The Highway 6 Fire began July 26th approximately 2 miles north of Cisco. The fire burned approximately 50 acres, but 3 large outbuildings and a backhoe were lost in this fire.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
The Highway 6 Fire began July 26th approximately 2 miles north of Cisco. The fire burned approximately 50 acres, but 3 large outbuildings and a backhoe were lost in this fire. Another fire near Eastland on the 27th burned a tank battery.
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 Jul 26, 11:16 AM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1216 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2011 .AVIATION... VFR THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A SOUTH WIND GENERALLY LESS THAN 12 KNOTS. MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO THIN AND DISSIPATE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS OR STORMS IS UNLIKELY WITH THE LOSS OF ISENTROPIC LIFT AND LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE IN PLACE. EXPECT A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. 79 && .UPDATE... AN AREA OF LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE WEAKENING AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT. HOWEVER...ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING COULD LIMIT AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES...MAINLY NORTH OF I-20 AND EAST OF I-35. HAVE LOWERED TEMPS IN THIS REGION FOR TODAY...BUT KEPT DFW RIGHT AT 100 DEGREES. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE 100 DEGREE STREAK WAS ENDED TODAY...BUT IF WE WERE TO GET SUBSTANTIAL BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON WE COULD EASILY WARM ABOVE 100 DEGREES. WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THE HEAT ADVISORY WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. MAY HAVE TO CANCEL SOME COUNTIES GIVEN THE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 349 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2011/ THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT CONTINUES TO BE THE STORY AS THE UPPER HIGH MAINTAINS ITS GRIP ON NORTH TX AND THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE SAME AREAS THROUGH 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. HAD THOUGHT ABOUT ADDING SE COUNTIES FOR WEDNESDAY...BUT THEIR LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL JUST BELOW THE 78 DEGREE THRESHOLD AT NIGHT. RESIDENTS ACROSS SE PARTS OF NORTH TX WILL STILL NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS DURING THE PRIME HEAT OF THE DAY AND MONITOR THEIR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE ON DEW PTS AND HOW MUCH MIXING WILL OCCUR EACH AFTERNOON...THUS LIMITING OUR CONFIDENCE ON WHAT THE ACTUAL HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL COME OUT TO BE. WE WILL FOLLOW TRENDS THE PAST FEW DAYS CLOSELY WITH REGARDS TO THE HEAT INDICES. A MOIST PLUME CAN STILL BE SEEN VIA WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY ROTATING AROUND THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH ANCHORED OVER THE TX/OK PANHANDLE REGION THIS MORNING. GOES PWAT IMAGERY AND AREA SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE RICHER MOISTURE TO BE ALONG AND NE OF A WICHITA FALLS...D/FW...HEARNE LINE AND WILL CONTINUE MENTIONING THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS GENERALLY THE NE HALF OF NORTH TX TODAY THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. THE UPPER HIGH EXPANDS SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...KEEPING A WEAK INVERTED AND ANY RAIN CHANCES CONFINED TO THE IMMEDIATE LOUISIANA AND UPPER TEXAS COASTAL AREAS. THE UPPER HIGH CONTINUES ITS SLOW MIGRATION TOWARD THE TN/OH VALLEYS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SEA- BREEZE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SE COUNTIES MAY OCCUR AND HAVE INSERTED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THAT AREA FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. THE UPPER HIGH EXPANDS WEST AGAIN AND WILL SHUTDOWN ANY LOW RAIN CHANCES LATER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE WILL BE KEEPING CLOSE EYE ON A POSSIBLE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE THE MODELS ARE INDICATING MOVING SLOWLY WEST ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO OR BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS WEEKEND. THERE ARE DIFFERENT MODEL SOLUTIONS ON THIS FEATURE AND ITS WAY TOO EARLY TO ASSESS WHETHER THIS WILL HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TEXAS OR NOT...BUT DOES BEAR WATCHING CLOSELY. 05/ && .CLIMATE... THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT DFW AIRPORT WAS 86 DEGREES THIS MORNING. IF THIS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE HOLDS FOR THE REST OF TODAY...IT WILL BREAK THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME RECORD FOR WARMEST MINIMUM OF 85 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1939 AND YESTERDAY. 85/NH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 100 83 104 82 104 / 10 5 0 0 0 WACO, TX 103 80 104 80 103 / 10 5 0 0 0 PARIS, TX 98 78 102 78 102 / 30 5 5 10 5 DENTON, TX 99 81 103 80 104 / 20 0 0 0 0 MCKINNEY, TX 99 79 103 78 102 / 20 5 0 0 5 DALLAS, TX 100 84 103 83 103 / 10 5 0 0 5 TERRELL, TX 99 79 102 79 102 / 20 5 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 101 79 104 79 103 / 20 10 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 102 78 101 77 102 / 10 5 5 0 0 MINERAL WELLS, TX 104 80 107 80 107 / 10 0 0 5 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>123-131>135-143>146-157>160-174. && 79/85
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 351 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-270900- 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- 351 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF I-35 BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Highway 6 Fire began July 26th approximately 2 miles north of Cisco. The fire was contained on July 27th and burned approximately 50 acres; however, 3 large outbuildings and a backhoe were lost in this fire.
A grass fire broke out on FM 156 north of Eastland. The fire damaged power lines and burned a tank battery.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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