A small grass fire near Gause in Milam County burned about 60 round bales of hay.
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A small grass fire near Gause in Milam County burned about 60 round 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 May 19, 5:33 AM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 633 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 .AVIATION... SCT/BKN CLOUDS AROUND 1.5KFT ARE MOVING NORTH ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. THIS IS NOT A CONTINUOUS DECK OF LOW CLOUDS AND WILL HANDLE IT WITH PREVAILING SCT AND TEMPO BKN. CLOUDS SHOULD LIFT/BURN OFF AFTER 15 OR 16Z. OTHERWISE...SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY WILL BE BREEZY AT 15 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. ANOTHER ROUND OF MVFR CIGS IS POSSIBLE TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL INTRODUCE THEM INTO TAFACT AT 11Z. WILL NOT MENTION ANYTHING IN THE METROPLEX AT THIS TIME. 85/NH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012/ WARM AND MOSTLY DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS. A SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHWESTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS KANSAS TODAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS LOW AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WILL RESULT IN BREEZY CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY...WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH LIKELY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS KANSAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH AS FAR SOUTHEAST AS THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY MORNING. THUS HAVE KEPT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE AREA NORTHWEST OF A BRECKENRIDGE TO SHERMAN LINE. AS A FRONT REMAINS TO OUR NORTH...AND NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS...WE WILL SEE LOW CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT...ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST MONDAY...AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST MONDAY NIGHT. WITH THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMING WEST AND SOUTHWESTERLY MID TO LATE WEEK...WE WILL SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH NO RAIN EXPECTED. 58 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 87 68 87 67 89 / 5 5 10 10 20 WACO, TX 86 66 86 66 89 / 5 5 5 5 10 PARIS, TX 85 64 85 64 86 / 5 5 10 10 30 DENTON, TX 86 65 87 64 88 / 5 5 10 10 20 MCKINNEY, TX 86 66 86 66 88 / 5 5 10 10 20 DALLAS, TX 87 68 87 68 89 / 5 5 5 10 20 TERRELL, TX 87 65 87 65 88 / 5 5 5 5 20 CORSICANA, TX 87 66 87 67 88 / 5 5 5 5 10 TEMPLE, TX 86 65 85 65 89 / 5 5 5 5 5 MINERAL WELLS, TX 86 64 86 63 88 / 5 5 10 10 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 85/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 348 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-200900- 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- 348 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING...NORTHWEST OF A GRAHAM TO GAINESVILLE LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A grass fire along County Road 353 in south Milam County burned about 60 bales of round hay.
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