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 >
NOUS44 KSJT 011249 PNSSJT PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 750 AM CDT FRI OCT 1 2004 ...9TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR ABILENE... TEMPERATURES AVERAGED SLIGHTLY BELOW TO NEAR NORMAL FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN SEPTEMBER. AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 73.9 DEGREES. THIS WAS 1.6 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 75.5 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR SEPTEMBER WAS ONLY 0.20 INCHES. THIS WAS 2.71 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 2.91 INCHES. THIS WAS THE 9TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR ABILENE. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 74.6 DEGREES. THIS WAS 0.2 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 74.8 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 2.05 INCHES. THIS WAS 0.90 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 2.95 INCHES. SEPTEMBER 2004 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS... RAINFALL VARIED WIDELY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN SEPTEMBER...RANGING FROM NEAR NORMAL TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL. PARTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN...SOUTHWESTERN AND FAR WESTERN SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS RECEIVED RAINFALL CLOSER TO NORMAL (2 TO 3 INCHES)...ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. OTHER AREAS EXPERIENCED WELL BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. MONTHLY TOTALS WERE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH FOR NUMEROUS LOCATIONS EAST OF HIGHWAY 277. OVERALL...SEPTEMBER WAS MARKED BY A LACK OF RAINFALL THROUGH THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PARTS OF THE MONTH...FOLLOWED BY A WETTER PERIOD LATE IN THE MONTH. HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE WEATHER IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING EARLY SEPTEMBER. A COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIRMASS... MORE TYPICAL OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER... SETTLED SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION AFTER A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON THE 6TH. RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE ESTABLISHED IN ABILENE AND SAN ANGELO ON THE 8TH AND 9TH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPED INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOONS ON SEVERAL DAYS FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT... WHICH EXTENDED FROM TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD...DOMINATED THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL DURING THIS TIME. SOME MOISTURE RETURNED TO THE REGION...AND THIS ALLOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR ON A FEW OCCASIONS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF AN ABILENE TO SAN ANGELO TO SONORA LINE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF THE 22ND AND 23RD. A FEW LOCATIONS RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS OF THE 23RD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BIG COUNTRY...CONCHO VALLEY...HEARTLAND AND NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY. THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WERE COMMON. LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED...WITH RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AT A FEW LOCATIONS. A STORM PRODUCED A 64 MPH WIND GUST ALONG WITH 1.48 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT. SOME STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SAN ANGELO. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS OCCURRED ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 24TH. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHWESTERN CONCHO VALLEY RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN. A STORM SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVED FROM NEW MEXICO ACROSS WEST TEXAS FROM THE 25TH TO THE 28TH. THIS SYSTEM BROUGHT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS TO MAINLY THE WESTERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAIN (GREATER THAN ONE HALF INCH) FELL WEST OF A SWEETWATER TO SAN ANGELO TO SONORA LINE. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WAS COMMON WEST OF A SONORA TO MERTZON TO COLORADO CITY LINE...WITH SCATTERED 2 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS. $$