Texas, 2011Wildfire in Texas, September 1 to 6, 2011
September 1 to 6, 2011 · NWS FWD · 1 event in 1 county or zone
The 3547 Fire in Wise County began on August 31st and was finally controlled September 6th. The fire burned a total of 400 acres including five homes, 3 outbuildings, a ranch barn, 1 tractor, and several hay bales.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
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- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The 3547 Fire in Wise County began on August 31st and was finally controlled September 6th. The fire burned a total of 400 acres including five homes, 3 outbuildings, a ranch barn, 1 tractor, and several hay bales. Most of the damages occurred on August 31st, and damage estimates for this fire can be found with the initial entry in the August Storm Data report.
What forecasters said that day
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 Aug 31, 10:34 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 10:34 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1134 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2011
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THIS TAF CYCLE. WINDS WILL BE 4-8KT
OVERNIGHT AND 8-13 KTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 17KTS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY TONIGHT THEN BECOMING
SOUTHEASTERLY THURSDAY MIDDAY THROUGH LATE EVENING. 75
&&
.UPDATE...
THE PREVIOUS FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE...SO ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WERE
MADE TO THE HOURLY TEMPERATURES/DEWPOINTS FOR THE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD. 58
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 337 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2011/
DEWPOINTS QUICKLY MIXED OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND TEMPERATURES SURPASSED
100 FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE UPPER 40S WEST
OF INTERSTATE 35...RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20
PERCENT. WINDS HAVE STAYED AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH
SO RED FLAG CRITERIA HAS NOT BEEN MET. REGARDLESS...THE FIRE
DANGER REMAINS HIGH AND THE LARGE FIRES IN PALO PINTO...WISE...AND
CORYELL COUNTIES CAN BE SEEN ON VISIBLE SATELLITE AND RADAR.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST PACKAGE WERE NEEDED. THE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES ITS TREK EAST IN RESPONSE TO THE DEEP
TROUGH ENTERING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. HIGHS WILL LIKELY REMAIN
NEAR 100 THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OVER THE WESTERN ZONES...
HIGH TEMPS SHOULD DECREASE A FEW DEGREES ARE THE RIDGE PUSHES
FURTHER EAST. CONVERSELY...THE EASTERN ZONES WILL LIKELY SEE
HIGHS INCREASE A DEGREE OR TWO THURSDAY BEFORE SLOWLY TRENDING
DOWNWARD IN RESPONSE TO EASTERLY FLOW ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
AS WAS THE CASE FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS...THE MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THIS
FORECAST PACKAGE IS HOW TO HANDLE THE TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE
GULF OF MEXICO. THE TROPICAL WAVE OF INTEREST MOVED THROUGH THE
YUCATAN STRAIT INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON.
UW-CIMSS ANALYSIS SHOWS 30 KTS OF WIND SHEAR ON THE WESTERN SIDE
OF THIS WAVE AND A MODERATE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL VORTICITY. SEA
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE AROUND 86 DEGREES F.
THE MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
AND TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM BUT HAVE COME INTO SLIGHTLY BETTER
AGREEMENT THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT...MORE MODELS HAVE STARTED TO
COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE NAM WHICH HAS CONSISTENTLY FORECAST A
STRONG TROPICAL SYSTEM JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST FRIDAY
EVENING. THE 12Z CANADIAN AND ECMWF NOW AGREE WITH THE NAM WHILE
THE GFS PROGS A MUCH WEAKER SYSTEM FARTHER SOUTHEAST. AFTER FRIDAY
EVENING THE MODELS DIVERGE ON THE POTENTIAL TRACK OF THE
SYSTEM...VARYING FROM LANDFALL NEAR HOUSTON SATURDAY NIGHT...DRIFTING
IN THE GULF FOR A FEW DAYS...OR MOVING EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST
AND MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE MONDAY NIGHT. THE
MODELS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH THE TRACK UNTIL THE
SYSTEM BECOMES BETTER DEFINED. OBSERVATIONS WILL NEED TO BE
WATCHED CLOSELY AS THE WARM GULF WATERS CAN RAPIDLY INTENSIFY
MODERATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO STRONG TROPICAL CYCLONES. ONE
EXAMPLE WAS HURRICANE HUMBERTO WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE SECOND
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2007 AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED FROM A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS INTO A HURRICANE IN 24 HOURS.
COLD FRONT IS STILL ON TRACK FOR SUNDAY EVENING...WITH
TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS. IT APPEARS
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BE DRY BUT THE GFS IS STARTING TO HINT AT
THE POTENTIAL OF SOME PRECIPITATION. THEREFORE...INCLUDED 20 POPS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. ALSO INCLUDED
20 POPS FRIDAY EVENING AND ALL DAY SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN
ZONES DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
TROPICAL SYSTEM. 42/MM
&&
.CLIMATE... /ISSUED 638 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2011/
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR AUGUST 2011 AND FOR THE JUNE...JULY AND
AUGUST 2011 SUMMER SEASON...HAVE BEEN PLACED ON OUR HOMEPAGE.
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FWD
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AT BOTH DFW AND WACO FOR THE THREE MONTH
PERIOD SET NEW RECORDS. AT WACO...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
AUGUST 2011 IS 92.9 DEGREES. THIS MAKES AUGUST 2011 NOT ONLY THE
WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD BUT ALSO THE WARMEST MONTH ON
RECORD...BEATING OUT LAST MONTH/S 91.1 DEGREES. AT DFW...THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST 2011 IS 93.4 DEGREES. THIS MAKES AUGUST
2011 NOT ONLY THE WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD BUT ALSO THE WARMEST
MONTH ON RECORD...BEATING OUT THE 92.0 DEGREES SET IN JULY 1980.
58
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 82 101 80 100 81 / 5 5 5 10 10
WACO, TX 79 101 81 102 79 / 5 5 10 10 20
PARIS, TX 78 102 77 101 75 / 5 5 5 10 10
DENTON, TX 79 100 76 100 76 / 5 5 5 10 10
MCKINNEY, TX 77 100 75 101 75 / 5 5 5 10 10
DALLAS, TX 83 101 82 100 82 / 5 5 5 10 10
TERRELL, TX 79 101 79 101 79 / 5 5 5 10 10
CORSICANA, TX 79 102 80 100 79 / 5 5 10 10 20
TEMPLE, TX 76 101 78 100 77 / 5 10 10 10 20
MINERAL WELLS, TX 78 100 74 99 74 / 5 5 5 10 10
&&
.FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 8:41 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
941 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2011
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-020245-
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-
941 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...MAINLY FOR AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AND ACROSS THE
ENTIRE REGION SUNDAY. A FEW STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEAST
MONDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
Wildfire, Wise
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM CST to September 6, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wise forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 33.216, -97.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The 3547 Fire in Wise County began on August 31st and was finally controlled September 6th. The fire burned a total of 400 acres including five homes, 3 outbuildings, a ranch barn, 1 tractor, and several hay bales. Most of the damages occurred on August 31st, and damage estimates for this fire can be found with the initial entry in the August Storm Data report.
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 347020.