The La Bandera Fire burned 866 acres in Dimmit County. The fire started on August 11 and was 100% contained on August 13.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
The La Bandera Fire burned 866 acres in Dimmit County. The fire started on August 11 and was 100% contained on August 13. Three homes were threatened by the fire and were all saved.
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 Aug 10, 11:26 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1226 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015 .AVIATION.../06Z TAFS/ ONCE AGAIN NO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. S/SW WINDS...LESS MOISTURE AND CIRRUS CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL KEEP THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW CLOUDS TO A MINIMUM AND THUS NO MVFR CIGS. S/SE WINDS NEAR 10 KNOTS WILL BECOME S/SW 5-10 KNOTS AFTER 08Z. WINDS BECOME EASTERLY AFTER 18Z-20Z. OVERNIGHT WED NIGHT INTO EARLY THU SHOULD SEE S/SW WINDS 5-10 KNOTS ONCE AGAIN. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 639 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015/ AVIATION.../00Z TAF CYCLE/ NICE FLYING CONDITIONS PREVAIL AS VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EARLY EVENING WITH HIGHER SCT300 CIRRUS SET TO OVERSPREAD FROM THE SOUTHEAST. MUCH MORE LIMITED LOW-LVL MOISTURE RETURN WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT PER NUMEROUS MODEL GUIDANCE. THIS SHOULD KEEP VFR CONDITIONS GOING ONLY A FEW DEVELOPING PATCHES OF SCT/BKN015 STRATUS. YET...GIVEN EXPECTED LOW COVERAGE OF SAID CLOUD COVER...WILL KEEP TAFS VFR THIS CYCLE. EXPECT VFR TO REMAIN IN TACT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A NEAR REPEAT OF TODAY. SURFACE WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SE/E NEAR 10 KT AS OF 2330Z AND SHOULD BE NEAR 5-10 KT OVERNIGHT WITH KDRT STAYING JUST A BIT HIGHER. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 316 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)... 10/12Z RAOB DATA SHOWS THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS. ELSEWHERE...LATE AFTERNOON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW A COLD FRONT DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100. THE ABOVE MENTIONED HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL SLOWLY RETROGRADE INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS...A SUBTLE INCREASE IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS IN STORE ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS AND THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. MEANWHILE...THE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY NIGHT. UNTIL THEN...EXPECT ANOTHER DAY OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY. WE COULD SEE A FEW SPOTS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR NEAR HEAT ADVISORY LEVELS ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER...SUSPECT THE SHALLOW MOISTURE AND EFFICIENT MIXING WILL KEEP HEAT INDEX VALUES BELOW CRITERIA. A FEW SPOTS COULD SEE HIGHS NEAR 103 DEGREES AND WE/LL CONTINUE TO MENTION THE HOT TEMPERATURES IN A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. WHILE DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... WE COULD SEE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS TUESDAY EVENING AND WE/LL CONTINUE TO MENTION THIS IN THE LATEST FORECAST. LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... FOR THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THIS WEEK...MID AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THIS PATTERN WILL BRING A GRADUAL LOWERING OF THICKNESSES ALONG WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS ALONG WITH A MID-LEVEL THETA- E RIDGE AXIS SHOULD RESULT IN A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING ALONG WITH A 20-30% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MOIST AXIS SHIFTS WEST ON THURSDAY RESULTING IN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SHIFT WESTWARD...ALLOWING A DOWNSTREAM TROUGH TO DEVELOP OVER LOUISIANA OR SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE OPERATIONAL GFS REMAINS STRONGER WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHILE THE ECMWF IS WEAKER. FOR NOW...WE/LL KEEP ANY RAIN CHANCES CONFINED TO THE COASTAL PLAINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 78 101 78 100 77 / 10 20 10 10 - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 76 101 75 99 74 / 10 20 10 10 - NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 77 101 76 100 76 / 10 20 20 20 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 76 99 76 98 75 / 10 20 10 10 - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 79 101 78 101 79 / 0 20 20 20 - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 77 100 76 99 76 / 10 20 10 10 - HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 76 100 75 100 75 / 0 20 20 20 10 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 78 101 76 99 76 / 10 20 10 20 - LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 77 101 76 99 76 / 20 30 10 20 - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 79 101 78 99 77 / 10 20 20 20 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 78 102 78 100 77 / 10 20 20 20 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...10 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...RUNYEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 403 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-111100- 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- 403 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR ACROSS THE REGION THIS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT DECREASE IN HEAT INDEX VALUES. MOST HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 102 TO 106...EXCEPT ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY WHERE VALUES WILL BE CLOSER TO 100. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 102 TO 106...EXCEPT IN THE HILL COUNTRY WHERE VALUES WILL BE CLOSER TO 100. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THEN ACROSS THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The La Bandera Fire burned 866 acres in Dimmit County. The fire started on August 11 and was 100% contained on August 13. Three homes were threatened by the fire and were all saved.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2015
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 598229.