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Strong to severe thunderstorms affected areas of West Central Texas on June 4th and 7th.

An area of strong to severe thunderstorms moved east across west-central Texas, during the post-Midnight and early morning hours of June 4. This was associated with an upper level disturbance, which moved east into the area and interacted with unstable and rather moist air. A band of thunderstorms moved east across much of west-central Texas, eventually merging with other, slow-moving storms in eastern parts of the area. Figure 1 shows a loop of animated radar imagery, with the storms on June 4.

Figure 1: Animated Loop of Radar Imagery on June 4 (between 2 AM and 6 AM).

Strong, gusty winds accompanied the band of storms. The San Angelo Regional Airport recorded a 56 mph wind gust.

On the evening and early nighttime hours of June 7, a band of thunderstorms moved south across the Big Country area. Strong, gusty winds accompanied this band of storms, and a few contained large hail. Figure 2 shows a loop of animated radar imagery, with this band of storms.

Figure 1: Animated Loop of Radar Imagery, on June 7 (between 7 PM and 11 PM).

A total of 11 severe weather reports were received with these storms. In addition, very heavy rain in a short period of time caused flash flooding of streets in Abilene.

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