Wildfire, Dallas
- When
- September 5, 11:00 AM CST to 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -92.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Arkansas, September 5, 2011
Dry weather, low humidities, and gusty winds made conditions favorable for wildfires in early September. 2 miles south of Sparkman burned 282 acres on the 5th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Dry weather, low humidities, and gusty winds made conditions favorable for wildfires in early September. A wildfire 2.2 miles south of Sparkman burned 282 acres on the 5th.
What forecasters said that 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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 5, 10:27 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 10:27 AM CST, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1127 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 .UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED TO EXPAND THE LAKE WIND ADV THROUGH 00Z AS WINDS LOOK TO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...FORECAST GENERALLY ON TRACK...WITH ONLY MINOR CHANGES EXPECTED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 656 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011/ AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...AS REMNANTS OF LEE MOVE NORTHEAST. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KTS WILL BE COMMON...BUT WILL SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 258 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 / SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EARLY THIS MORNING...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE FLORIDA PARISHES OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM REMAINS OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. RAINFALL MOSTLY REMAINS TO THE EAST OF THE AREA...AND AS LEES REMNANTS GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHEAST...THEY WILL TAKE ANY PRECIPITATION FURTHER AWAY FROM ARKANSAS. FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH ARKANSAS WILL ACT TO PUSH LEE AWAY...AND BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION ON NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT. HIGHS TODAY WILL ONLY TOP OUT IN THE LOWER 70S TO LOWER 80S. TONIGHT WILL BE THE COOLEST SINCE THE SPRING...WITH LOWS IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. PLEASANT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM...AS UPPER FLOW REMAINS NORTHERLY...LARGELY DUE TO LEE/S REMNANT UPPER LOW MEANDERING AROUND THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 40S AND 50S...AND HIGHS WILL TOP OUT IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES. LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY CUTOFF LOW WILL MEANDER WEST THURSDAY...AND REMAIN AROUND THE MID SOUTH FOR THE LONG TERM. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED...AND HAVE KEPT PREVIOUS FORECAST OF SMALL RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST. THE MAIN EFFECT WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES...WITH A SLIGHT WARMING TREND FOR THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 76 52 76 52 / 0 0 0 0 CAMDEN AR 81 52 80 52 / 0 0 0 0 HARRISON AR 74 47 75 49 / 0 0 0 0 HOT SPRINGS AR 80 54 79 54 / 0 0 0 0 LITTLE ROCK AR 79 53 78 53 / 0 0 0 0 MONTICELLO AR 78 55 78 54 / 10 0 0 0 MOUNT IDA AR 78 53 78 52 / 0 0 0 0 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 76 49 76 48 / 0 0 0 0 NEWPORT AR 74 53 76 51 / 0 0 0 0 PINE BLUFF AR 79 54 78 53 / 0 0 0 0 RUSSELLVILLE AR 80 50 79 52 / 0 0 0 0 SEARCY AR 77 53 77 53 / 0 0 0 0 STUTTGART AR 77 54 76 52 / 0 0 0 0 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARKANSAS- BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-GARLAND-GRANT- HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-OUACHITA-PIKE-POLK-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-WHITE- WOODRUFF. && 62
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 4:00 AM CST, 7 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-061000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 500 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH MISSISSIPPI. HOWEVER...THE MAIN EFFECT FROM THE TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL BE BREEZY WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BATESVILLE TO WALDRON...WITH A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 58
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, September 5, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Pennsylvania, September 5 to 10, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New Jersey, September 5 to 14, 2011
- Rip Current in Florida, September 5, 2011
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 2011
- Wildfire in Texas, September 5 to 15, 2011
- Wildfire in Texas, September 5, 2011
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 5 to 6, 2011
- Wildfire in Texas, September 5 to 9, 2011
- Wildfire in Louisiana, September 5 to 6, 2011
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 5, 2011
- Wildfire in Texas, September 5 to 8, 2011
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, September 2011
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 332733.