A wildfire burned approximately 500 acres in western Grayson County. One barn and one power pole was damaged.
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A wildfire burned approximately 500 acres in western Grayson County. One barn and one power pole was damaged. Very hot and dry conditions this month resulted in elevated fire danger.
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NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 10:39 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1139 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH FEW TO SCATTERED CU THROUGH SUNSET. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE INCREASING MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM DON SO EXPECT MORE NUMEROUS CU FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS NEAR A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THE BEST INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WILL ALSO REMAIN OVER THAT REGION...SO FOR NOW WILL LEAVE THE MENTION OF SHOWERS/STORMS OUT OF THE TAFS. STORM COVERAGE MAY BE A LITTLE BETTER FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH DEEPER MOISTURE IN PLACE. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE OUT OF THE EXTENDED PORTION (24-30 HR) OF THE DFW TAF SINCE BEST STORM CHANCES WILL STILL BE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OF DFW. A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND WILL PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY BETWEEN 6 AND 12 KNOTS ALONG WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. 79 && .UPDATE... ANOTHER HOT DAY OF TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. DEWPOINTS ARE MUCH SLOWER TO BEGIN MIXING OUT THIS MORNING AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MIX AS LOW THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 TO 110 THIS AFTERNOON. ONE WEAK DISTURBANCE ALOFT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE CENTER OF THE STATE AND ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE IS LOCATED OVER LOUISIANA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES WITH VERY ISOLATED ACTIVITY POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. OVERALL...THE CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND ONLY MINOR TWEAKS WERE NEEDED TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS. THE LATEST UPDATE ON TROPICAL STORM DON KEEPS ITS TRACK TO THE NORTHWEST WITH LANDFALL AROUND THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA LATE TOMORROW. AFTER IT MOVES INLAND...A MORE WESTWARD TRACK IS POSSIBLE. DON IS A SMALL STORM AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A SMALL STORM. THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT DON WILL STAY WELL SOUTH OF NORTH TEXAS AND LIKELY HAVE MINIMAL IMPACTS ON OUR AREA. THERE WILL LIKELY BE AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER THAT MAY KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW THE CENTURY MARK...BUT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS FORECASTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...A SHIFT IN THE TRACK TO THE EAST COULD BRING HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. 82/JLD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 410 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011/ HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT HAS MOVED EAST INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS MOVING WEST. THIS COULD AGAIN PROVIDE FOR ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN CWA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. IT WILL BE VERY WARM AGAIN TODAY WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 100S. THE HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. THE HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEED TO BE TRIMMED AND EXTENDED INTO SATURDAY AS PARTS OF THE CWA MAY FAIL TO REACH HEAT INDICES OF 105 DEGREES. TROPICAL STORM DON IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE YUCATAN THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED MOVE ONSHORE NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI FRIDAY EVENING...THEN ON TO THE NORTHWEST AS IT WEAKENS. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ASSOCIATED WITH DON. PWATS INCREASE TO AROUND 2 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN HALF BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...AND 2 1/4 INCHES BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. AN UNSTABLE AND UNCAPPED ATMOSPHERE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SHOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED STRONG CONVECTION AND BENEFICIAL RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. EXPECTED RAINFALL FROM DON WILL AVERAGE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH DAILY WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING 1 INCH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... THUS OUR RECORD STRING OF CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREES DAYS WILL BE IN JEOPARDY BY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN BACK TO PREVIOUS LEVELS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE HIGH ALOFT REBUILDS BACK OVER THE REGION. A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING SOUTH THROUGH ARKANSAS ON SUNDAY COULD TRIGGER AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND OVER THE EAST CWA MONDAY AFTERNOON. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 104 83 100 82 99 / 10 10 30 20 20 WACO, TX 104 80 100 80 99 / 20 10 40 20 20 PARIS, TX 102 79 97 78 96 / 20 10 30 20 20 DENTON, TX 103 80 99 80 98 / 10 10 30 20 20 MCKINNEY, TX 103 80 99 79 97 / 10 10 30 20 20 DALLAS, TX 104 84 99 82 99 / 10 10 30 20 20 TERRELL, TX 103 80 98 80 98 / 10 20 40 20 20 CORSICANA, TX 103 79 99 79 99 / 20 20 40 20 20 TEMPLE, TX 103 78 99 78 98 / 20 20 40 20 30 MINERAL WELLS, TX 108 80 101 79 101 / 10 10 20 10 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. && 79/82
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1101 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291230- 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- 1101 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF AN ATHENS TO CAMERON LINE. GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 8 PM CDT FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. IF TROPICAL STORM DON TRACKS FURTHER NORTH AND BECOMES STRONGER THAN FORECAST...THEN THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER MAY INCREASE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire burned approximately 500 acres in western Grayson County. The fire began near State Highway 56 and O'Hanlon Road, west of Southmayd. One barn and one power pole was damaged.
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