A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will bring excessive rainfall, flash flooding, and very strong winds to southwest Oregon and northwest California through Thursday. A High Risk (level 4 of 4) of Excessive Rainfall has been issued. A storm system over the northern Plains will produce locally heavy snow in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Read More >
ZCZC LBBPNSSJT ALL TTAA00 KSJT DDHHMM PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1129 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2002 ...TEMPERATURES AVERAGED NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL WHILE PRECIPITATION VARIED WIDELY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN JUNE... JUNE PRECIPITATION VARIED FROM BELOW TO ABOVE NORMAL IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...DUE TO THE SCATTERED COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER PATTERN OCCURRED DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE WAS 79.4 DEGREES. THIS WAS 0.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.8 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE WAS 0.81 INCHES. THIS WAS 2.25 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 3.06 INCHES. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE WAS 81.6 DEGREES. THIS WAS 2.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.2 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE WAS 0.88 INCHES. THIS WAS 1.64 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 2.52 INCHES. HOWEVER...PARTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO RECEIVED CONSIDERABLY MORE RAINFALL THAN AT THE AIRPORT DURING JUNE. JUNE 2002 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS... SEVERE STORMS PRODUCED TORNADOES IN THE VICINITY OF STAMFORD AND ELBERT ON THE EVENING OF THE 4TH. THE TORNADO NEAR STAMFORD UPROOTED TREES. AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCED DOWN INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF THE 4TH AND EARLY 5TH...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED OVER THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY...WITH SCATTERED STORMS OVER THE HEARTLAND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF HASKELL AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES. AS THE FRONT CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH... ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE 5TH. SCATTERED LOCATIONS RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...BUT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OCCURRED IN NORTHERN SCHLEICHER AND SOUTHERN IRION COUNTIES. NUMEROUS SLOW-MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THE 7TH. SCATTERED LOCATIONS RECEIVED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN...AND A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVED OVER FOUR INCHES. WITH UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT... SEVERAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE EVENING AND EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS OF THE 13TH. ONE OF THE SEVERE STORMS ONE OF THE SEVERE STORMS MOVED FROM NEAR STAMFORD SOUTH ACROSS TAYLOR COUNTY INTO NORTHERN RUNNELS COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED A BRIEF TORNADO NEAR INTERSTATE 20 IN TYE. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL FROM THIS STORM WAS REPORTED IN THE TOWNS OF TYE AND VIEW IN TAYLOR COUNTY. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL INJURIES AND CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES IN TYE. SEVERAL WINDSHIELDS WERE BROKEN IN VIEW. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT A FEW OTHER LOCATIONS WHICH WERE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. OTHER SEVERE STORMS OVER THE WESTERN CONCHO VALLEY AT MERTZON AND 1 MILE SOUTH OF TANKERSLEY. THE SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED A 55 MPH WIND GUST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OCCURRED AT SCATTERED LOCATIONS. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVED SOUTH INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF THE 15TH...AND BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM COMPLEX AFFECTED PRIMARILY THE WESTERN BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND HEARTLAND. MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE... OCCURRED AT SCATTERED LOCATIONS. PARTS OF SAN ANGELO RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES...AND THIS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX RACED SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 15TH AND 16TH. THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRED IN THE BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...AND HEARTLAND. WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED IN PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. AT THE SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...A WIND GUST OF 61 MPH WAS RECORDED. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE BIG COUNTRY AND HEARTLAND. SCATTERED AND LESS ORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ACROSS VARIOUS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LATE IN THE MONTH. ON THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 27TH...A DISSIPATING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX ENTERED THE NORTHWESTERN CONCHO VALLEY...BUT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS. A 60 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED IN COKE COUNTY...AND WIND DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS WAS REPORTED IN WATER VALLEY. TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVED INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. THIS RESULTED IN HUMID CONDITIONS...MORE CLOUDCOVER AND LOWER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES.