1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 3, 3:55 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 355 PM CST TUE JAN 3 2006 .DISCUSSION... A STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN APPEARS TO BE IN STORE FOR NORTH TEXAS FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING FORECAST PERIOD...WITH A PERSISTENT THREAT FOR WILDFIRES. CLEAR SKIES HAVE ALLOWED FOR FULL INSOLATION ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH REMARKABLY WARM TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN BROKEN RECORD MAXES AT BOTH KDFW AND KACT. CIRROFORM CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT...AS HIGH LEVEL TROPICAL MOISTURE IS ADVECTED NORTHEASTWARD AHEAD OF ADVANCING CENTRAL PLAINS UPPER TROUGH. SHORT TERM NAM/GFS DATA ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON BRINGING A PACIFIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACCOMPANYING THIS UPPER FEATURE THROUGH THE METROPLEX AROUND SUNRISE...WITH THE SURFACE FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MIDDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW AND NEGATIVE THETA-E ADVECTION WILL RESULT IN A VERY HIGH WILDFIRE DANGER ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...NUMERICAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT STRONG HEIGHT RISES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WESTERN COAST OF THE U.S. AHEAD OF A POWERFUL UPPER TROUGH POISED TO APPROACH THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE RESULTING UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE MAINTAINENCE AND GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION OF A SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY ALLOW COOLER AIR TO GRADUALLY FILTER INTO NORTH TEXAS FOR SEVERAL DAYS...BEGINNING TOMORROW AND LASTING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT AND A RETURN OF SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL ALLOW FOR A MODEST WARM-UP ACROSS THE REGION FROM SATURDAY THROUGH END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE MID-LEVEL FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BECOME MORE ZONALLY ORIENTED BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF COLD FRONTS TO APPROACH NORTH TEXAS...BUT HAVE NO CONFIDENCE TO INTRODUCE ANY PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME. MEANWHILE...THE FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH WINDY CONDITIONS CURRENTLY EXPECTED ON THURSDAY/SATURDAY/MONDAY AFTERNOONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 52 70 40 62 / 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 53 73 41 65 / 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 51 65 36 58 / 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 49 68 39 61 / 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 51 67 39 60 / 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 52 70 40 62 / 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 52 71 40 62 / 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 53 72 41 64 / 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 53 74 41 67 / 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR TXZ091-TXZ092-TXZ093- TXZ100-TXZ101-TXZ102-TXZ103-TXZ104-TXZ115-TXZ116-TXZ117-TXZ118- TXZ119-TXZ129-TXZ130-TXZ131-TXZ132-TXZ133-TXZ141. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM WEDNESDAY 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-TXZ135-TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145-TXZ146-TXZ147- TXZ148-TXZ156-TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159-TXZ160-TXZ161-TXZ162-TXZ174- TXZ175. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY 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-TXZ135-TXZ141-TXZ142-TXZ143-TXZ144-TXZ145-TXZ146-TXZ147- TXZ148-TXZ156-TXZ157-TXZ158-TXZ159-TXZ160-TXZ161-TXZ162-TXZ174- TXZ175. && 65/DD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 500 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2006 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041200- 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- 500 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY AND RESULT IN INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WIND SPEEDS...WARM TEMPERATURES...AND LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MAINTAIN AN INCREASED GRASS FIRE DANGER ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE DANGER THREAT WILL BE ESPECIALLY HIGH ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE...DALLAS...TO SHERMAN LINE...WHERE WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 15 AN 25 MPH. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF NORTH TEXAS FROM 11 AM UNTIL 6 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND BRING INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AND DECREASING HUMIDITIES. THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER. THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHICH SHOULD HELP IN THE EFFORTS TO CONTROL ANY EXISTING OR NEW FIRES. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER SATURDAY AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER DEVELOPING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 79
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A grass fire started near Boonsville, burning 5,000 acres and 6 non-residential structures.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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