A small wildfire near Azle burned nearly half an acre but destroyed two structures, a car, and a boat. Strong winds and dry conditions helped fuel the fire which required two fire departments to regain control.
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A small wildfire near Azle burned nearly half an acre but destroyed two structures, a car, and a boat. Strong winds and dry conditions helped fuel the fire which required two fire departments to regain control.
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 Mar 4, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 300 PM CST WED MAR 4 2009 .DISCUSSION... PACKAGE REMAINS SIMILAR THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH THURSDAY OUR WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK. WIND ADVISORY EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY AS WELL...WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED WITH TOMORROW MORNING PACKAGE. HAVE REMOVED POPS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TX AS MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE CAP WILL NOT BREAK IN THOSE AREAS. MAY STILL HAVE A FEW SPRINKLES/DRIZZLE FROM THE WIDESPREAD STRATUS DECK BUT NO MEASURABLE PRECIP. SHORTWAVE THAT WAS TO KICK OFF SUNDAY CONVECTION IS SO FAR NORTH IN THE PLAINS INSTABILITY LOOKS LESS IMPRESSIVE AND HAVE LOWERED POPS IN THE WESTERN HALF. ECMWF/GFS BOTH SUPPORT THIS SOLUTION. AFTER SUNDAY...GFS/ECMWF DIVERGE. GFS STILL WANTS TO BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY...BUT ECMWF HAS BEEN A BETTER CHOICE IN THE EXTENDED AND HAVE GONE WITH MORE ITS MORE MODERATE SCENARIO. ECMWF REMAINS WETTER THAN GFS IN THE EXTENDED...BUT THIS IS MOSTLY DUE TO THE GFS DRYING OUT AFTER THE COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. GIVEN THIS UNCERTAINTY...HAVE KEPT POPS IN FROM SUNDAY ONWARD BUT NOTHING HIGHER THAN CHANCE. IF WE ACTUALLY STAY IN/NEAR THE WARM SECTOR OUR POPS CHANCES WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE GFS THINKS. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 60 84 61 80 61 / 0 0 5 5 5 WACO, TX 58 80 60 82 62 / 0 0 5 5 5 PARIS, TX 56 79 58 80 60 / 0 5 5 5 5 DENTON, TX 57 83 60 81 61 / 0 0 5 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 57 82 59 79 61 / 0 0 5 5 5 DALLAS, TX 59 84 60 80 61 / 0 0 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 58 79 60 79 62 / 0 5 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 58 81 59 79 62 / 0 5 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 57 78 61 77 63 / 0 0 5 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 302 PM CST WED MAR 4 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-051200- 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- 302 PM CST WED MAR 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE ELEVATED GRASS FIRE DANGER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSESSED IN THE COMING DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A small grassfire that burned nearly a half acre of land also destroyed two vacant mobile homes, a car and a boat. The fire occurred near Azle in unincorporated Tarrant County.
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