The Fisherman's Paradise Fire began on July 3rd approximately 7 miles southwest of Rio Vista. This fire was contained on the 4th but briefly reignited on the 5th burning 5 more acres.
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The Fisherman's Paradise Fire began on July 3rd approximately 7 miles southwest of Rio Vista. This fire was contained on the 4th but briefly reignited on the 5th burning 5 more acres. This fire burned a total of 750 acres. Very hot and dry conditions this month resulted in elevated fire danger.
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 3, 11:07 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1207 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 .AVIATION... CONCERNS...ISOLATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION. FOR ALL TAF SITES...VFR WILL PREVAIL THIS FORECAST. EXPECT FEW070 WITH ISOLATED TSRA OVER PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. GENERALLY...SOUTH WINDS OF 10 KTS OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. 75 && .UPDATE... CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND WILL ONLY UPDATE THE HOURLY TEMP/TD GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST OBSERVATIONS. NORTH TEXAS WILL AGAIN SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TODAY WITH HIGH TEMPS NEAR 100 DEGREES. 12Z FWD SOUNDING INDICATES AND REASONABLY MOIST UNCAPPED ATMOSPHERE DOMINATED BY WEAK EASTERLY FLOW THROUGH 400MB. WITH AFTERNOON HEATING THIS WILL RESULT IN ABOUT 1500J/KG OF SBCAPE. EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION TODAY ALTHOUGH WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LACK OF SIGNIFICANT FORCING SO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE RANDOM. WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND EXPECTED INVERTED-V PROFILE THIS AFTERNOON WOULD ANTICIPATE A DAMAGING WIND THREAT WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 500 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011/ 00Z FWD UPPER AIR SOUNDING SHOWED A NEARLY UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT FOR CONVECTION YESTERDAY EVENING AND VERY LIGHT TROPOSPHERIC FLOW OF LESS THAN 10 KTS FROM THE SFC UP TO 200 MB. THE SOUNDING ALSO INDICATED A PWAT OF 1.5 INCHES AND A SURFACE BASED CAPE OF OVER 1500 J/KG. 00Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS AND 08Z WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED AN UPPER RIDGE IS CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION OF THE COUNTRY WITH THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING EAST THRU THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. TODAY AND INDEPENDENCE DAY...EXPECT THE UPPER RIDGE TO REMAIN IN PLACE THRU THE PERIOD WHICH LEAVES NORTH TX UNDER VERY LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW IN THE MID LEVELS TO THE SOUTH OF THE RIDGE AXIS. THIS IS EXPECTED TO KEEP A LARGELY UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THRU MONDAY EVENING. ONCE AGAIN EXPECT AFTERNOON TSTMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE PEAK HEATING HRS OF THE DAY. WITHOUT ANY OBVIOUS FORCING MECHANISM FOR ASCENT...IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHERE EXACTLY THESE STORMS WILL DEVELOP. HIGH RESOLUTION GUIDANCE BRINGS ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER MUCH OF NORTH TX THIS AFTERNOON. THE COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE QUITE LIMITED DUE TO A LACK OF FORCING IN THE AREA...AND PLACEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS DIFFERS PER MODEL AND PER MODEL RUN...THEREFORE HAVE JUST GONE AHEAD WITH A MENTION OF ISOLATED TSTMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. AREAS NORTHEAST OF THE METROPLEX MAY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME TSTM ACTIVITY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HRS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY. THIS IS DUE TO A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT IS EXPECTED TO MEANDER THRU THE RIDGE AXIS AND CROSS THE RED RIVER MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE TROUGH DOES APPEAR TO BE VERY WEAK...HOWEVER EVEN WEAK FORCING FOR ASCENT MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO FOCUS SOME TSTM ACTIVITY IN THIS UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT. THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THESE STORMS DEVELOP IN WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND VERY LOW DEEP LAYER SHEAR PRESENT. THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN FAVOR LARGELY SINGLE CELL STORMS THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PULSING UP...PRODUCING STRONG TO SEVERE DOWNBURST WINDS...AND THEN DIMINISHING OR DISSIPATING LIKELY WITHIN A ONE HOUR TIME FRAME. WHEREVER THESE STORMS DEVELOP THEY WILL BE SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS WITH MANY FOLKS ACROSS NORTH TX PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IT IS ADVISABLE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE SKIES DURING THE AFTERNOON HRS AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO GET OFF OPEN WATERS...TAKE A BREAK FROM OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND SEEK TEMPORARY SHELTER IF NEAR ONE OF THESE STORMS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY TSTM RELATED HAZARDS THRU THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. LIGHT WINDS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HRS