The combination of very dry vegatation and gusty winds resulted in a large wildfire across Jones County.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
The combination of very dry vegatation and gusty winds resulted in a large wildfire across Jones County.
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 Jan 22, 11:37 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1137 AM CST THU JAN 22 2009 .DISCUSSION... SEE THE 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 1O TO 20 KTS THRU 00Z...BACKING OFF TO 12KTS OR BELOW AT THAT TIME. THERE MAY BE A SECONDARY INCREASE IN WIND AFT 06Z...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY ADDING ANOTHER LINE TO THE TAF. CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THRU THE PERIOD WITH CIGS DROPPING INTO THE 10-15KFT RANGE...STILL WELL WITHIN VFR TERRITORY. LACY && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 526 AM CST THU JAN 22 2009/ DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW FOR 12Z TAFS. AVIATION... A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROF ACROSS WESTERN TEXAS WILL RESULT IN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 21 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 82 55 77 35 45 / 0 0 10 10 10 SAN ANGELO 83 53 82 41 54 / 0 0 10 10 10 JUNCTION 83 49 83 44 58 / 0 0 0 10 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 447 AM CST THU JAN 22 2009 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-231100- 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- 447 AM CST THU JAN 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH...VERY DRY AIR AND CURED VEGETATIVE CONDITIONS. AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WITH ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INVOLVING FLAMES OR SPARKS OF ANY KIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY WITH A COMBINATION OF MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A DRY AIRMASS. AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WITH ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INVOLVING FLAMES OR SPARKS OF ANY KIND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A large wildfire occured 4 miles east of Hawley. The fire burned 2600 acres and destroyed 11 homes, 20 outbuildings and 10 vehicles. Also, one firefighter was injured.
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