A 250 acre wildfire in Parker County burned one structure.
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A 250 acre wildfire in Parker County burned one structure.
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 Mar 1, 11:13 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1113 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY. WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDS FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT SINCE THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED OPERATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT DID NOT ADD ANOTHER LINE TO THE TAFS TO INCLUDE THEM. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 KNOTS OR LESS WILL PREVAIL. 58 && .UPDATE... PICTURE PERFECT DAY IS ONGOING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH CLEAR SKIES. CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GREAT SHAPE AND NO UPDATES ARE NEEDED. 85/NH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 230 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011/ AFTER A COOL...CLEAR AND CALM MORNING WITH SOME PATCHY FROST... TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY WARM THROUGH THE DAY AND REACH THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S BY LATE AFTERNOON. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO THE EAST TONIGHT WHILE A WEAK LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS IN THE WEST. THIS PATTERN WILL RESULT IN A GRADUAL RETURN OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. A WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN WILL SET UP WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE AND DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH IN THE WEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE 70S WITH LOWS WARMING FROM THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THE UPPER 40S TO MIDDLE 50S BY FRIDAY MORNING. INCREASING LIFT AND INSTABILITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST ZONES WHERE LIFT AND MOISTURE WILL BE MOST FAVORABLE. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE COLD FRONT. MUCH COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. EXPECT HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 60S AND LOWS IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ON SHORE IN THE PACIFIC MONDAY WHILE A SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPS IN THE WEST...RESULTING IN INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. AFTERNOON HIGHS MONDAY WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 60S TO LOWER 70S. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 72 46 72 47 77 / 0 0 0 0 5 WACO, TX 70 41 74 46 77 / 0 0 0 0 5 PARIS, TX 67 40 68 42 72 / 0 0 0 0 5 DENTON, TX 71 41 72 46 76 / 0 0 0 0 5 MCKINNEY, TX 68 38 69 43 74 / 0 0 0 0 5 DALLAS, TX 69 47 70 48 76 / 0 0 0 0 5 TERRELL, TX 68 41 70 46 74 / 0 0 0 0 5 CORSICANA, TX 70 44 72 47 75 / 0 0 0 0 5 TEMPLE, TX 72 41 75 46 77 / 0 0 0 0 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 72 42 75 46 78 / 0 0 0 0 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 58/85
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 342 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-020945- 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- 342 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .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 250 acre wildfire off County Road 1885 burned one structure.
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