Hot and dry conditions throughout South Central Texas were perfect fuel for a quick moving grass fire in Leander that burned 30 acres. The fire destroyed 15 mobile homes and 19 vehicles.
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Hot and dry conditions throughout South Central Texas were perfect fuel for a quick moving grass fire in Leander that burned 30 acres. The fire destroyed 15 mobile homes and 19 vehicles.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 15, 2:05 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 305 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2011 .DISCUSSION... 12Z SOUNDINGS FROM KDRT AND KCRP SHOWED SIGNIFICANT DRYING OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...WITH PWATS DOWN BY 0.20-0.40 INCH. SURFACE DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE 24HR CHANGE VALUES ARE AN AVERAGE -3 ACROSS OUR AREA...WHICH MATCHES WELL WITH THE DECREASE IN ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. PRESSURE HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE A BIT OVER OUR AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD CONTINUE A DRYING TREND...ALTHOUGH A BIT SLOWER THAN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THE FORECAST REMAINS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST CYCLE...WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CHALLENGE RECORD VALUES THIS AFTERNOON AT A COUPLE LOCATIONS... BUT ARE OTHERWISE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW RECORDS FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. MIXING-OUT OF MOISTURE IN THE LOWER BOUNDARY LAYER WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL KEEP AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF AIR TEMPERATURES. THE 12Z MEDIUM RANGE MODEL SOLUTION OFFER A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR RAIN AND SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES LOOKING TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE UPPER HIGH SHIFTING FURTHER WEST AND OUR AREA POSITIONED ON THE FAR EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 78 104 78 104 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 74 102 74 102 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 74 102 74 102 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 76 101 76 101 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 79 101 79 101 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 77 101 77 102 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 74 102 75 102 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 76 101 76 102 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 76 101 76 101 76 / - - - - - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 78 101 78 101 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 77 104 77 104 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...13 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...11 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 502 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2011 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-161015- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 502 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 grassfire developed on Horseshoe Drive in Leander and quickly spread through a mobile home park. The fire destroyed 15 mobile homes and damaged 5 others. There were a total of 19 vehicles destroyed. A total of 30 acres burned.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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