A wildfire in eastern Comanche County burned 700 acres, and one north of Cisco in Eastland County burned 500 acres.
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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 FWD wrote it up.
A wildfire in eastern Comanche County burned 700 acres, and one north of Cisco in Eastland County burned 500 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 24, 11:51 AM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1151 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...PRIMARY AVIATION WEATHER CONCERNS ARE SHORT TERM THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS AND THEN CROSSWINDS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED TSTM REMAINS POSSIBLE OVER THE METROPLEX THRU 19Z. AT KACT TSTMS WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE AIRPORT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FORECAST BUT SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY 19Z. AFTER 19Z THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST INTO THE METROPLEX WHICH WILL INITIALLY VEER WINDS AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN CLOSE TO DUE WEST BY THE MID AFTERNOON HRS. WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE DRYLINE ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY AS CLOUD COVER IS SHUNTED EAST BY THE VERY DRY AIRMASS BEHIND THE DRYLINE. WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE AND MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS WILL BE ABLE TO EFFICIENTLY MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 MPH GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH WILL MAKE FOR SOME DANGEROUS CROSSWIND CONDITIONS ARE LOCAL AREA AIRPORTS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE SOME AROUND SUNSET BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH THRU THE REGION. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE QUICKLY SOUTH THRU NORTH TX A COUPLE OF HRS AFTER SUNSET. WHILE WINDS WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT STRONG AT 15 TO 20 MPH...THEY WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST REDUCING THE CROSSWIND COMPONENT AT MOST AREA RUNWAYS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST BEHIND THE DRYLINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. TODAY...TSTMS PUSHING EAST. STRONG WESTERLY FLOW...SOME CROSSWIND PROBLEMS. TONIGHT...VFR. FLOW BECOMING NORTHERLY. FRIDAY...VFR. CAVANAUGH && .UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS FOR BETTER RESOLUTION OF PARAMETER TRENDS AS THE DRYLINE PROGRESSES EASTWARD. ADJUSTED POPS UPWARD A LITTLE THROUGH MIDDAY NORTHWEST OF THE METROPLEX. VIS SAT LOOP SHOWS THE DRYLINE ALONG A WICHITA FALLS...COLEMAN... DEL RIO LINE AT 10AM. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EXIST TO THE WEST OF THE DRYLINE WITH INCREASING SURFACE WINDS THAT WILL SPREAD EAST. AS WINDS INCREASE OVER WEST TEXAS...SOME DUST MAY BE RAISED AND SOME IT MAY PUSH INTO NORTH TEXAS BEFORE THE AFTERNOON ENDS. CONVECTION BEGINNING TO LINE UP AS IT MOVES INTO THE I-35 CORRIDOR. EXPECT THIS LINEAR PATTERN AND A FEW CLUSTERS TO CONTINUE AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES THROUGH NORTH TEXAS. POTENTIAL FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT MOST OF THIS TO OCCUR NORTH OF I-20...HOWEVER WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR DISCRETE LONE-WOLF CELLS WHICH COULD PRODUCE INTENSE ROTATING UPDRAFT. 75 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 425 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011/ THE CLOSED LOW THAT WAS OFF THE COAST OF BAJA THIS TIME YESTERDAY IS NOW AN OPEN TROUGH FAST APPROACHING WEST TEXAS. DOWNSTREAM THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED BETWEEN MIDLAND/ODESSA AND LUBBOCK IN THE VICINITY OF THE DRYLINE AND DEVELOPING SFC LOW. STORM MOTION IS NORTHEAST...BUT EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO TRANSLATE EASTWARD AS THE LOW-LEVEL BOUNDARY BEGINS MOVING EAST. UNLIKE TYPICAL DIURNAL DRYLINE EVOLUTION...EXPECT THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN MOVING EAST BEFORE DAYBREAK. STRONG MID-LEVEL WINDS PERPENDICULAR TO THE ORIENTATION OF THE DRYLINE HAVE A TENDENCY TO MECHANICALLY FORCE THE BOUNDARY EASTWARD...OFTEN RESULTING IN A DRYLINE BULGE WHERE THE WINDS ARE MAXIMIZED. WITH 850-700MB WINDS PROGGED TO EXCEED 50KTS...HAVE FAVORED THE AGGRESSIVE NAM SOLUTION. FWS VWP SHOWING 50-55KTS AT 2-4KFT AGL...THUS EXPECT SOME STREAMER SHOWERS THIS MORNING WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE BOUNDARY. SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION SHOULD PRIMARILY IMPACT NW ZONES THIS MORNING. NEW 06Z NAM HAS TEMPERED DRYLINE MOVEMENT...BUT STILL EXPECT BOUNDARY TO HAVE PENETRATED WELL INTO CWA BY 18Z (NOON CST). SOME CONCERN THAT IF DRYLINE REACHES I-35 BY MIDDAY THAT AREAS WEST OF I-35 MAY SEE MINIMAL PRECIPITATION TODAY...FURTHER ENHANCING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEST OF THE BOUNDARY. RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED EAST TO INCLUDE SHERMAN/DENISON...DALLAS...WACO...AND TEMPLE/KILLEEN. BLOWING DUST MAY REACH FAR WESTERN ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 60S AND VIGOROUS MID-LEVEL WINDS...IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE A PRIME SEVERE WEATHER DAY EAST OF THE DRYLINE. NAM TYPICALLY HAS THE BEST HANDLE ON LOW-LEVEL FEATURES...THOUGH ITS EVOLUTION OF SFC LOW REMAINS THE SOUTHERN OUTLIER...SKIRTING THE RED RIVER. WITH ESTIMATED MLCAPES OF 600-800J/KG...RED RIVER VALLEY MAY HAVE A BRIEF WINDOW FOR SEVERE STORMS BEFORE DRYLINE AND TRAILING COLD FRONT QUICKLY CLOSE THE WINDOW. FOR AFTERNOON HOURS...SEVERE THREAT WILL BE CONFINED TO FAR EASTERN ZONES...WITH BEST INSTABILITY AND FORCING IN NE ZONES. WITH DYNAMICS OF DRYLINE BULGE AND STRONGLY VEERING 850MB WINDS...EXPECT CORRESPONDING VEERING OF SURFACE WINDS EAST OF THE DRYLINE. THIS WOULD MEAN TORNADO THREAT IS VERY LOW...AND SURGING WEST WINDS ABOVE THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER MAY LIMIT HAIL AND WIND THREAT ALTOGETHER. REGARDLESS...