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 >
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 800 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...PRECIIPTATION WAS BELOW NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN JUNE... TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS LESS THAN ONE INCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS RECEIVED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. IN PARTS OF THE BIG COUNTRY...MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS 2 TO 3 INCHES NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WOODSON TO ANSON TO MARYNEAL...AND IN PARTS OF CALLAHAN COUNTY. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN JUNE. THE NUMER OF DAYS WHERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 100 DEGREES OR MORE INCLUDED ONE AT SAN ANGELO AND ONE AT JUNCTION. ABILENE RECORDED NO DAYS WHERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 100 DEGREES OR MORE. AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE WAS 80.3 DEGREES. THIS WAS 0.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.8 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE WAS 0.72 INCHES. THIS WAS 2.34 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 3.06 INCHES. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE WAS 80.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.2 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE WAS 0.98 INCHES. THIS WAS 1.54 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 2.52 INCHES. JUNE 2005 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS... THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN FROM LATE MAY CONTINUED INTO THE FIRST PART OF JUNE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE REGION DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 3RD BROUGHT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STRONG WINDS OCCURRED JUST AFTER THE PRECIPITATION ENDED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. THE STRONG WINDS DOWNED SEVERAL POWER POLES AND BLEW THE ROOF OFF OF A RESTUARANT IN ROSCOE (NOLAN COUNTY). RECORDED PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDED 60 MPH AT THE ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...AND 58 MPH IN SWEETWATER. THE HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF A FEW ROADS IN MENARD COUNTY...AROUND 8 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF MENARD. THE HEAVIEST RAIN (1 TO 3 INCHES) FROM THIS EVENT FELL IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN CROCKETT COUNTY EAST ACROSS MENARD COUNTY. A BAND OF 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL OCCURRED FROM HASKELL TO SWEETWATER. A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT OCCURRED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND PARTS OF THE HEARTLAND ON THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS OF THE 4TH...AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVED INTO THE REGION AND INTERACTED WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. SEVERAL STORMS PRODUCED VERY HAIL RANGING FROM GOLFBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE. THE LARGEST HAIL REPORTS INCLUDED TENNIS BALL SIZE 4 MILES NORTH OF HASKELL...AND UP TO SOFTBALL SIZE IN PUTNAM (CALLAHAN COUNTY). THIS HAIL CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL (SEVERAL INCHES) FROM THE STORM IN THE AREA AROUND PUTNAM CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS. INTERSTATE 20 WAS CLOSED ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ROADS IN PART OF CALLAHAN COUNTY DUE TO THE FLOODING. ON THE EVENING AND EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS OF THE 5TH...SEVERE STORMS PRODUCED SEVERAL LANDSPOUT TYPE TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN NOLAN COUNTY. THESE OCCURRED MAINLY BETWEEN ROSCOE AND WASTELLA. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM THESE TORNADOES. FROM THE 10TH TO 14TH...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS AFFECTED MAINLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. ON THE EVENING OF THE 12TH A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5 MILES NORTH OF ROTAN IN FAR NORTHERN FISHER COUNTY. NO DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THIS TORNADO. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OCCURRED IN THE BIG COUNTRY DURING THE POST MIDNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 14TH...AS A COLD FRONT ENTERED THE REGION. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR STAMFORD...AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN NORTHEASTERN THROCKMORTON COUNTY (3 MILES WEST OF ELBERT). IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF NUMEROUS ROADS IN HASKELL COUNTY. DURING THE SECOND HALF OF JUNE...A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPED AND REMAINED IN CLOSE ENOUGH PROXIMITY TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS RESULTED IN A PERSISTENT PATTERN WITH NO RAIN...CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S ACROSS THE REGION. A COMBINATION OF DRIER AIR...CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO COOL INTO THE UPPER 50S FOR LOWS ON THE 22ND...AT A FEW LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA. $$