Wind speeds of 10 to 15 MPH with gusts to 25 MPH combined with relative humidity values of 10% in the afternoon hours across Wise County. At least two destructive grassfires resulted.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Wind speeds of 10 to 15 MPH with gusts to 25 MPH combined with relative humidity values of 10% in the afternoon hours across Wise County. At least two destructive grassfires resulted. One mobile home, a barn, two vehicles, as well as about 90 acres were consumed by the fires. Animals were also injured. Ten fire departments were involved.
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 22, 11:35 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1135 AM CST THU JAN 22 2009 .AVIATION... LITTLE CHANGE TO PREVIOUS TAF SET...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REMOVING 10 KT-GUST DIFFERENCE. CURRENT SLY WNDS 6-10 KTS SHD VEER SSW AND INCREASE TO ARND 15 KTS BY 19-20Z...WITH A FEW GUSTS ARND 20 KTS... YET FEEL STRONGER SUSTAINED WND IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN DROPPING TO LOWER VALUES TO ATTAIN 10 KT DIFFERENCE WITH GSTS. WNDS WILL BRIEFLY DROP TO ARND 10 KTS AFTR 00Z...BUT LLJ DEVELOPMENT AND BOUNDARY REMAINING SEMI-COUPLED BY 06Z FRI/AFTR SHD VEER WNDS SSW AND INCRS THEM TO ARND 15-20 KTS. CD FNT APPEARS TO ARRIVE ARND/AFTR 00Z SAT...SO NO MNTN IN 24-30 HR PTN OF DFW TAF...BUT WILL BACK WNDS AFTR 21Z FRI AND LWR BELOW 10 KTS PRE-FROPA. OTHERWISE...VFR TO CONTINUE WITH VFR CIGS BTWN 150-250 DEVELOPING TNGT INTO FRI A.M. 05/ && .UPDATE... UPPER LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING AND A WARM UP INTO THE 70S AND 80S IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. INHERITED TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TRACK AND DID NOT MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO MAX TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS THIS PAST HOUR ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AND EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. MODELS ARE INDICATING A WEAKENING OF THE WIND SPEEDS AROUND SUNSET SO WILL NEED TO RE- EVALUATE EXPIRATION OF RED FLAG WARNING WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. GULF OF MEXICO IS STILL SLIGHTLY CLOSED OFF THIS MORNING BUT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FROM THE TEXAS COAST TO NORTH TEXAS ARE STILL FORECAST BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. ONLY CHANGES MADE TO FORECAST WERE TO UPDATE HOURLY TRENDS. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 335 AM CST THU JAN 22 2009/ WEAK MID LEVEL RIDGING OVERSPREADING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MODERATE DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE WEST WILL LEAD TO UNSEASONABLY MILD TEMPERATURES TODAY. HIGHS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WILL RUN 25 TO 30 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL PEAKING IN THE LOWER 80S ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. ABRUPT CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY HOWEVER...AS UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN ALLOWING A CHUNK OF COLDER AIR TO SLIDE DOWN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TOMORROW...WHICH SHOULD HELP KEEP TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES FROM TODAY...BUT STILL ABOUT 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY PLUMMETING. MOISTURE WILL BE SCANT AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND DYNAMIC FORCING WEAK...SO NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP. MAY EEK OUT A SHOWER OR TWO ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES FRIDAY NIGHT SO WILL KEEP THE 20 POPS THERE. SATURDAY WILL BE MUCH COLDER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 40S UNDER CLOUDY SKIES AND BRISK NORTH WINDS. MODELS ARE PERSISTENT WITH KEEPING A SLIM CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN ON SATURDAY PRIMARILY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA...SO WILL KEEP SOME LOW END POPS IN THROUGH SATURDAY. MAY ACTUALLY BE MORE DRIZZLE THAN RAIN. MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY ISSUES BEYOND ABOUT 84 HOURS...WHICH IS PLAYING HAVOC WITH TEMPERATURE FORECASTS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HANDLING OF ENERGY DIVING SOUTHWARD OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE US IS PROVING PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC FOR THE GUIDANCE. ECMWF IS SLOWER WITH EJECTING THIS LOW EASTWARD AND IS ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING IT OFF SOUTHWEST OF CALIFORNIA BY 12Z TUESDAY. THIS ALLOWS A STRONGER S/W TO DIVE MORE SOUTHERLY THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS...SENDING ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY. THE ECMWF IS THEREFORE A COLDER SOLUTION. GFS IS MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH WEST COAST ENERGY ALLOWING FOR ROBUST SOUTHERLY FLOW AND MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES THROUGH MIDWEEK. GIVEN THE TENDENCY FOR THE MODELS TO MOVE THESE SYSTEMS EAST TOO FAST... DONT THINK IT WILL BE QUITE AS WARM AS THE GFS IS ADVERTISING. WITH THE LARGE SPREAD IN TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE...HAVE PRIMARILY STUCK CLOSER TO THE ENSEMBLE MEAN TEMPS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AS FOR PRECIP...IT DOES APPEAR THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST SOME SMALL CHANCES FOR RAIN MONDAY AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY. HAVE KEPT PRECIP TYPE ALL STRATIFORM RAIN FOR NOW...BUT IF WE DO GET INTO MORE MOISTURE RICH SOUTHERLY FLOW AND BETTER FORCING FROM LOW TO THE WEST...PRECIP WOULD LIKELY BE MORE CONVECTIVE IN NATURE. && .FIRE WEATHER... INCREASING SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TODAY COMBINED WITH ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES AROUND 15 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. WINDS WILL REMAIN UP INTO THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. && .CLIMATE... RECORD AT DFW AND ACT SHOULD BE SAFE. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 80 DEGREES. RECORD HIGH AT DFW IS 85 AND RECORD HIGH AT ACT IS 88 DEGREES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 81 54 77 41 44 / 0 0 10 10 10 WACO, TX 81 56 78 47 48 / 0 0 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 71 49 70 39 42 / 0 0 20 20 20 DENTON, TX 80 51 75 39 42 / 0 0 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 75 53 75 40 42 / 0 0 10 10 10 DALLAS, TX 80 54 76 41 46 / 0 0 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 76 53 77 44 45 / 0 0 10 20 20 CORSICANA, TX 76 54 78 47 47 / 0 0 10 20 20 TEMPLE, TX 82 55 80 49 50 / 0 0 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR TXZ091>095- 100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && 05/82
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 210 PM CST THU JAN 22 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231200- 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- 210 PM CST THU JAN 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A VERY HIGH GRASS FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...DUE TO VERY WARM...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS. AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 WILL SEE THE DRIEST CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY EXIST ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS...AS BRISK SOUTH WINDS COMBINE WITH DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 05/
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A burning trash pile grew into a 30 acre fire west of Boyd. A mobile home and two vehicles were destroyed and a barn was damaged. Animals were also injured in the fire.
Another fire burned 60 acres about 10 miles north of Decatur. Although four homes were threatened, only a fence was damaged.
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