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...AND HAVE INTRODUCED SEVERE IN AFTERNOON WX GRIDS FOR EASTERN TWO COLUMNS OF COUNTIES. SUNDAY MAY BE ANOTHER DAY WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL REMAIN WEST OF CWA. BUT CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH CONTINUING MODEL DISCREPANCIES...AS SLIGHT VARIATIONS IN TIMING WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN SUNDAY FORECAST. 25 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 75 40 61 47 77 / 70 5 0 5 10 WACO, TX 75 42 66 48 74 / 50 5 0 5 10 PARIS, TX 75 36 56 41 72 / 100 10 0 5 10 DENTON, TX 75 36 59 46 76 / 70 5 0 5 10 MCKINNEY, TX 74 36 59 44 73 / 70 5 0 5 10 DALLAS, TX 75 41 61 48 77 / 70 5 0 5 10 TERRELL, TX 74 40 61 46 72 / 70 5 0 5 10 CORSICANA, TX 75 41 64 48 74 / 60 5 0 5 10 TEMPLE, TX 74 42 68 48 76 / 40 5 0 5 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 75 36 64 44 80 / 50 5 0 5 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR TXZ091>093- 100>104-115>119-129>134-141>145-156>159. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 353 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251000- 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- 353 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF I-35. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING EAST OF I-35 THIS AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF I-35 THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF I-35 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF I-35.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1040 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 TXZ119-121-134-241715- DALLAS TX-KAUFMAN TX-ELLIS TX- 1040 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY ELLIS COUNTY WEST CENTRAL KAUFMAN COUNTY AT 1040 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAXAHACHIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BALCH SPRINGS...COMBINE... CRANDALL...FERRIS...GLENN HEIGHTS...HUTCHINS...LANCASTER... MESQUITE...OAK LEAF...OVILLA...PALMER...RED OAK...SEAGOVILLE... SUNNYVALE...WAXAHACHIE AND WILMER. PENNY-SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3284 9656 3265 9636 3223 9691 3241 9707 TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 226DEG 50KT 3237 9689 42/MM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1044 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1039 AM HAIL 4 S COVINGTON 32.12N 97.27W
02/24/2011 E0.88 INCH HILL TX BROADCAST MEDIA
NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR GRUB HILL.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1213 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
TXZ146-241845-
NAVARRO TX-
1213 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN NAVARRO COUNTY
AT 1213 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES EAST OF HILLSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BARRY...BLOOMING GROVE AND
CORSICANA.
PENNY-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3189 9677 3193 9680 3208 9689 3215 9677
3233 9639 3231 9633 3231 9630 3226 9628
3222 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 234DEG 52KT 3204 9672
42/MMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1249 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
TXZ160-161-241915-
LIMESTONE TX-FALLS TX-
1249 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
FALLS COUNTY
LIMESTONE COUNTY
AT 1249 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF MARLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COOLIDGE...GROESBECK...
LOTT...MARLIN AND FORT PARKER STATE PARK.
DIME-SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAINS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3129 9716 3141 9703 3152 9681 3159 9684
3180 9661 3150 9638 3107 9711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 234DEG 45KT 3128 9700
42/MMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 112 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 TXZ161-241945- LIMESTONE TX- 112 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... LIMESTONE COUNTY AT 112 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GROESBECK...MEXIA AND FORT PARKER STATE PARK. PEA-SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3145 9626 3134 9668 3160 9685 3180 9650 TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 237DEG 39KT 3151 9672 42/MM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 141 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 TXZ135-146>148-242015- HENDERSON TX-NAVARRO TX-ANDERSON TX-FREESTONE TX- 141 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHERN FREESTONE COUNTY EAST CENTRAL NAVARRO COUNTY NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY AT 141 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CANEY CITY...FAIRFIELD... MALAKOFF...NAVARRO...TEAGUE...TRINIDAD AND FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK. PEA-SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3230 9599 3195 9563 3162 9629 3200 9641 TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 228DEG 52KT 3183 9624 42/MM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire between Comanche and Dublin, in the far eastern portions of Comanche County, burned approximately 700 acres.
A wildfire began on ranch land 9 miles north of Cisco near Highway 6. The fire burned approximately 500 acres.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2011
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: 286936, 286937.