The Lutherhill wildfire started on September 5 behind a cold front that brought strong northerly winds. The fire burned until September 9 and consumed 2700 acres.
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The Lutherhill wildfire started on September 5 behind a cold front that brought strong northerly winds. The fire burned until September 9 and consumed 2700 acres. The fire destroyed 14 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 5, 11:23 AM CST, 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1223 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. A MODERATE NNE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT. SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 719 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011/ UPDATE... A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS HAS ARRIVED TO THE HILL COUNTRY AS OF 700 AM THIS MORNING. DEW POINT TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY WITHIN THE MID 40S AND EXPECTED TO DROP TO THE MID 20S BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADJUSTED HIGH TEMPS FOR A FEW LOCATIONS BASED ON LATEST NAM 12 SOLUTION. REST OF THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK. IMPORTANT NOTE...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. CRITICAL(DANGEROUS) FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY AS STRONG NORTHERLY GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COME TOGETHER. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 634 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011/ AVIATION... RADAR VAD WINDS SHOWED NLY 25 TO 30 KTS AT 1K FT WITH HIGHER WINDS ALOFT. SOME OF THESE WINDS WILL MIX TO THE SURFACE. NLY WINDS OF 13 TO 25 KTS WILL PREVAIL WITH GUSTS UP TO 34 KTS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. WINDS WILL DECOUPLE AND DECREASE TO 7 KTS OR LESS BY LATE EVENING AND PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...VFR SKIES WILL PREVAIL WITH STRATOCUMULUS AT FEW-LCL BKN040-090 THIS MORNING MOST AREAS...THEN PERSISTING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE THIS AFTERNOON AND SKC ALL AREAS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 427 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011/ DISCUSSION... FRESH TO NEARLY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY THE DANGEROUS FIRE SITUATION ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE HILL COUNTRY...AREAS ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND OVER THE EASTERN PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING TO ABOUT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE RANGING FROM THE LOWER TO MID TEENS AS A RESULT OF A VERY DRY AND STABLE ATMOSPHERE. THEREFORE...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY. DRY AND COOL WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR CLIMATE NORMAL VALUES. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND LOWER TO MID 90S ACROSS ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE LOWER THAN CLIMATE NORMAL VALUES FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. EXPECT LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PERIOD. FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS OUR CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE LIMITED TO NONE AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES AND PROMOTES DRY NORTHERLY WINDS AND STABLE CONDITIONS. FIRE WEATHER... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF FRESH TO NEARLY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PROMOTE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 90 57 92 58 93 / 0 0 0 0 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 90 52 91 50 92 / 0 0 0 0 0 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 90 54 92 55 92 / - 0 0 0 0 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 88 55 88 57 90 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 93 59 92 63 94 / - 0 0 0 0 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 89 56 88 57 91 / 0 0 0 0 0 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 92 53 93 54 94 / - 0 0 0 0 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 90 54 92 55 92 / 0 0 0 0 0 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 92 57 88 56 92 / - - 0 0 0 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 91 57 92 59 92 / - 0 0 0 0 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 93 57 94 57 95 / - 0 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 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. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...11 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...18 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 518 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-061000- 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- 518 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING HOURS EACH DAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .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 Lutherhill wildfire started on September 5 behind a cold front that brought strong northerly winds. The fire burned until September 9 and consumed 2700 acres. The fire destroyed 14 homes.
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