A 1 acre wildfire in Montague County burned 60 square bales of hay.
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A 1 acre wildfire in Montague County burned 60 square bales of hay.
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 Apr 6, 11:31 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1231 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011 .AVIATION... THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT RESULTING FROM A SURFACE LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH 01Z. A STRONG LOW LEVEL...1500-3000 FEET...JET WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING. GIVEN THAT WE HAD A 60 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET THIS MORNING WITH NO REPORTS WIND SHEAR...AND THAT WE WILL SEE SPEED BUT NOT A LOT OF DIRECTIONAL SHEAR...WILL NOT INCLUDE WIND SHEAR IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. MVFR STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE UP INTO THE WACO AREA BY 09Z...AND INTO THE METROPLEX 10-11Z. THESE CLOUDS WILL START TO SCATTER AROUND 17Z. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY ONCE AGAIN BY 17Z. 58 && .UPDATE... A WARM AND WINDY DAY IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THE CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK AND ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES TO HOURLY TRENDS. DEWPOINTS THIS MORNING ARE SURGING NORTH WITH HIGHER VALUES THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. THE HIGHER DEWPOINTS WILL RESULT IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN AS IS...BUT SOME OF THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES MAY INSTEAD REMAIN IN THE 30-35 PERCENT RANGE FOR HUMIDITY VALUE THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING WILL BARELY MEET CRITERIA WITH HUMIDITIES LIKELY AROUND 30 PERCENT. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011/ LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A SURFACE TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 70S IN THE NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 90S IN THE WEST. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY...WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WITH EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS WILL SEE ELEVATED GRASS FIRE CONDITIONS DUE TO THE WIND AND AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY AFTER SUNSET AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE AS MID 50S TO LOWER 60 DEW POINTS MOVE INTO THE REGION. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS ACROSS THE WEST COAST. OVERALL IT APPEARS THAT NORTH TEXAS WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A STRONG CAP WHICH SHOULD SUPPRESS ANY AFTERNOON CONVECTION. HOWEVER...THE DRY LINE WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT FORM SHOULD BE OVER THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY AND SHOULD NOT AFFECT ANY NORTH TEXAS COUNTIES DUE TO THE EXPECTED NORTH/NORTHEAST MOVEMENT. HOWEVER...STORMS WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO WARRANT AT LEAST 10 POPS IN THE FORECAST. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AS THE THE UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT TRANSLATE ACROSS THE REGION. THE BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION WHERE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE THE MOST FAVORABLE. STORMS WILL END QUICKLY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST SUNDAY AS MUCH DRIER AND STABLE AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE UPPER PATTERN WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPORARY RIDGING ALOFT MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOLLOWED BY THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER TROUGH AROUND MIDWEEK. THE MIDWEEK SYSTEM SHOULD BRING MORE RAIN/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO NORTH TEXAS. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK WILL BE WARM WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 83 64 83 69 90 / 5 5 10 10 20 WACO, TX 83 63 86 69 89 / 0 5 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 77 58 77 66 87 / 5 5 10 10 10 DENTON, TX 83 63 85 66 88 / 5 5 10 10 20 MCKINNEY, TX 81 62 81 66 85 / 5 5 10 10 20 DALLAS, TX 83 64 85 69 88 / 5 5 10 10 20 TERRELL, TX 78 61 84 68 87 / 0 5 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 81 63 83 68 89 / 0 5 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 80 62 85 68 89 / 0 5 10 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 89 62 90 63 89 / 5 5 10 10 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ091-092- 100>103-115>118-129>133-141>145-156>159. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && 58/82
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 920 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071215- 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- 920 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS DUE TO THE WINDY AND DRY WEATHER. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND WEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO HILLSBORO TO TEMPLE LINE. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD TO HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEST OF A BONHAM TO HILLSBORO TO TEMPLE LINE. SOME OF THE STORMS NORTHWEST OF A COMANCHE TO CLEBURNE TO BONHAM LINE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS REGION WIDE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .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.
The Molshee Road Fire burned one acre of land and 60 square bales of hay.
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