM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Monday) Issued at 207 PM CDT Sun Mar 31 2024 Temperatures will continue to increase by a few degrees this afternoon, putting San Angelo in the 90s and making the last day of March the warmest day of March. The dry line will stay to our west overnight, keeping our dewpoints in the upper 50s to mid 60s again tonight. Cloud cover is expected to hang around into tomorrow as our southwest flow aloft continues to bring in moisture ahead of the upper level low over California. We could see a few light showers overnight with the warm air advection and moist airmass in place, but nothing significant is expected. The NAMNEST is showing some isolated convection overnight along the dry line, but that should stay west of us. The 850 mb thermal ridge will weaken slightly and shift a little east for Monday, allowing our temperatures to drop a few degrees for most of the area. The dry line will move eastward through our area tomorrow. The cap will likely be too strong for storms to initiate on the dry line as it moves through early in the day. The Pacific front will come in from the west later in the afternoon. The cap could be eroded by this time, but the instability will be decreased significantly behind the dry line, making it difficult for any strong to severe storms to form anywhere other than our eastern most counties where the dry line will be. We could still see some activity along the front, but the strength of anything will be limited be the lower instability. && .LONG TERM... (Monday night through next Sunday) Issued at 215 PM CDT Sun Mar 31 2024 Any storms that do get going Monday afternoon will continue into Monday evening before shifting east of the area. Drier and cooler conditions will follow with first a Pacific front from the west and then a stronger front from the north moving across Monday night into Tuesday morning. Much cooler on Tuesday with highs only in the 60s, perhaps even staying in the upper 50s across the Big Country. Very cool Tuesday night and Wednesday morning with lows dropping into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Warming trend through the rest of the week, before a more unsettled pattern for next weekend. Not a lot of trust in the details at this point, but overall pattern that a trough over the west will develop and a series of shortwaves will push out across the Plains continues to look likely. Looks like some chances for showers and storms for Saturday and Sunday as plenty of low level moisture combines with lift from these shortwaves. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1244 AM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024 MVFR ceilings have spread across the southern TAF sites this early this morning. These ceilings will persist through the morning before scattering out by the afternoon. Otherwise, as mentioned in the previous discussion, a Pacific front will sweep across the area this afternoon. Winds will veer to the west-southwest behind the front and become gusty, with gusts of 30-35kt expected at KABI and KSJT. Winds will come down in the evening but still likely remain breezy. Finally, a line of showers and thunderstorms may develop along the front. However, confidence is still too low to include a mention of thunder in this TAF package. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 84 49 64 40 / 30 10 0 0 San Angelo 88 51 69 40 / 20 10 0 0 Junction 91 52 76 43 / 20 20 0 0 Brownwood 85 51 66 42 / 30 30 0 0 Sweetwater 82 48 63 42 / 20 10 0 0 Ozona 84 51 70 41 / 20 10 0 0 Brady 88 53 69 43 / 20 30 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...AP LONG TERM....07 AVIATION...42
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service San Angelo TX 222 PM CDT Sun Mar 31 2024 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-011930- 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- 222 PM CDT Sun Mar 31 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Thunderstorms will be possible Monday late afternoon and evening. In our eastern counties, a few of the storms could become strong, approaching severe levels. The main threats will be strong winds, hail, and dangerous lightning. Thunderstorms are possible for much of the area next weekend, potentially impacting outdoor festivities. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The US Drought Monitor indicated moderate/severe drought conditions across Kimble County during the month of April.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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