The MK Fire burned 1300 acres in Kerr County. The fire started on August 23 and was 100% contained on August 27.
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The MK Fire burned 1300 acres in Kerr County. The fire started on August 23 and was 100% contained on August 27. Eight 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 22, 11:35 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1235 AM CDT SUN AUG 23 2015 .AVIATION.../06Z TAFS/ VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD BECOME MVFR AT THE I-35 SITES BETWEEN 06Z- 08Z. KDRT WILL LIKELY SEE MVFR CIGS FROM 12Z-15Z. AFTER 15Z-16Z ALL TERMINALS RETURN TO VFR. SOUTHERLY WINDS NEAR 10 KNOTS TONIGHT AND S/SE WINDS 10-15 KNOTS WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 20 KNOTS AFTER 15Z. FOR THE 30-HOUR TAF SITES HAVE INCLUDED THE RETURN OF BKN CIGS AFTER 07Z ON THE 24TH. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 508 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2015/ AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS AREA SITES THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST OVERNIGHT FROM 07Z/08Z THROUGH 15Z SUNDAY. VFR CONDITIONS RETURN 15Z SUNDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH 10 KNOTS OR LESS OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. NOT ANTICIPATING A WHOLE LOT OF PRECIP WITH THIS SYSTEM. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WARM AND DRY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE EXCEPTION WOULD BE A FEW POP UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEA BREEZE. ANY ACTIVITY THAT DOES MAKE IT INLAND INTO AREAS SOUTH OF I-10 WILL DIE OUT SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. ANOTHER MORNING OF LOW CLOUDS IS FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AS NAM AND GFS CROSS SECTIONS SHOW PLENTY OF LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE. SUNNY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL BREAK OUT FOR THE AFTERNOON AS THE HIGH SLIDES WESTWARD ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE SLOW WARM UP WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...RIGHT AROUND THE SEASONAL NORMAL FOR LATE AUGUST. DUE TO DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HEAT INDEX VALUES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS EAST OF I-35 WILL BE NEAR 102 TO 106 DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THE RIDGE WILL BECOME CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION ON MONDAY WITH THE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING TO THE SOUTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES DOWN INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS WILL PUT MOST OF TEXAS IN NORTHERLY FLOW AND ALLOW FOR HIGHS TO CONTINUE TO WARM TO THE UPPER 90S. THE GFS CONTINUES TO RUN VERY WARM...COMPARED TO THE ECMWF AND NAM. WILL CONTINUE TO SHOOT FOR THE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN THE MODELS KEEPING MOST AREAS JUST SHY OF THE CENTURY MARK FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AS THE HIGH SHIFTS FARTHER WEST LATE IN THE WEEK AND WE GET INTO PURE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SLIGHTLY FOR FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND. IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE MOST PART THE AREA WILL BE DRY THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY COULD SEE DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS WEST. THIS ISOLATED ACTIVITY IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN EARLIER IN THE SUMMER WHERE THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME GUSTY WINDS. NOT EVERYONE WILL SEE RAIN THESE THREE DAYS BUT THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE TUESDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE DRY OUT LATE IN THE WEEK SHUTTING OFF THE RAIN THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. JUST BEYOND THE FORECAST PERIOD THE HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES MORE SW TO NE ORIENTED ALLOW FOR A TROUGH TO SNEAK AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HIGH THAT COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 76 99 76 99 76 / - 10 10 20 20 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 74 97 74 98 73 / - 10 10 20 20 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 76 98 75 99 75 / - 10 10 20 10 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 75 98 75 98 74 / - 20 10 30 20 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 78 100 77 100 76 / - - 10 20 - GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 76 98 75 99 74 / - 20 10 30 20 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 74 98 73 99 74 / - 10 10 20 - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 76 98 75 99 75 / - 10 10 20 20 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 77 97 76 98 75 / - 10 10 30 20 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 77 98 77 98 76 / - 10 10 20 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 76 99 76 99 76 / - 10 10 20 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...10 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...OAKS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 550 AM CDT SAT AUG 22 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-231100- 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- 550 AM CDT SAT AUG 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE WITH ISOLATED VALUES UP TO 107 ACROSS THE INLAND COASTAL PLAINS AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THIS AFTERNOON. VALUES UP TO 105 WILL ALSO BE FELT IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THE METRO AREAS OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO SHOULD PEAK IN THE 100 TO 103 RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ELEVATED HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS WITH READINGS RANGING FROM 100 TO 106 ACROSS THE REGION BUT EXCLUDING THE HILL COUNTRY WHERE VALUES WILL BE LESS THAN 100. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ALLEN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The MK Fire burned 1300 acres in Kerr County. The fire started on August 23 and was 100% contained on August 27. Eight homes were threatened by the fire and were all saved.
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