A grass fire in Atascosa County near Poteet burned 10 acres. One person died trying to fight the fire and two structures were destroyed.
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A grass fire in Atascosa County near Poteet burned 10 acres. One person died trying to fight the fire and two structures were destroyed.
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 Jul 14, 5:39 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 639 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 .AVIATION... VFR SKIES WITH CIRRUS SCT-BKN200-250 WILL PREVAIL WITH CUMULUS FEW-SCT070-090 THIS EVENING...STRATUS FEW-SCT010-025 WITH LCL MVFR CIGS BKN010-015 SOUTHEASTERN HILL COUNTRY ACROSS THE I-35 CORRIDOR TO NEAR THE COASTAL PLAINS FRIDAY EARLY MORNING LIFTING TO CUMULUS FEW-SCT035-080 BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING THRU EVENING. ISOLD SHRA/TSRA/CB ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF A KBEA TO KBAZ TO KBMQ LINE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. DUE TO LOW CHANCE (20 POPS) WILL LEAVE OUT OF KAUS TAF. S TO SE WINDS WILL PREVAIL WITH 9 TO 16 KTS GUSTS TO 25 KTS THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO LESS THAN 7 KTS OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 9 TO 16 KTS GUSTS TO 25 KTS FRIDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2011/ DISCUSSION... LOOKS LIKE SOME SUBTLE CHANGES COMING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THERE IS A WEAK DISTURBANCE ALONG THE LA COAST WHICH IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THIS MOVEMENT CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. AS IT PROGRESSES...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL SHIFT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR RAIN TO SOUTH CENTRAL TX FRI EVENING AND SAT. GFS HAS POPS AS HIGH AS 50 OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES...BUT AM NOT READY TO BUY INTO THESE HIGH POPS. THESE POPS ARE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS...SO HAVE ONLY INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE BASED ON NAM AND PERSISTENCE. GFS ALSO HAS BIG TEMP DROP ON SAT...BUT HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH NAM MOS WHICH HAS BEEN PERFORMING BETTER. JUST REMEMBER...IF PRECIP WORKS OUT...TEMPS ARE LIKELY TO BE LOWER. BEYOND THE WEEKEND...WITH THE UPPER HIGH FARTHER NORTH THE EASTERLY DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF AND INTO TX. THIS WILL MEAN A CHANCE FOR RAIN IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS MON THROUGH WED. NOT MUCH RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 78 104 79 100 76 / - 10 20 20 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 75 102 76 100 74 / - 10 20 20 10 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 75 101 76 99 74 / - 10 20 10 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 77 100 77 97 74 / - 10 20 20 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 80 102 81 99 78 / 0 - - - - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 79 101 80 100 77 / - 10 20 20 10 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 75 102 77 100 73 / - - 10 10 - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 76 100 76 99 74 / - 10 20 10 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 76 98 76 97 74 / 10 20 20 20 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 76 100 78 98 76 / - - 10 10 - STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 78 103 78 99 77 / - - 10 10 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...04 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...17 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 351 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151100- 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- 351 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 102 TO 107 OUTSIDE OF THE HILL COUNTRY. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. THE USE OF LIGHT WEIGHT CLOTHING AND PLENTY OF WATER WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO DEAL WITH THE HEAT. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER...WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... 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.
The TRA-18 Fire was a grass fire near Poteet. The fire burned 10 acres. One man died of an apparent heart attack while trying to fight the fire with a garden hose. The fire destroyed one house and one other structure.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire, Atascosa | 2011-07-14 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Indirect |
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