Fireworks caused at least one fire on New Year's Day.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Fireworks caused at least one fire on New Year's Day.
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 1, 10:25 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1025 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008 .UPDATE... 1025 AM CST CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK. WILL RUN AN UPDATE TO THE GRIDS TO ADJUST HOURLIES AND AFTERNOON TREND. NO NEW ZFP WILL BE ISSUED...BUT NEW HOURLY DATA AND IMAGES WILL BE SENT TO THE WEB. AFM/PFM AND RELATED PRODUCTS WILL ALSO BE UPDATED. HEARNE (KHLB) HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY REMOVED FROM THE HOURLIES DUE TO ERRONEOUS TEMPERATURES. TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE ISSUE. 25 && .AVIATION... 420 AM CST VFR THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. LARGE SURFACE HIGH WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL UNITED STATES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE NW. EXPECT SOME SUSTAINED WINDS THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 13 AND 17 KTS. THESE SHOULD DIE DOWN AFTER SUNSET. /13 && .PREV DISCUSSION... 345 AM CST THE NEW YEAR IS OFF TO A COLD START WITH CANADIAN AIR GRADUALLY FILTERING INTO THE REGION AS SPRAWLING 1050 MB SURFACE HIGH BUILDS SOUTHEAST. COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ALLOWING FOR SUBSTANTIAL MIXING OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE. THE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS FORECAST BY THE MET MOS THIS AFTERNOON LOOK REASONABLE...WITH SPEEDS APPROACHING 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AND WINDS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN YESTERDAY...ELEVATED BRUSH FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND A GRASS FIRE DANGER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FOR TODAY. MOS FORECAST TEMPS STILL LOOK TOO WARM THROUGH THURSDAY AND HAVE CONTINUED THE UNDERCUTTING TREND OF THE LAST SEVERAL FORECASTS. MEDIUM RANGE MODEL FORECASTS HAVE SLOWED THE PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES JUST SLIGHTLY WHICH MEANS THE COOL WEATHER WILL HANG ON INTO THURSDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE WESTERN CWA TONIGHT WITH RADIATIONAL COOLING MAXIMIZED AND LOWS FALLING INTO THE TEENS AND LOW 20S. WEDNESDAY HIGH TEMPS WILL STAY COOL AS LOW LEVEL THERMAL PROFILES REFUSE TO MODERATE...AND ANOTHER CHILLY NIGHT IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS TIME EASTERN ZONES WILL HAVE A FEW TEENS AS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS POSITION FAVORS THIS REGION. ON THURSDAY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW...CURRENTLY OFF THE BAJA COAST...WILL MOVE ACROSS BUT LIMITED MOISTURE MEANS NO RAIN AND JUST SOME MID AND HIGH CLOUDS. IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING WEST COAST TROUGH...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH RAPID MODIFICATION OF THE COLD AIRMASS. WILL CONTINUE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS SATURDAY OVER THE EASTERN ZONES AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE CROSSES THROUGH. OTHERWISE THE MAIN CHANCES OF RAIN AND STORMS WILL COME EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES OUT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. TR.92 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 49 25 48 27 / 0 0 0 0 WACO, TX 51 22 49 26 / 0 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 44 22 44 19 / 0 0 0 0 DENTON, TX 48 19 47 24 / 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 47 22 46 19 / 0 0 0 0 DALLAS, TX 48 27 47 29 / 0 0 0 0 TERRELL, TX 48 26 45 23 / 0 0 0 0 CORSICANA, TX 50 26 46 24 / 0 0 0 0 TEMPLE, TX 53 25 50 27 / 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/25/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 400 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-021100- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 400 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... AN ELEVATED GRASS FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS DUE TO VERY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. 13
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Fireworks caused a fire along CR 600 in Burleson that burned 3 acres and destroyed a barn that was filled with lumber.
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