A grass fire in Jack County consumed approximately 1,000 acres.
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A grass fire in Jack County consumed approximately 1,000 acres.
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 Feb 22, 10:25 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1025 AM CST TUE FEB 22 2011 .UPDATE... CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND WILL ONLY UPDATE THE HOURLY TEMP/WIND GRIDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES ARE MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS THE REGION NOW...BUT COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH YESTERDAY HAS STALLED ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AND WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL BRING A RAPID INCREASE TO LOW LEVEL CLOUD COVER AND WARMER TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. NEXT SYSTEM IS OFF THE WEST COAST OF CA NOW AND WILL CROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL BE OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN/TSTORMS. DUNN && .AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/ CONCERNS...CIGS/VSBY TONIGHT...BECOMING IFR BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. 850MB MOISTURE SURGE IS MOST PROMINENT IN WEST TEXAS...BUT SOME OVERRUNNING VFR STRATUS IS OCCURRING IN CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS CLOUD COVER HAS BEEN FLIRTING WITH WACO DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. AS 850MB FLOW VEERS AND STRENGTHENS...EXPECT VFR DECK TO SPREAD FURTHER NORTH THIS MORNING. THESE CLOUDS WILL APPROACH METRO TAF SITES LATE IN THE DAY. CIGS/VSBY WILL DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING. IFR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BEGIN AT WACO BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND AT METRO TAF SITES DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT HAVE HINTED AT SOME IMPROVEMENT LATE MORNING IN EXTENDED PORTION OF TAFDFW. 25 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 451 AM CST TUE FEB 22 2011/ THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH NORTH TEXAS YESTERDAY HAS MOVED TO SOUTHEAST OF A HOUSTON TO COTULLA LINE AS OF 4 AM. AFTER A COOL START THIS MORNING...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP INTO THE UPPER 50S AND 60S ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE THAT EXTENDS FROM IOWA SOUTH SOUTHWESTWARD INTO WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING MOVES TO THE EAST...WINDS WILL BECOME EASTERLY TODAY. THE FRONT ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS WILL START TO LIFT BACK NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY AND WE WILL SEE FOG AND DRIZZLE DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. LOWS WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES WARMER THAN THIS MORNING...AND HIGHS IN THE MID 60S NORTHEAST TO LOWER 70S WEDNESDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO BAJA CALIFORNIA...THEN OPEN UP AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY. WE WILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE...AND SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-35. A DRYLINE/PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY. BEHIND THE DRY LINE...WE WILL SEE ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO THE GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AND DRIER AIR. ABOVE SEASONAL NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE ECMWF AND THE GFS SOLUTIONS FOR THE LATE WEEKEND/MONDAY UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT DIVERGE. AFTER LOOKING AT THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS COMPARED WITH THE ECMWF...HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE GFS...BUT KEPT SOME LOW POPS INTO MONDAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ECMWF SOLUTION AS A POSSIBILITY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 65 54 69 60 77 / 0 5 10 40 60 WACO, TX 64 55 70 61 76 / 5 5 10 20 40 PARIS, TX 62 48 64 58 73 / 0 5 10 40 80 DENTON, TX 64 52 69 58 76 / 0 5 10 40 60 MCKINNEY, TX 63 50 66 57 75 / 0 5 10 40 60 DALLAS, TX 64 54 69 61 75 / 0 5 10 40 60 TERRELL, TX 65 53 66 60 75 / 0 5 10 30 60 CORSICANA, TX 64 55 71 61 74 / 5 5 10 30 60 TEMPLE, TX 66 56 72 60 75 / 5 10 20 20 30 MINERAL WELLS, TX 65 51 71 58 76 / 0 5 10 40 60 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 435 AM CST TUE FEB 22 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-231200- 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- 435 AM CST TUE FEB 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. FOG IS LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. THE VISIBILITY MAY FALL BELOW ONE MILE IN SOME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-35 DURING THE AFTERNOON. WEST OF I-35...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 25
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A farmer accidentally ignited the Rock Creek Fire. The fire began near Kinder Mountain Road and Rock Creek Road, and burned approximately 1,000 acres. No structures were damaged or lost in this fire.
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