The West Fire burned 3000 acres in Val Verde County. The fire started on August 14 and was 100% contained on August 20.
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The West Fire burned 3000 acres in Val Verde County. The fire started on August 14 and was 100% contained on August 20. One structure was threatened by the fire and was 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 13, 7:41 PM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 841 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2015 .UPDATE... EXCEPT FOR A THUNDERSTORM AND TWO SHOWERS BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND COTULLA...ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED. THESE THREE WILL DISSIPATE BY 11 PM AND HAVE REMOVED POPS ELSEWHERE FOR TONIGHT. HAVE REESTABLISHED TRENDS TO TEMPERATURES..,DEWPOINTS... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WINDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...ONGOING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST IS ON TRACK. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 608 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2015/ AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR 00Z TAF PACKAGE... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DISSIPATE ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY. KAUS TERMINAL LOOKS TO LIKELY AVOID ANY IMPACTS THIS PERIOD. STORMS TO THE NORTHEAST OF KDRT AT TAF ISSUANCE WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE TERMINAL IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE PERIOD...AND LEFT OUT TEMPO GROUP FOR KSAT AND KSSF DUE TO UNCERTAINTY. A FEW POP UP SHOWERS COULD COMPLICATE TAKE OFFS AND ARRIVALS TO KSAT/KSSF THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING BUT SHOULDN'T BE A DIRECT IMPACT TO THE TERMINAL UNLESS UNFORSEEN DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. BEYOND MID EVENING...WINDS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT AND STORM COVERAGE WILL DECREASE LEAVING VFR TO PREVAIL. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 253 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... ISOLATED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS AREAS MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FREDERICKSBURG TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO HALLETTSVILLE. LIKE WE SAW LAST NIGHT...SOME OF THE CONVECTION COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS INTO THE EVENING HOURS AFTER WHICH WE SHOULD SEE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS COME TO AN END. HAVE ENDED THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES AS AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER AND STORM OUTFLOWS SHOULD KEEP THE TEMPS AND HEAT INDEX VALUES JUST BELOW CRITERIA. CANT RULE OUT A FEW LOCATIONS HITTING CRITERIA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BUT THEY SHOULD BE FAIRLY ISOLATED. SHOULD SEE A REPEAT TOMORROW WITH A BIT LESS COVERAGE OF POP...WITH THE AREA BEING PUSHED FARTHER TO THE WEST AS DRY AIR ALOFT TRIES TO COME IN FROM THE NE. MESO MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME CONVECTION COMING DOWN FROM THE WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. SEEMS LIKE A PLAUSIBLE SOLUTION BASED OFF WATER VAPOR AND THE POSITION OF THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN DAYTIME TEMPS. LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... SOME CHANGES START TAKING SHAPE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WHEN THE MODELS ARE SHOWING AN UPPER LOW MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL AND WEST GULF...AND THEN INTO SOUTH TEXAS. THIS SHOULD INCREASE THE POP CHANCES ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST ZONES AND BRING IN LOWER HEIGHTS...MORE CLOUDS...AND SUBSEQUENT LOWER TEMPS. HOPEFUL THAT TEMPS WILL DROP BELOW 100 IN MOST AREAS BY THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK WHEN POP IS THE HIGHEST. STAYED BELOW THE LARGEST POP ADVERTISED BY THE GFS FOR NOW...BUT IF THE SYSTEM DEVELOPS...AND DOES BRING A GOOD FETCH OF GULF MOISTURE WITH IT...COULD SEE THE NEED TO INCREASE POPS...STAY TUNED. TOWARD THE MIDDLE AND LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK...THE UPPER LOW GOES AWAY AND WE RETURN TO A DRIER PATTERN ONCE AGAIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 78 100 77 99 75 / 10 10 - 20 10 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 75 99 74 98 72 / 10 10 - 20 10 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 77 100 75 99 74 / 10 10 - 20 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 76 98 75 97 74 / 10 20 10 20 10 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 80 102 78 99 77 / 10 20 10 20 10 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 77 99 75 97 74 / 10 10 10 20 10 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 76 100 75 98 73 / 10 20 - 20 10 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 77 99 76 98 74 / 10 10 - 20 10 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 77 99 76 99 74 / 10 - - 20 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 79 99 77 98 76 / 10 10 - 20 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 78 101 77 99 75 / 10 10 - 20 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...TB3 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 941 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-142045- 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- 941 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. HEAT INDEX VALUES FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 107 DEGREES. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. SOME STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. .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 West Fire burned 3000 acres in Val Verde County. The fire started on August 14 and was 100% contained on August 20. One structure was threatened by the fire and was saved.
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