The Delhi Wildfire started on September 4 behind Tropical Storm Lee and a cold front that brought strong northerly winds. The peak wind at Austin Bergstrom International Airport was 36 mph.
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The Delhi Wildfire started on September 4 behind Tropical Storm Lee and a cold front that brought strong northerly winds. The peak wind at Austin Bergstrom International Airport was 36 mph. The fire burned 1000 acres and destroyed six homes.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 4, 11:28 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1228 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION SECTION. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. A MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND DECREASE SLIGHTLY TOMORROW. SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT I-35 TERMINALS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1117 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011/ UPDATE... POPULATING NEW DATA INTO WINDS AND MOISTURE REFLECTED ONLY SUBTLE CHANGES IN THE FORECAST. CLOUD COVER TRENDS OVER NW TX AND THE 12Z MODEL TRENDS ON TEMPS IN OUR AREA SUGGESTED A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER ON TODAYS MAX TEMPS. RFW STATUS ALSO CHANGED FROM WATCH TO WARNING FOR MONDAY FOR THIS UPDATE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 643 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011/ AVIATION... 12Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE I35 TERMINALS AND KDRT FOR THIS FORECAST CYCLE. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. INCREASING CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED FOR MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT...SKIES TO BECOME CLEAR. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 548 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011/ UPDATE... ADDED WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON (1 TO 6 PM) FOR THAT PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 183. WIND FORECAST OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY REACHES WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 340 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011/ DISCUSSION... EARLY THIS MORNING...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHWEST INTO THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THIS FRONT...THE FIRST OF THE SEASON SHOULD SLIP INTO THE HILL COUNTRY BY MIDDAY AND PUSH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS BY 00Z (7 PM). ANY NOTICEABLE COOLING WILL LIKELY BE FELT ONLY IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AS THE DRY AIR WILL MIX OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH HELP FROM TROPICAL STORM LEE TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE INCREASING CLOUDINESS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FRONT ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY MIDDAY WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA SEEING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. FORECAST HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 90S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO 103-105 OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS. THIS FRONT SHOULD COME THROUGH DRY WITH DRY MIXING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL DOWN BEHIND THE FRONT AND BY MORNING... READINGS SHOULD LOWER INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...AND UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR. SKIES WILL CLEAR BEHIND THE FRONT ON LABOR DAY AS DRIER AIR SWEEPS SOUTHWARD AT ALL LEVELS. IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER AS HIGHS MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE I-35 CORRIDOR. AS THE VERY DRY AIRMASS SETTLES IN TOMORROW NIGHT...WINDS WILL LOWER AND UNDER CLEAR SKIES...A GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHT IS EXPECTED. LOWS TUESDAY MORNING WILL SLIP INTO THE UPPER 40S TO NEAR 50 OVER PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY WITH LOW 50S TO UPPER 40S RURAL AREAS OF I-35 CORRIDOR...UPPER 50S URBAN. A RAPID WARM UP IN SUNNY SKIES WILL BRING HIGHS INTO THE 80S OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN TIER OF THE CWA WITH LOW 90S I-35 CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY. ANOTHER WEAK DRY FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY WITH SOME INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. RIDGING TO THE WEST OVER MEXICO COMBINED WITH THE REMNANT LOW OF LEE...WHICH WILL BECOME ELONGATED AND RETROGRESS INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL KEEP A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS WEST AND SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THIS WILL PROMOTE MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM TO HOT DAYS AND MOSTLY CLEAR AND COOL NIGHTS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. FIRE WEATHER... MODELS SHOWING WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AROUND LEE'S CYCLONIC CIRCULATION AND THIS WILL BE MAINTAINED WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. COLD FRONT AND DRY AIR MIXING AROUND LEE'S EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION WILL KEEP WINDS AT OR ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TOMORROW INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THUS...CURRENT RED FLAG AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH LOOKS GOOD. A LITTLE LESS WIND EXPECTED TUESDAY AS THE DRY SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS IN...BUT LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 99 69 91 57 92 / - - 0 0 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 100 69 90 47 91 / - - 0 0 0 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 100 70 91 53 91 / 0 - 0 0 0 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 96 65 87 54 88 / - - 0 0 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 102 70 92 61 91 / - - 0 0 0 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 98 66 86 56 88 / - - 0 0 0 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 102 68 93 53 93 / 0 - 0 0 0 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 100 70 90 52 91 / - - 0 0 0 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 100 70 90 55 89 / - - 0 0 0 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 101 71 91 58 91 / 0 - 0 0 0 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 103 71 94 60 95 / 0 - 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET... CALDWELL...COMAL...DE WITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO... GILLESPIE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR... KINNEY...LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS... UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON...ZAVALA. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM CDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET... CALDWELL...COMAL...DE WITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO... GILLESPIE...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR... KINNEY...LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS... UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON...ZAVALA. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BASTROP...CALDWELL...DE WITT...FAYETTE...GONZALES... LAVACA...LEE...TRAVIS...WILLIAMSON. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...11 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...18 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 515 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-051015- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 515 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 11 PM THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AFTERNOON PERIOD FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE... BASTROP...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...GONZALES...LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY MORNING TO 10 PM MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Delhi Wildfire started on September 4 behind Tropical Storm Lee and a cold front that brought strong northerly winds. The peak wind at Austin Bergstrom International Airport was 36 mph. The fire burned 1000 acres and destroyed six homes.
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