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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1130 PM CDT MON JUL 3 2006 ...TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL AND PRECIPITATION VARIED WIDELY IN JUNE... TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH VARIED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...FROM WELL BELOW NORMAL TO NEAR NORMAL. PARTS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN BIG COUNTRY RECEIVED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RAINFALL (LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH). THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS (GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH A FEW GREATER AMOUNTS) OCCURRED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL IN JUNE. THE NUMER OF DAYS WHERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 100 DEGREES OR MORE INCLUDED 9 AT SAN ANGELO...4 AT JUNCTION...AND 2 AT ABILENE. 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 2.21 INCHES. THIS WAS 0.85 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 3.06 INCHES. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE WAS 82.2 DEGREES. THIS WAS 3.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.2 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE WAS 0.30 INCHES. THIS WAS 2.22 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 2.52 INCHES. JUNE 2006 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS... A HOT AND DRY PATTERN...MORE TYPICAL OF MID-SUMMER...HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE SECOND HALF OF MAY AND CONTINUED THROUGH ABOUT THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE. DURING THIS TIME DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 95-102 DEGREE RANGE WERE COMMON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY A PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT...WHICH WAS SITUATED OVER TEXAS...THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...AND THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH...THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WEAKENED WHILE A MODERATELY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPPED SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION. CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED FROM THE EVENING OF THE 16TH TO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 18TH. A NUMBER OF THESE STORMS WERE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS (70 MPH GUSTS) WERE REPORTED AT IMPACT (TAYLOR COUNTY) AND OZONA. THE WINDS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN OZONA. THE LARGEST HAIL (GOLFBALL SIZE) WAS REPORTED AT TYE...8 MILES WEST OF CLYDE...BUFFALO GAP...9 MILES SOUTHEAT OF HASKELL...ORIENT... 7 MILES EAST OF ALBANY...AND 13 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ALBANY. THE STORMS PRODUCED PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH AT THE ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 17TH AND 45 MPH ON THE 16TH. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT A PEAK WIND GUST OF 43 MPH OCCURRED ON THE 17TH. THE STORMS ALSO CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN...AND BENEFICIAL RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE 16TH TO 18TH. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE STAMFORD TO BALLINGER TO MENARD TO OZONA. ABILENE RECORDED 1.64 INCHES DURING THESE DAYS WHILE JUNCTION RECEIVED 2.01 INCHES. ONLY 0.2 INCHES WAS RECORDED AT THE SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT. LIGHTNING STARTED A LARGE GRASS FIRE IN FAR SOUTHERN TOM GREEN COUNTY EARLY ON THE 18TH. A SMOKE PLUME FROM THIS FIRE WAS VISIBLE IN SAN ANGELO. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT BECAME RE-FOCUSED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST FROM THE MIDDLE TO LATE PART OF JUNE. THIS RESULTED IN WEAK NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT INTO TEXAS. WITH THIS PATTERN...TEMPERATURES WERE NOT AS HOT AND CLOSER TO NORMAL. WITH AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND THE SUPPORT OF WEAK DISTURBANCES ALOFT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ACROSS VARIOUS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FROM THE 22ND THROUGH THE 26TH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH FELL AT WIDELY SCATTERED LOCATIONS... AND A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVED OVER AN INCH. DURING THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS OF THE MONTH...A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPPED SOUTH INTO THE REGION. THIS RESULTED IN TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET AT ABILENE AND SAN ANGELO ON THE 27TH. $$