Friday Night Storms Usher in Excessive Heat Warning Through Sunday

SAN ANGELO – Friday night storms cooled down the Concho Valley and the City of San Angelo and flooded streets, but that deadly triple digit heat will remain through the weekend. 

The National Weather Service office in San Angelo has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for the Concho Valley through Sunday evening at 9 p.m. 

Triple digit heat is forecast every day for at least the next 14 days. 

Friday night's storms packed lots of lightning and temporarily knocked out power to some parts of town including the 3100 block of Sherwood Way, Downtown, and west San Angelo.  The storms dumped .2 inches of rain at the airport and contained radar indicated large hail.  The peak wind gust was 69 mph.  

The NWS had issued Severe Thunderstorm Warnings as the line of storms blew in from the west around 7 p.m.  There was lots of cloud to cloud lightning and cloud to ground lightning.  

Officials reported one motor vehicle crash on Loop 306 near the Southwest Blvd. exit across from the Mall.  A pickup had severe front end damage and had crashed into the safety cables in the median.  

Emergency crews and AEP Texas work trucks converged on the Stripes Convenience Store at the corner of Garfield and Sherwood Way investigating a possible lightning strike on a transformer.  

All the low lying streets across the city were flooded again especially the construction zone along College Hills Blvd.  

There is a 20% chance of some more evening thunderstorms Saturday between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m

The Excessive Heat Warning means life threatening heat will occur and residents are urged to take action to avoid serious injury or death. 

Temperatures will reach 105 to 113 degrees with heat index values of 110 for prolonged periods both Saturday and Sunday afternoons.  Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke are likely during outdoor conditions that hot. 

Residents are urged to avoid the sun and heat during the afternoon hours.  If you must be outdoors, stay hydrated, wear clothing that protects you from the sun, take frequent breaks in the shade and watch for signs of heat stroke in others.  Check on vulnerable friends and neighbors.  

Take care of outdoor pets and children as well.  Make sure they have plenty of fresh water, shade and food.  Better yet, bring them inside with you during the heat of the day.  

And Never, Never, Ever, Ever leave a child or a pet in a hot car.  That is criminal.  

The excessive heat is forecast to last well into next week so expect the Excessive Heat Warning or at the very least a Heat Advisory to be issued daily.  

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