The Boyd wildfire started September 13 one mile north of Natalia. The fire burned 375 acres and threatened 40 homes.
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The Boyd wildfire started September 13 one mile north of Natalia. The fire burned 375 acres and threatened 40 homes. All of the homes were saved and the fire was 100% contained on September 16.
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 Sep 12, 11:53 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1253 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 2015 .AVIATION... DRY AIR IS SETTLING OVER THE AREA BEHIND A COLD FRONT. SKIES WILL GENERALLY BE FEW TO SCT. MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE WEST AROUND 12Z AND DRT WILL SEE A LOW VFR CIG FOR A FEW HOURS. OTHERWISE VFR FOR ALL AIRPORTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 250 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2015/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... A CLEAR AND PLEASANT NIGHT IS IN STORE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY...MID 60S MOST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND LOWER 70S ALONG THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. A REPEAT OF SATURDAY'S GORGEOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FOR SUNDAY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S ACROSS MOST AREAS. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AND SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS PUSHES TO THE EAST AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THERE ARE SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCES FOR RAIN EACH AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF THE COASTAL PLAINS COUNTIES DUE SEA-BREEZE CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMATE NORMAL VALUES THROUGH MONDAY BUT INCREASING BY MID WEEK AS DEEPER GULF MOISTURE ARRIVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO PREVAILING SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW. MEDIUM-RANGE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING A COLD FRONT FOR NEXT WEEKEND ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. AT THIS POINT...BOTH THE GFS AND ECM GUIDANCE KEEP THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTH OF OUR AREA WITH NO IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS FORECAST PACKAGE REFLECTS THAT SOLUTION WITH BENIGN WEATHER ADVERTISE FOR THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 90 67 91 68 92 / 0 0 0 0 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 88 63 90 66 91 / 0 0 0 0 0 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 91 65 91 67 93 / 0 0 0 0 - BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 88 65 89 67 90 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 93 71 93 71 94 / 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 88 66 89 67 90 / 0 0 0 0 0 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 92 66 92 68 93 / 0 0 0 0 - SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 89 65 89 67 90 / 0 0 0 0 0 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 87 64 89 68 89 / 0 0 0 0 10 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 91 68 91 69 92 / 0 0 0 0 10 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 92 67 92 69 93 / 0 0 0 0 10 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...05 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 436 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 2015 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-130945- 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- 436 AM CDT SAT SEP 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 Texas Department of Public Safety reported the Boyd wildfire started September 13 one mile north of Natalia. The fire burned 375 acres and threatened 40 homes. All of the homes were saved and the fire was 100% contained on September 16.
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