A very dry and hot summer with very little precipitation and abundant fuels from the spring continued to result in ideal conditions for wildfires across portions of West Central Texas. One large wildfire called the Chimney Creek 2 Wildfire scorched over 2000 acres of land in western Shackelford County.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
A very dry and hot summer with very little precipitation and abundant fuels from the spring continued to result in ideal conditions for wildfires across portions of West Central Texas. One large wildfire called the Chimney Creek 2 Wildfire scorched over 2000 acres of land in western Shackelford County.
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 Sep 2, 11:27 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1227 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2015 /18Z TAFS/ Stratus around 1500 feet will develop for a few hours Thursday morning at KSOA and KJCT, and it may make it to KSJT as well. For now, we've inserted MVFR ceilings across the southern terminals and will carry a scattered cloud group at San Angelo. Otherwise, VFR conditions with light winds will prevail. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 625 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2015/ AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/ MVFR CIGs are moving north into our southern terminals early this morning. Short-range model guidance shows this moisture making it close to KSJT and KBBD, but not quite becoming BKN at these locations, so have held off on introducing any prevailing MVFR CIGs at those two sites. However, will carry at least a TEMPO group for MVFR CIGs at both KSOA and KJCT. Expect these low clouds to scatter out by 15Z or shortly after. After that, expect VFR conditions through the afternoon and most of the overnight period with south to southeast winds of 10 knots or less. We may see low clouds again tomorrow morning, but timing is still uncertain, so will not insert any before 12Z tomorrow. 20 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 337 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2015/ SHORT TERM... (Today and Tonight) Very little change expected from yesterday's weather. An upper level ridge stretching from northern Mexico into the southern plains will remain in place, and possibly strengthen just a bit. With that in mind, have gone with highs similar to Tuesday, and kept the forecast dry. The Texas Tech WRF tries to generate some very isolated convection this afternoon, and while this can't be completely ruled out, with basically no change in the pattern, think this scenario is pretty unlikely. Similar reasoning was applied to overnight lows, will go with persistent lows around the 70 degree mark. 20 LONG TERM... (Thursday through next Tuesday) Near seasonal temperatures and dry conditions will continue across the forecast area into the first of next week as an upper level ridge continues to dominate our weather picture. An upper level low over the Pacific Northwest toward the end of the week will work its way over northern California by late Friday before lifting northeast over the northern Rockies through this weekend. An associated cold will push south into the Southern Plains by early next week but should remain north of the forecast area before dissipating. Have however introduced a slight chance of convective activity over the extreme northwestern Big Country on Tuesday to cover the southern extent of any frontal induced convective activity over the Panhandle that may survive this far south. 15 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 95 68 94 71 / 0 5 0 0 San Angelo 96 69 96 71 / 0 5 5 0 Junction 93 68 93 72 / 5 5 10 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && Aviation: Doll
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 441 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2015 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-030945- 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- 441 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Chimney Creek 2 fire burned approximately 2200 acres near the intersection of U.S. Highway 180 and Private Road 2210 in western Shackelford County or 5 miles southeast of Lueders. Four homes were threatened. This fire was 100% contained on September 3rd.
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