Wildfire, Marion
- When
- September 13, 12:00 PM CST to September 18, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 32.798, -94.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, September 13 to 18, 2011
Strong winds, low humidity and drought conditions across Northeast Texas were all the ingredients needed for a critical wildfire threat across the region. A wildfire began on September 13th in Marion County near County Road 3503 and moved east near Monterey Lake down Gethsemane Road 3503.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Strong winds, low humidity and drought conditions across Northeast Texas were all the ingredients needed for a critical wildfire threat across the region. A wildfire began on September 13th in Marion County near County Road 3503 and moved east near Monterey Lake down Gethsemane Road 3503. The fire consumed 2695 acres of timberland and grassland with at least 2 homes consumed before the fire was contained on September 18th.
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 13, 10:10 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 10:10 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1110 AM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011
.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES CLIMBING QUICKLY THIS MORNING...ALREADY IN THE 90S IN
PARTS OF EAST TEXAS. WINDS ALSO KINKING UP WITH WHEN TEMPS GET
ABOVE THE MIDS 80S. CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK WITH THE TIMING...
SO NO UPDATE NEEDED. FORECAST HIGHS ARE RECORDS IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS.
&&
.AVIATION...
DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL PRODUCE ENHANCED
SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 15 KNOTS AND GUSTY THROUGH 14/00Z. WINDS
FORECAST TO DIMINISH AND BECOME SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AFTER 14/00Z AND
AGAIN INCREASE TO 10 KNOTS ON WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS
TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TERMINAL FORECAST PERIOD.
/05/
.FIRE WEATHER...
EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF EAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EXTREME NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
FORECAST TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY ACROSS EAST TEXAS. THE
DRY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100 AND 105
DEGREES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW
20 PERCENT. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF ENHANCED FIRE DANGER AND THE
EXTREMELY DRY ATMOSPHERE...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED
TO A RED FLAG WARNING THRU TUESDAY EVENING.
/05/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 103 74 97 70 85 / 0 0 20 20 20
MLU 98 73 94 69 84 / 0 0 20 30 30
DEQ 100 69 91 64 75 / 10 20 20 30 30
TXK 101 72 94 66 80 / 10 20 20 30 30
ELD 98 69 93 65 80 / 10 20 20 30 30
TYR 105 74 98 71 86 / 0 0 10 10 20
GGG 105 75 98 70 86 / 0 0 10 10 20
LFK 104 74 99 71 94 / 0 0 10 10 20
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARZ059-070-071.
LA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: LAZ001-002.
OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: OKZ077.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153.
&&
14/05Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 11:00 AM CST, 1 hour before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141100- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1200 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in Texas, September 13 to 15, 2011
- Flash Flood in Arizona, September 13, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nevada, September 13 to 16, 2011
- Flash Flooding in California, September 13, 2011
- Damaging Winds in California, September 13, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Arizona, September 13, 2011
- Flash Flood and Wildfire in California, September 13 to 16, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in California, September 13, 2011
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 13, 2011
- Drought in Texas, September 13 to 30, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Utah, September 13 to 17, 2011
- Hail in Ohio, September 13, 2011
More
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2011
Sources
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: 338982.