MAY LEAD TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TAKING FREQUENT BREAKS FROM ACTIVITY AND REMAINING WELL HYDRATED IS ALWAYS RECOMMENDED TO AVOID HEAT STRESS AND HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. EXTENDED...THE GENERAL UPPER AIR PATTERN LOOKS TO BE STAGNANT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THERE ARE SOME SUBTLE CHANGES THAT ARE WORTH MENTIONING FOR THE LATER PORTION OF THE FORECAST. ON THURSDAY THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS IS STILL PROGGED TO DIP TEMPORARILY SOUTH THRU NORTH TX WHICH WILL BRING SOME NORTHWEST FLOW AT THE H500 LVL OVER THE NORTHEAST THIRD OF THE CWA THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON. IF THIS HAPPENS IT WILL OPEN UP THE DOOR TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MULTICELL TSTM ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP NORTH OF THE CWA AND SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO AREAS GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF THE METROPLEX. IF THIS HAPPENS STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE SOUTH DURING THE EVENING HRS...GENERALLY STAYING EAST OF INTERSTATE 45 DUE TO THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS SUPPRESSING CONVECTION FURTHER WEST. WENT AHEAD WITH A MENTION OF 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF TSTMS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A RESULT. OTHERWISE THE UPPER RIDGE LOOKS TO SLIDE BACK TO THE EAST FOR NEXT WEEKEND. THE RIDGE LOOKS A BIT WEAKER NEXT WEEKEND THAN IT CURRENTLY IS OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION RIGHT NOW...HOWEVER DUE TO ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY NEXT WEEKEND WOULD ANTICIPATE MOST CONVECTION WOULD BE SUPPRESSED BY WEAK LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE. WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A TUTT LOW EITHER OVER THE WESTERN GOMEX OR SOUTH TX NEXT WEEKEND AS WELL. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL LIKELY KEEP THIS FEATURE SOUTH OF THE CWA BUT DEPENDING ON WHERE THE TUTT DEVELOPS...IT COULD SEND SOME DEEP GULF MOISTURE UP INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH TX FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. CAVANAUGH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 100 77 101 77 99 / 10 10 10 10 10 WACO, TX 102 75 102 75 101 / 10 10 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 100 73 100 74 98 / 10 10 20 20 10 DENTON, TX 100 75 100 74 99 / 10 10 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 98 73 98 74 97 / 10 10 10 10 10 DALLAS, TX 99 78 101 78 99 / 10 10 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 99 74 99 74 97 / 10 10 10 10 10 CORSICANA, TX 101 75 99 74 98 / 10 10 10 10 10 TEMPLE, TX 100 73 100 72 100 / 10 10 10 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 103 74 102 74 102 / 10 10 5 5 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 75/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 432 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-041100- 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- 432 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY...MAINLY EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 25
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
225 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
TXZ146-147-032000-
FREESTONE TX-NAVARRO TX-
225 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FREESTONE COUNTY
SOUTH CENTRAL NAVARRO COUNTY
AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEXIA OR 2 MILES WEST OF
STREETMAN...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE STREETMAN AND RICHLAND.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR.
LAT...LON 3172 9625 3176 9647 3180 9650 3180 9661
3198 9647 3194 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 101DEG 6KT 3185 9637
82/JLDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 233 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 TXZ119-032000- DALLAS TX- 233 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY AT 232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF CEDAR HILL...NEARLY STATIONARY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CEDAR HILL...DUNCANVILLE...GRAND PRAIRIE...AND CEDAR HILL STATE PARK. HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. LAT...LON 3277 9677 3255 9674 3255 9704 3276 9704 TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 232DEG 2KT 3261 9695 82/JLD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
250 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
TXZ144-032015-
BOSQUE TX-
250 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY
AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLIFTON...MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CLIFTON AND CRANFILLS GAP.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.
ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3199 9760 3171 9736 3158 9760 3171 9769
3167 9776 3169 9778 3187 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 130DEG 7KT 3173 9767
82/JLDThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A grass fire began on July 3rd approximately 7 miles southwest of Rio Vista. This fire was contained on the 4th but briefly reignited on the 5th burning 5 more acres. This fire burned a total of 750 acres.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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