1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 2, 11:50 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1150 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 .AVIATION... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TAF SITES. AS THE SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER ILLINOIS MOVES OFF TO THE EAST...THE WINDS WILL DECREASE FURTHER THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 06Z AS A WEAK SURFACE HIGH MOVES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. YET ANOTHER TROUGH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS...RESULTING IN INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS ON TUESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY....WITH ONLY SOME SCATTERED CIRRUS EXPECTED. && .UPDATE... 1145 AM CST DEW POINTS RISING IN SW ZONES MORE QUICKLY THAN ANTICIPATED. HUMIDITY IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO FIRE WEATHER PERSONNEL... SO WILL ISSUE UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS. 25 && .UPDATE... 1030 AM CST RED FLAG WARNING EXPANDED WESTWARD INTO AREAS WHERE FIRES RAGED ON SUNDAY. ALSO EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM CST TO ENCOMPASS HOURS OF MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY. CURRENT GRIDS ON TRACK. HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS NORTH ASSOCIATED WITH EXITING UPPER SYSTEM. SUNNY SKIES AND DEEP MIXING WILL DIMINISH DEW POINTS MOST AREAS. WARM TEMPERATURES WILL YIELD VERY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...EVEN OUTSIDE OF RED FLAG WARNING AREA. UPDATED ZONE PACKAGE FORTHCOMING. 25 && .PREV DISCUSSION... 430 AM CST STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ROTATE EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS. SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE HAS CROSS THE RED RIVER AND TEMPORARILY INCREASED THE DEW POINTS ACROSS THE NORTHER PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THERE IS STILL A VERY SHARP DEW POINT GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION WITH READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS IN THE WEST AND UPPER 30S ALONG THE RED RIVER. WE EXPECT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE QUICKLY THIS MORNING WITH BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING OF 30+ KNOT LOW LEVEL JET. PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE NORTH WILL ALSO REMAIN TIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING WHICH WILL RESULT IN NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. WE EXPECT DEW POINTS ALONG THE RED RIVER TO BEGIN TO FALL ONCE MIXING BEGINS. HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS DUE TO ABUNDANT AND RIPE FUELS...INCREASING WINDS AND DECREASING HUMIDITIES. SOME OF THE COUNTIES IN THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL NOT MEET ALL NORMAL RED FLAG CRITERIA BUT CONDITIONS WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND THE FIRE DANGER SHOULD SLOWLY DIMINISH. THE NEXT SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS ON TUESDAY AND ALLOW WINDS TO RETURN TO THE SOUTH AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO INCREASE. EXPECT THE NEXT DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY MORNING. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT WIND SPEEDS MAY NOT REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WEDNESDAY SO NO FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE ISSUED WITH THIS PACKAGE. A SECONDARY SHOT OF DRY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY. THIS AIRMASS SHOULD KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 60S FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 77 46 76 51 / 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 78 46 76 54 / 0 0 0 10 PARIS, TX 70 42 73 49 / 0 0 0 10 DENTON, TX 75 43 75 48 / 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 76 43 73 49 / 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 77 47 74 52 / 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 76 44 74 52 / 0 0 0 10 CORSICANA, TX 76 46 75 54 / 0 0 0 10 TEMPLE, TX 78 47 75 51 / 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR TXZ091-TXZ092-TXZ093- TXZ094-TXZ095-TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104-TXZ105-TXZ106- TXZ107-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118-TXZ119-TXZ120-TXZ121-TXZ122- TXZ123-TXZ129-TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ134-TXZ141. && 58/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1015 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-031200- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 1015 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THE FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH ACROSS ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR LOCATIONS NORTHEAST OF A COMANCHE...TO GLEN ROSE...TO WAXAHACHIE...TO CANTON LINE. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 AND 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH ABUNDANT FUEL SOURCES WILL RESULT IN VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA. THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED RISK OF GRASS FIRES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY DUE WIND SPEEDS IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE AND FALLING HUMIDITIES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TOWARD SUNSET AS WINDS DECREASE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND BRING INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AND DECREASING HUMIDITIES. THESE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER ON WEDNESDAY. THE NEED FOR A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSESSED AS NEW DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 58
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A grass fire destroyed 6 houses in the town of Huckabay.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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