The combination of very dry conditions and gusty winds produced wildfires in Brown and Callahan Counties.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
The combination of very dry conditions and gusty winds produced wildfires in Brown and Callahan Counties.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 12, 11:00 AM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1200 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009 .AVIATION... /18Z UPDATE/ VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 KNOTS...DECREASING AFTER SUNSET. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY MORNING SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 10 KNOTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1027 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009/ UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE PER LATEST OBS AND TRENDS DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE LATE THIS MORNING. HAVE UPDATED ZONES PER LATEST OBS...TWEAKING BASIC PARAMETERS. HAVE BACKED OFF POPS...LEAVING SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY FOR THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR SOME WRAP AROUND ACTIVITY AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TRACKS NORTH OF THE AREA. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 737 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009/ DISCUSSION... WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING AND REMOVE POPS FROM OUR EASTERN COUNTIES THIS MORNING AS SHRA/TSRA ARE NOW LEAVING THE CWA. WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW A SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE FOR TSRA ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA. NO OTHER CHANGES MADE AT THIS TIME. 20 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 632 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009/ DISCUSSION... SEE 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. AVIATION... WIDESPREAD IFR/MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN 10 KNOTS AFTER 13/01Z. 21 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 410 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009/ DISCUSSION... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY EXITING THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. WILL CANCEL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 141 WITH THE MORNING FORECAST PACKAGE AS THE INTENSE PORTION OF THE LINE HAS MOVED OUT OF OUR CWA. WE COULD SEE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP LATER TODAY UNDERNEATH THE COLD CORE OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AS IT MOVES THROUGH OKLAHOMA. COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL COMBINE WITH SFC HEATING AND COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OUR BIG COUNTRY AREA...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. NEARLY THE ENTIRE CWA SAW SOME BENEFICIAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT... WITH MANY AREAS SEEING A HALF INCH OR MORE. THIS WILL HELP EASE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR TODAY AS WESTERLY WINDS PICK UP BEHIND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CAUSING THE THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL BE BREEZY OUT OF THE WEST BEHIND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BIG COUNTRY TONIGHT...AND THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY MONDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT THE BIG COUNTRY...AS 850MB TEMPS HERE COOL BY SEVERAL DEGREES...BUT THE REST OF THE CWA WILL BE ABLE TO WARM AHEAD OF THE FRONT. RIDGING WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA BY TUESDAY...AS ANOTHER STRONG LOW MOVES SOUTH INTO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THE LOW...LEE SFC TROUGHING WILL TURN WINDS SOUTHERLY...BRINGING GULF MOISTURE BACK INTO THE AREA. AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THIS LOW LOOKS LIKE IT WILL TAKE A SLIGHTLY MORE NORTHERLY TRACK THAN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM...WHICH WOULD ARGUE FOR LOWER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION IN OUR CWA...BUT WILL KEEP THE SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA IN FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. FIRE WEATHER... MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL HAS FINALLY ARRIVED FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS AVERAGED 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL HELP KEEP THE FIRE DANGER DOWN SOME TODAY. HOWEVER...20 FT WEST WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH AND AFTERNOON RH VALUES OF BELOW 20 PERCENT WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE...A LESSENING OF FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 47 71 47 77 54 / 10 0 0 0 0 SAN ANGELO 45 75 44 80 55 / 10 0 0 0 0 JUNCTION 44 78 44 80 55 / 10 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 99/99/15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 931 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-131030- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 931 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON PRIMARILY ACROSS THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY. ANY STORMS THAT SHOULD DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 15
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire destroyed three motor homes, three travel-trailers and four outbuildings. One home received major damage and two outbuildings received damage. The wildfire was lcoated 4 mile west of Clyde, and it burned 50 acres.
The wildfire destroyed one house and one barn and two cows. The wildfire was lcoated 3 miles northwest of Grosvenor, and it burned 500 acres.
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