Dangerously hot conditions are occurring today in southeast Oklahoma, the ArkLaTex, lower Mississippi Valley, and Puerto Rico. Hot temperatures surround this area throughout the southern U.S. Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories in effect. Excessive rainfall may lead to flash flooding today over parts of northern Alabama into eastern Tennessee and the Cascades. Read More >
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 904 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001 ...ABILENE RECORDED ITS 10TH WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD... FEBRUARY WAS WETTER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 48.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 1.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 47.4 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY WAS 2.70 INCHES. THIS WAS 1.54 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.16 INCHES. THIS MARKS THE 10TH WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD FOR ABILENE. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 50.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 48.4 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY WAS 2.17 INCHES. THIS WAS 1.10 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.07 INCHES. ...FEBRUARY 2001 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OCCURRED ON THE NIGHT OF THE 8TH AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED INTO NORTHWEST TEXAS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER WEST TEXAS ALONG A COLD FRONT AND QUICKLY MOVED EAST ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND HEARTLAND. WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH WERE REPORTED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS...ALONG WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS. THE ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 52 MPH...WITH 56 MPH RECORDED AT THE SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS... DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WINTERS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON THE EVENING AND EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS OF THE 15TH...AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVED FROM NEW MEXICO INTO TEXAS. DIME SIZE HAIL FELL AT SAN ANGELO...JUNCTION AND SWEETWATER. WHILE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL OVER MUCH OF THE REGION...SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVED 1 TO 2.5 INCH AMOUNTS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM BROUGHT SHOWERS...STORMS...AND GUSTY WINDS TO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LATE IN THE MONTH. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE 23RD...AS THE UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHED WEST TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES FELL OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY...WITH SAN ANGELO RECEIVING 1.21 INCHES. AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WERE COMMON ALONG A 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM OZONA TO BALLINGER TO CLYDE. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY (24TH) DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... SCATTERED STRONG STORMS OCCURRED OVER THE EASTERN CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND ALONG COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED EAST ACROSS THE REGION. A SEVERE STORM STRUCK BROWNWOOD...CAUSING WIND DAMAGE AND OVERTURNING A MOBILE HOME...WHICH RESULTED IN A FATALITY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OCCURRED DURING THE DAY OF THE 24TH AS THE UPPER SYSTEM DEPARTED FROM THE REGION. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 46 MPH WAS RECORDED AT BOTH ABILENE AND SAN ANGELO. A STRONG COLD FRONT BROUGHT MUCH COLDER AIR TO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. A SEVERE STORM WHICH DEVELOPED NEAR THE COLD FRONT PRODUCED DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF ROBERT LEE ON THE EVENING OF THE 27TH. TEMPERATURES WHICH WERE IN THE 60S AND 70S ON THE 27TH HOVERED AROUND THE FREEZING MARK ON THE 28TH. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OCCURRED OVER THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY ON THE 28TH. THIS CAUSED SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY WHICH RESULTED IN NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.