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San Angelo, TX
Weather Forecast Office
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 338 PM CDT Sat May 26 2018 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/25/2018 THUNDERSTORM WIND AND VERY LARGE HAIL EVENT UPDATE #1... .REFERENCE THUNDERSTORM WIND... PEAK WIND E: 80-85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 9.0 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1.5 MILES FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: UNKNOWN START DATE: MAY 25 2018 START TIME: 0840 PM CDT START LOCATION: 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS START LAT/LON: 31.3700/-98.9000 END DATE: MAY 25 2018 END TIME: 0904 PM CDT END LOCATION: 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS END LAT/LON: 31.2500/-98.9600 A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM FOUND LOTS OF EVIDENCE OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF AROUND 80 TO 85 MPH ALONG WITH SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF RICHLAND SPRINGS. THIS SWATH OF HAIL EXTENDED NORTHEAST TOWARDS LOCKER, SPRING CREEK AND ALGERITA AND SOUTHWEST ACROSS RICHLAND SPRINGS. THIS COMBINATION OF WIND AND HAIL DAMAGED VEHICLES, BROKE WINDOWS IN HOMES AND DAMAGED SIDING AND ROOFS OF MANY HOMES. ONE TRAILER HOME WAS DESTROYED BY THE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. ALL OF THE DEBRIS WAS ALIGNED FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. WE OBSERVED MANY OAK TREES THAT COMPLETELY LOST ALL OF THEIR LEAVES. THERE WERE MANY BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND SOME TREES WERE UPROOTED. LIVESTOCK WERE ALSO KILLED BY THE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL STONES. NUMEROUS VEHICLES LOST WINDSHIELDS AND WERE SEVERELY DENTED BY THE WIND AND HAIL. NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
US Dept of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
San Angelo, TX
7654 Knickerbocker Road
San Angelo, TX 76904
325-944-9445
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