A wildfire raged for about a week across southeast Levy County and consumed several thousand acres of land in the Goethe National Forest. Voluntary evacuations were in place near Lebanon at the height of the fire.
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.
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
A wildfire raged for about a week across southeast Levy County and consumed several thousand acres of land in the Goethe National Forest. Voluntary evacuations were in place near Lebanon at the height of the fire.
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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 12:41 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 141 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...BROAD MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REESTABLISH FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT FORCING A WEAK SURFACE LOW WESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. LINGERING SHOWERS MAY BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT BEFORE THE LOW MOVES OUT...WILL CARRY 20 POPS OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES TONIGHT. GRADIENT FLOW WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN BY TOMORROW WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NORTH OF THE AREA AND INVEST 94 IN THE CARIBBEAN. EXPECTING THE SEA BREEZE TO BE PINNED TO THE COAST TOMORROW. MAY SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM PUSH WESTWARD ACROSS THE STATE TOMORROW FROM ABOUT HILLSBOROUGH/POLK NORTHWARD. BY WEDNESDAY...STRONG EASTERLY FLOW WILL AGAIN KEEP THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE ON THE COAST...IF IT CAN EVEN DEVELOP. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR IS FORECAST TO COME ACROSS THE STATE FROM THE EAST. THEREFORE..WILL ONLY CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG COASTAL AREAS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE SEA BREEZE. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN IN THE LOW TO MID 90S THROUGH THE PERIOD. .PREVIOUS LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...OVERALL FORECAST FOR THE LONG TERM REMAINS ON TRACK WITH THE MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WEAKENING LATE IN THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND AS A LOW SETS UP OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE THE RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE REGION WITH AN INVERTED TROUGH/WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXPECTED TO DRIFT NORTHWESTWARD FROM THE CARIBBEAN INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF. THIS SHOULD ALL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE LATE IN THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND WITH BETTER CHANCES OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. FOR NOW HAVE LEFT THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THURSDAY AND GONE WITH CHANCE POPS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND CHANCE POPS EVERYWHERE ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S...EXCEPT A FEW DEGREES COOLER NEAR THE COAST THANKS TO THE SEA BREEZE...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE WITH AFTERNOON INTO EVENING MAINLY SCT 4-6K FT CU FIELD AND CIRRUS SHIELD WITH A SEABREEZE NEAR THE COAST. WINDS BECOMING LIGHT WITH CIRRUS OVERHEAD TONIGHT. && .MARINE...MAY SEE SOME SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS LINGER OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT BUT SHOULD CLEAR OUT DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STRONGER EASTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP BY TOMORROW WHICH WILL HELP KEEP THE SEA BREEZE ALONG THE COAST. IN ADDITION...NOCTURNAL EASTERLY SURGES IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY SEE ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEAR OR OFF SHORE WATERS DURING THE LATE EVENING TO LATE NIGHT HOURS TUES AND WED NIGHTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND 25 PERCENT IN LEE COUNTY. HOWEVER...RH SHOULD RECOVER LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THE SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND. ANY SURGE FROM THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE WILL BE BELOW 15 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF TAMPA BAY. EASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY TOMORROW BUT NOT EXPECTING RH TO DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR INSTANTANEOUS RED FLAG CONDITIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 74 91 73 91 / 10 20 10 20 FMY 73 93 72 93 / 10 10 10 20 GIF 71 94 71 93 / 10 20 10 10 SRQ 74 90 72 91 / 10 10 10 20 BKV 68 93 67 92 / 10 20 10 20 SPG 76 90 76 89 / 10 20 10 20 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...20/BARRON AVIATION...25/DAVIS PREVIOUS LONG TERM...69/CLOSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 445 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-062045- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 445 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FROM PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...AND POLK COUNTIES NORTHWARD WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR PARTS OF LEVY...CITRUS...AND SUMTER COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. 09/RKR
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Voluntary evacuations were in place on June 6th for areas near Lebanon to shelters in Bronson. The wildfire consumed over 3,100 acres, and had 14 brush trucks, 6 tankers, and nearly 50 people working it. The fire remained in the Goethe National Forest and did not damage any structures or cause any injuries.
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