Gusty Winds Friday Will Give Way to Severe Thunderstorms & Possible Flooding Sunday

SAN ANGELO – Gusty South winds forecast for Friday afternoon have prompted meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in San Angelo to issue a Wind Advisory for the afternoon with the possibility of severe storms Sunday across West Texas. 

According to the NWS, high pressure off to the west will tighten the gradient rapidly causing winds from the south to increase to 25 to 35 mph with frequent higher gusts.  The Wind Advisory is in effect for the Concho Valley basically west of a Coleman to Sonora line from 1 p.m. Friday afternoon to 1 a.m. Saturday morning.  

All that wind will precede a cold front moving into the region from the north Saturday night into Sunday morning.  A dry line will form to the west and move east bringing a line of thunderstorms Sunday morning.  The better chance for showers and thunderstorms will be Sunday afternoon into Monday morning as the cold from sags further south. 

There is an 80 percent chance of severe thunderstorms Sunday into early Monday morning.  

The cold front will drop temperatures from the 90s Friday to the 60s by Monday. 

The main threat from the weekend thunderstorms will be large hail, strong gusty winds and heavy rain with isolated flooding.  Look for additional weather advisories as the weekend progresses.  

While this weather system has the potential to dump large amounts of rainfall, it will do very little to ease the intensity of the continuing drought across West Texas.  

This is a developing and potentially dangerous weather situation.