A Calm Weekend On Tap For Us

From Chief Meteorologist Brandon Rector...

Severe thunderstorms developed and moved through the Big Country for most of the day. Several counties in the viewing area were under a tornado warning. In fact, at one point we had eight counties under a tornado warning because of three separtate thunderstorms that were capable of producing tornadoes. So far, we have only had one confirmation of a tornado that was on the ground. It was a brief touchdown 2 miles south of Carbon in Eastland county. We had reports of hail ranging from pea size to tennis ball size. The tennis ball size hail occurred in Cross Plains. Most of the area saw quite a bit of rain today. Rainfall totals for most of the viewing area were somewhere between 1 inch and 4.5 inches. This led to flash flood warnings for some counties. Abilene Regional Airport received 1.49" which is a record rainfall for this date.

The weekend looks pleasant. We will likely begin with mostly cloudy skies Saturday morning and possibly some patchy fog in a few locations. The clouds are expected to decrease through the day so by late afternoon it should be mostly sunny. Highs tomorrow look to be in the low to mid 70s. Sunday should be warmer with highs in the low 80s under mostly sunny skies.

Partly cloudy skies will likely return on Monday with highs remaining in the low 80s.

A cold front is expected to move through the area Tuesday. There is a 20% chance for showers and thunderstorms with the front. Highs should be in the upper 70s under partly cloudy skies.

Wednesday through next Friday will be cooler thanks to the cold front. Highs look to be in the upper 60s to around 70.

Have a super Saturday!