There was moderate to extreme drought conditions mainly along and south of I-20 during the month of April. The extreme drought conditions were mainly across the portions of the Northern Edwards Plateau, Northwest Hill Country and the Heartland.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
There was moderate to extreme drought conditions mainly along and south of I-20 during the month of April. The extreme drought conditions were mainly across the portions of the Northern Edwards Plateau, Northwest Hill Country and the Heartland. Drought conditions did improve toward the end of the month due to rainfall 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 Mar 31, 11:44 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 1244 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... - There is a Marginal to Slight risk of severe weather across most of West Central Texas Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday night. - A Red Flag Warning for fire weather is in effect Tuesday afternoon and evening for Crockett county and western portions of the Big Country and Concho Valley. - There are medium to high chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night into Friday night. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 242 PM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025 South winds return to the area tonight, with a rapid increase in low level moisture by tomorrow morning, as a lee trough strengthens ahead of a shortwave moving across the Rockies. Low clouds will develop across the area towards daybreak and persist through the morning and early afternoon hours. A dry line will mix east into far western portions of the forecast area by tomorrow afternoon. Very dry air behind the dryline, coupled with gusty southwest winds, above normal temperatures in the upper 80s and low relative humidity values will result in critical fire weather conditions across this area during the afternoon hours. A Red Flag Warning remains in affect for western portions of the Big Country, Concho Valley and Crockett county for tomorrow afternoon and evening. The next concern will be convective potential east of the dryline mainly tomorrow evening/overnight. A strong capping inversion should prevent storms from forming ahead of the dryline but with the arrival of stronger lift and increasing wind fields aloft, some severe storms are possible. The most favored area for severe storms will be from the Concho Valley and Heartland north into the Big Country. The latest CAM's are showing little if any development, while the GFS shows some development late tomorrow evening. Although confidence is rather low, any storms that do manage to develop will have the potential to become severe, with large hail the main threat, although damaging winds and an isolated tornado will also be possible. For now, will maintain low POPs tomorrow evening/overnight. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday night through next Monday) Issued at 220 PM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025 Chances are increasing for active weather during the middle to later parts of this week. A broad upper-level trough looks to settle in across the western US on Wednesday, with the axis of the trough becoming negatively tilted over the Desert Southwest and enhancing uplift across most of west Texas. Meanwhile, a surface cold front will have pushed into the region from an existing surface low pressure center over the upper Midwest. This front appears that it will halt it's progress and retreat slightly northwestward by Wednesday evening. This will allow 50-60 degree dewpoints to advect into the region from the southeast and for instability to increase to over 2000 J/kg, thereby introducing chances for showers and thunderstorms again Wednesday night. The model consensus for Thursday through Saturday is that the broad upper trough should dig further south and entrench itself across the western US, which would place most of Texas in southwesterly flow aloft. A mid-level shortwave trough will round the base of the main trough and become negatively-tilted over New Mexico, thereby providing substantial upward motion over west Texas. There is also good agreement on the surface cold front stalling over the southern Plains, specifically over central Texas. The strong upper-level support, combined with a steady feed of gulf moisture and lift from the stalled boundary, could result in multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms for the region Friday through Sunday. As of this point, there is a medium to high chance of at least 1 inch of rainfall occurring Thursday through Saturday night. In particular, the heaviest rainfall appears to be most likely on Friday night when the best convergence and uplift should occur. As always, model solutions can change significantly over the next few days, especially with rainfall amounts, so this will continue to be monitored closely throughout the week. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1239 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025 VFR conditions will continue into the early morning hours across West Central Texas terminals, but MVFR cigs are already showing up on satellite south of the area. These MVFR cigs will overspread area terminals around sunrise, with some areas dropping to IFR. THis will persist for much of the morning before cigs climb back to VFR for the remainder of the day. Otherwise, windy conditions expected to develop with most areas seeing some gusts above 25kts at times. There continues to be some chance for isolated thunderstorms across the area during the later afternoon into the overnight hours. Give the uncertainty in timing and location and the with the best chances coming just after the timing of this forecast, will hold off mentioning anything in the terminals for now. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 335 AM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025 ...Red flag warning Tuesday afternoon and evening A dryline will mix east into far western portions of the forecast area tomorrow afternoon. Gusty south to southwest winds will develop tomorrow, with wind gusts up to 35 mph expected. The strong winds combined with above normal temperatures and minimum RH values between 15 and 20 percent will result in critical fire weather conditions over western portions of the Big Country, Concho Valley and Crockett county tomorrow afternoon and evening. A Red Flag Warning remains in effect for this area from 1 PM until 10 PM tomorrow evening. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 63 83 57 80 / 20 0 50 10 San Angelo 62 86 57 83 / 20 0 30 0 Junction 64 91 62 88 / 10 0 20 0 Brownwood 62 86 59 82 / 30 10 40 10 Sweetwater 60 81 55 80 / 20 0 40 0 Ozona 61 87 58 83 / 10 0 20 0 Brady 67 87 62 83 / 20 0 20 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning from 1 PM this afternoon to 10 PM CDT this evening for Coke-Crockett-Fisher-Haskell-Irion-Jones-Nolan- Sterling. && SHORT TERM...24 LONG TERM....SK AVIATION...07
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
16 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The US Drought Monitor indicated moderate/severe drought conditions across Fisher County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated moderate/severe drought conditions across Sterling County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated moderate/severe drought conditions across Runnels County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated moderate/severe drought conditions across Coleman County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated moderate/severe drought conditions across Brown County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated moderate/severe drought conditions across Irion County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated moderate/severe drought conditions across Tom Green County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated severe/extreme drought conditions across Concho County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated severe/extreme drought conditions across McCulloch County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated severe/extreme drought conditions across San Saba County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated severe/extreme drought conditions across Crockett County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated severe/extreme drought conditions across Schleicher County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated severe/extreme drought conditions across Sutton County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated severe/extreme drought conditions across Menard County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated severe/extreme drought conditions across Mason County during the month of April.
The US Drought Monitor indicated severe/extreme 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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