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Abilene meteorologists, storm chasers prep for severe storms throughout the Big Country

by: Darrius Stringer

Posted: Jun 12, 2023 / 03:44 PM CDT

Updated: Jun 12, 2023 / 03:54 PM CDT

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Severe storms disrupted a rather nice and sunny Sunday for the eastern half of the Big Country. At one point, there was a severe thunderstorm warning for six counties during the afternoon.

Storms continued to develop overnight into the early morning hours. A pop-up shower turned into a severe thunderstorm, leading to a tornado warning for Jones and Shackelford counties around 12:30 a.m., last until 1:30.

Just miles south of Stamford, authorities spotted a possible tornado on the ground around 12:35 Monday morning.

For Monday afternoon, a large portion of the area was under a slight-to-enhanced risk of severe storms. That means scattered-to-numerous severe thunderstorms are possible, beginning around 4:30 p.m. Monday

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Severe Weather Alert Day: Large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes possible during severe storms Monday

Areas from Abilene southeast to all of the Heartland are at the highest risk of severe storms, but areas as far west as Sweetwater and San Angelo may see severe storms.

Very large hail will be the leading hazard, with sizes expected to be in the baseball range or even larger in some storms. Damaging winds up to 75 miles per hour will have the ability to pick up small-to-medium objects and, of course, break off tree limbs.

A few tornadoes are also anticipated by the end of the day. Even though the threat is relatively low, given the tornado warning overnight, the threat will not be taken lightly.

Flooding could be a concern with the more severe storms, so try to avoid going outside once these storms begin to develop.

Storm chasers are setting up in the Big Country, expecting to get some exciting photos, videos, and chase those storms as they begin to develop.

Storm chaser Reed Timmer said he would be live streaming the storm event near Abilene Monday afternoon.