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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
200 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2020
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 08/22/2020 SAN ANGELO THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT...
SAN ANGELO THUNDERSTORM WIND
PEAK WIND E: 60 TO 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 2500 YARDS
FATALITIES: NONE
INJURIES: NONE
START DATE: AUG 22 2020
START TIME: 130 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO / TOM GREEN COUNTY / TEXAS
START LAT/LON: 31.4800 / -100.4292
END DATE: AUG 22 2020
END TIME: 220 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 8 MILES SOUTHWEST PF SAN ANGELO / TOM GREEN COUNTY / TEXAS
END LAT/LON: 31.3707 / -100.4948
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY THIS MORNING ACROSS SAN ANGELO.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 60 TO 95 MPH ACROSS
THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO LAST NIGHT KNOCKING DOWN POWER POLES AND POWER LINES,
RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS AND SOME TREES
WERE ALSO UPROOTED. A WIND GUST OF 86 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 201 AM CDT LAST NIGHT.
RADAR CLEARLY SHOWED INTENSE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURSTS IMPACTING THE CITY.
ONE IMPACTED THE NORTH SIDE NEAR CHADBOURNE AND THE LOOP WHERE IT DAMAGED A GASOLINE STATION
CANOPY, IT KNOCKED OVER A LARGE POWER LINE THAT CROSSED LOOP 306 AND SNAPPED A POWER
POLE. IT ALSO KNOCKED DOWN NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS AND DAMAGED SOME ROOFS IN THE AREA.
THE DOWNBURST WIND KNOCKED DOWN THREE POWER POLES AND POWER LINES AT KNICKERBOCKER AND
JOHNSON STREET. THE STORM ALSO RIPPED OFF ROOFING MATERIAL AT NEARBY APARTMENTS AND
ANOTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDING. THE HIGH WINDS ALSO KNOCKED DOWN NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS IN
THE COLLEGE HILLS AREA AS IT CONTINUED TO TRACK SOUTH.
THE DOWNBURST DAMAGED SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF SAN ANGELO, TOO. THE
HIGH WINDS REMOVED SHINGLES, KNOCKED DOWN SIGNS, AND NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS. AS THE DOWNBURST
STRUCK THE KOA RV PARK NEAR LAKE NASWORTHY, IT ALSO KNOCKED DOWN NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND UPROOTED
A FEW TREES. ONE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WAS KNOCKED OVER ON IT'S SIDE.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE SAN ANGELO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SAN ANGELO FIRE DEPARTMENT,
SAN ANGELO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SAN ANGELO REACT AND LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS FOR THEIR
EXCELLENT ASSISTANCE.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW
OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
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