A 200 acre grass fire in Forney in Hunt County burned about 50 bales of hay.
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A 200 acre grass fire in Forney in Hunt County burned about 50 bales of hay.
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 Jun 28, 2:13 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 313 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2012 .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COASTAL SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN-MOST COUNTIES FROM THE SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE A STORM OR TWO MAY HOLD TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE IT INTO THE AREA...BUT NOT LIKELY GIVEN THE DRIER AIR WHICH MIXED DOWN TODAY AND LARGE-SCALE SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CONUS. WILL HOLD ONTO THE LESS-THAN 20 PERCENT POPS OVER THE SOUTH FOR THE EVENING HOURS WITH DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS PERSISTING ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION HAVE ONCE AGAIN CLIMBED TO AROUND 100 DEGREES UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAT DOES HAVE A DISTINCT WEAKNESS OVER THE STATE IN THE FORM OF A BROAD EASTERLY WAVE EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM SOUTH TEXAS. MODELS INDICATE THAT GULF MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THIS MID AND UPPER LEVEL FEATURE DRIFTS SLOWLY WEST. BY SATURDAY...IT LOOKS LIKE JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BE LIMITED TO AREAS SOUTH OF I 20 WHERE MOISTURE LEVELS ARE HIGHEST AND SUBSIDENCE FROM THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BE WEAKEST. THE ADDED MOISTURE COMBINED WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER HEIGHTS MAY KEEP TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES LOWER OVER THE WEEKEND COMPARED TO THE PAST WEEK...BUT STILL PLENTY WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 90S. THE HIGH PRESSURE DOME WILL RE-INTENSIFY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE EASTERLY WAVE EXITS TO THE WEST. MODEL GUIDANCE DOES HINT AT A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES ROTATING WESTWARD FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY AROUND THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE RIDGE DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK...WHICH COULD PROVIDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS MOST LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AT THIS TIME THE PROBABILITY LOOKS RATHER LOW AND WILL NOT MENTION IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. EITHER WAY IT APPEARS THAT ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RAIN CHANCES ARE IN STORE AS WE APPROACH THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 79 100 79 98 77 / 5 5 0 5 0 WACO, TX 76 101 74 97 74 / 5 5 0 10 5 PARIS, TX 74 99 74 96 72 / 0 5 0 5 0 DENTON, TX 74 99 74 97 75 / 0 5 0 5 0 MCKINNEY, TX 73 99 73 97 76 / 0 5 0 5 0 DALLAS, TX 79 100 79 98 77 / 5 5 0 5 0 TERRELL, TX 75 100 75 98 77 / 5 5 0 5 0 CORSICANA, TX 74 98 75 95 74 / 5 5 0 10 5 TEMPLE, TX 74 99 72 95 71 / 10 10 0 20 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 74 99 73 96 71 / 5 5 0 5 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 69/30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 327 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-291130- 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- 327 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF STORMS FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF AN ATHENS TO KILLEEN LINE THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ISOLATED IN NATURE. IF ANY STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR LESS THAN ONE HOUR AND UPON COLLAPSING...MAY PRODUCE STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF AN ATHENS TO KILLEEN LINE ON SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EXTEND TO AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A LAMPASAS TO HILLSBORO TO CANTON LINE. GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY ANY OF THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAVANAUGH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A 200 acre grass fire in Forney burned about 50 bales of hay. The fire began near Helms Trail between FM 1641 and CR 212. The fire was accidentally started by construction crews working on a cell tower with a grinder.
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