A wildfire began in the hills outside of Abilene between Buffalo Gap and View. The fire burned at least 1000 acres by the end of April.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
A wildfire began in the hills outside of Abilene between Buffalo Gap and View. The fire burned at least 1000 acres by the end of April. The wild fire threatened Camp Barkeley and Iris Abilene, as well as the Poorman’s house and the Johnson’s house. The large wildfire consumed 300 acres of Camp Barkeley but no structures were burned. The local volunteer fire departments, Dyess Airforce Based Firefighters, and the Texas A&M Forest Services water tankers helped to extinguish the wildfire.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 27, 2:54 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 354 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Monday) It was very windy this afternoon. It was especially windy across the Big Country. As of 3 PM, peak wind speeds were 52 mph at Abilene, 47 mph at Sweetwater and 44 mph at Haskell. Farther south, San Angelo had gusts to 41 mph, Wall at 44 mph and Mertzon 40 mph. A Wind Advisory remains in effect until 7 PM. However, it may be extended for hour or two longer, especially in the Big Country as winds will be slow to decouple, as a 50 KT 700 MB wind max moves through. Very dangerous Fire conditions continue this afternoon, especially in the Big Country and Concho Valley. A Red Flag warning continues until 10 PM. While winds will decrease this evening, there will be limited relative humidity recovery overnight. Gusty west winds and dangerous fire conditions still in store for Monday as a surface low develops over north Texas and moves east, tightening the pressure gradient in West Texas. Another Red Flag Warning has been issued for Monday, along and north of an Ozona to Eden to Brownwood line. .LONG TERM... (Monday night through next Sunday) A large upper level low will remain over the Central Plains and Upper Midwest through midweek, then lift northeast into the Great Lakes region by weeks end. This system will keep a persistent mid/upper level northwest flow intact across the Southern Plains through the end of the week, with the flow becoming more zonal by the end of next weekend. In the low levels, surface low pressure will slowly migrate from Nebraska on Monday, into the Upper Great Lakes region by early Thursday. Associated cold front is still expected to move across the area Monday night, bringing a substantial cool down on Tuesday with afternoon highs in the mid and upper 70s. West Central Texas will remain cool through Friday as a surface ridge will maintain cool northerly low level flow through much of the period. High temperatures will mainly be in the 70s, with overnight lows in the 40s. Thursday appears to be the coolest day, with a few highs in the upper 60s possible across northern counties. The GFS and ECMWF models continue to generate some light precipitation across the area Thursday night, as a shortwave in northerly flow drops south across the area. Will continue to maintain a dry forecast, as confidence remains too low to warrant mentionable POP's at this time. Next weekend looks dry with warmer temperatures as the upper level flow becomes more zonal and south winds return to the area. High temperatures will make it back into the mid and upper 80s with lows mainly in the 50s. && .FIRE WEATHER... ...Red flag warning in effect until 10 PM this evening for all of West Central Texas and for Monday 11 AM to 8 PM for much of the region... Dangerous Fire conditions continue this afternoon, especially in the Big Country and Concho Valley. A Red Flag warning continues for all of West Central Texas until 10 PM. While winds will decrease this evening, there will be limited relative humidity recovery overnight. Gusty west winds and dangerous fire conditions continue Monday as a surface low develops over north Texas and moves east. This will tighten the pressure gradient in West Texas. Another Red Flag Warning has been issued for Monday 11 AM to 8 PM, along and north of an Ozona to Eden to Brownwood line. Potentially dangerous fire conditions may even extend into Tuesday as a cold front pushes in. Depending on the strength of winds behind the the cold front, it is possible critical conditions may develop in the Big Country. Very dry air will remain over the region the rest of the work week as surface high pressure builds in. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 55 84 49 74 44 / 0 0 0 0 0 San Angelo 52 90 49 76 45 / 0 0 0 0 0 Junction 53 88 48 79 43 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING until 10 PM CDT this evening FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: Brown...Callahan...Coke...Coleman...Concho...Crockett... Fisher...Haskell...Irion...Jones...Kimble...Mason...McCulloch... Menard...Nolan...Runnels...San Saba...Schleicher...Shackelford... Sterling...Sutton...Taylor...Throckmorton...Tom Green. RED FLAG WARNING from 11 AM to 8 PM CDT Monday FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: Brown...Callahan...Coke...Coleman...Concho...Crockett... Fisher...Haskell...Irion...Jones...McCulloch...Nolan...Runnels... Schleicher...Shackelford...Sterling...Taylor...Throckmorton... Tom Green. WIND ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT this evening FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: Callahan...Coke...Coleman...Concho...Crockett...Fisher... Haskell...Irion...Jones...Nolan...Runnels...Schleicher... Shackelford...Sterling...Taylor...Throckmorton...Tom Green. && 04/24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 239 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-281945- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 239 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...DUE TO STRONG WEST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF AN OZONA...TO EDEN...TO COLEMAN LINE THROUGH 7 PM. WATERS ON LAKES WILL BE CHOPPY AND HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE BIG COUNTRY ...CONCHO VALLEY...CROCKETT COUNTY AND HEARTLAND FROM LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING...AS AS GUSTY WEST WINDS COMBINE WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES. A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS IS IN EFFECT 11 AM TO 8 PM MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 04
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire started around Camp Barkeley near Buffalo Gap on April 27 and burned up to 1000 acres. It was 70 percent contained by the end of April. The wildfire burned the communication equipment belonging to the Buffalo Gap Volunteer Fire Department.
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