The combination of abundant low level moisture and strong instability produced a few severe thunderstorms. The severe storms produced large hail.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
The combination of abundant low level moisture and strong instability produced a few severe thunderstorms. The severe storms produced large hail.
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 Apr 28, 1:57 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Angelo TX 257 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025 ...New SHORT TERM... .KEY MESSAGES... - Storms this afternoon and evening could become strong to severe, and potentially produce large hail, damaging winds, and an isolated tornado. A similar scenario is expected again on Tuesday and possibly into Wednesday. - There is also potential for flash flooding for any areas that receive repeated rounds of rainfall. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 209 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025 Warm and moist air will continue to filter in from the south through tonight, across an area that is becoming increasingly unstable with decent vertical wind shear. A few upper-level disturbances will track across the area this afternoon and evening, helping storms develop along a dryline stretching from northeast to southwest over western Texas. SPC's day one outlook currently has western portions of the Big Country and northern portions of the Concho Valley under an Enhanced Risk for Severe Thunderstorms, and much of the remaining areas under a Slight to Marginal Risk for today. We are expecting isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms developing later this afternoon and evening across portions of the Big Country, Concho Valley, and Crockett County, then tracking eastward through across much of West Central Texas tonight. Within that enhanced to slight risk area, the threat of severe hail (potentially 2" or greater hail sizes) and damaging winds remain the primary threat, with a small potential for an isolated Tornado or two. There is also a Marginal Risk for Excessive Rainfall this afternoon and into tonight across much of the area due to increased rainfall chances and amounts, and the potential for localized flash flooding across the area. Stay alert to the latest weather information and have at least two ways of getting warnings. Tuesday is looking to be just as active if not more active then today, with a very similar setup to what we see develop across West Central Texas today. The only real difference between today and Tuesday, is that the Enhanced Risk area on Tuesday shifts to the northwest slightly, and mainly impacts the western most portions of the Big Country. Also, WPC's Excessive Rainfall Outlook has portions of West Central Texas in a Marginal to Slight Risk for Tuesday. With all the rain potential across the area and portions of the area seeing partly to mostly cloudy skies, high temperatures for tomorrow look slightly cooler in the mid to upper 80s. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday night through next Monday) Issued at 148 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025 Tuesday evening, an upper level trough will be located across the Desert Southwest, then track across the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday. A dryline will be located across the Permian Basin and Trans-Pecos region. As temperatures climb into the mid to upper 80s, an increasingly unstable environment will develop by mid to late afternoon, with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms developing along the dryline. These storms will then move east, into our western counties during the evening hours. Additional shower and thunderstorm development is expected later in the evening as a cold front tracks south across the region. The threat for strong to severe thunderstorms will continue, with large hail and damaging winds being the main hazards, although a tornado is also possible. Storms will likely be ongoing during the morning hours, with most of the convection moving east of the area by mid morning. Additional showers and thunderstorms are possible Wednesday afternoon along the dryline, with the higher chances across our eastern counties. A few strong to severe storms are possible. Thursday into Friday, the next upper level trough will dive south across the Desert Southwest. Unseasonably warm and mainly dry conditions are expected on Thursday. Highs will be in the mid 80s to mid 90s for most locations. A cold front will move into the Big Country late Thursday then stall somewhere across the forecast area. As the aforementioned upper level trough approaches, expected an increase in shower and thunderstorm activity, especially in the vicinity of the cold front. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are possible Friday into Saturday, with locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs on Friday will be in the 70s to near 80 across the northern half of the area to the low to mid 80s across the southern half of the area. Highs on Saturday will be in the 70s. Overall drier conditions are expected on Sunday. The next potent upper level trough is forecast to deepen across the western CONUS early next week, likely bringing our next chance of showers and thunderstorms. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1235 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025 Generally expected VFR conditions today with a few sites showing MVFR ceiling lingering around for a few more hours. Breezy southerly winds will continue through this afternoon and early evening, before briefly subsiding overnight and picking back up Tuesday morning. Showers and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening, which will likely bring another round of MVFR conditions to the area during this time frame. The storms will move east and could cause some higher winds gusts if any outflow winds track across any of the terminals. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 67 86 64 83 / 50 50 80 70 San Angelo 65 88 65 88 / 30 20 50 30 Junction 65 89 65 90 / 20 10 20 50 Brownwood 65 87 65 83 / 20 30 50 80 Sweetwater 66 86 62 82 / 50 50 80 50 Ozona 65 85 65 88 / 30 10 40 20 Brady 66 87 66 87 / 20 10 30 60 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...TP LONG TERM....Daniels AVIATION...TP
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:51 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm chaser reported ping pong ball size hail. Time of report estimated by radar.
A trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
The public reported quarter size hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1253499, 1253498, 1253500.