Dry vegetation resulting from summer drought across north and central Texas led to a few grass fires across the region.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Dry vegetation resulting from summer drought across north and central Texas led to a few grass fires across the region.
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 6, 11:29 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1229 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THIS FORECAST PERIOD. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...ANY DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE LOW IN COVERAGE AND INDIVIDUAL CELLS WOULD NOT LAST VERY LONG...WHICH WARRANTS KEEPING MENTION OUT OF THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. AJS && .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/ THERE CONTINUES TO BE A GENEROUS DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORCAST BEYOND TUESDAY MAKING THE FINE DETAILS FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN. HOWEVER...THE MODELS DO CONTINUE TO AGREE THAT THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL SHIFT LATER THIS WEEK BRINGING COOLER AND WETTER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION IN SOME FORM. THERE IS SOME CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE MODEL GUIDANCE TONIGHT THAT THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL LOSE ITS GRIP ON THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY AS THE WESTERLIES DROP SOUTH INTO THE PLAINS AND THEN TROUGHING/NORTH-FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE ECMWF/GFS/CANADIAN ALL BRING AN ILL-DEFINED FRONT INTO OKLAHOMA ON WEDNESDAY THAT STALLS NEAR THE RED RIVER. HOWEVER... THIS WILL HELP SPREAD CONVECTION SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY AND MAINTAINED THE 30-50 POPS ACROSS THE AREA. AFTER WEDNESDAY...ITS UNCLEAR WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FRONT AND ALSO THE RAIN CHANCES. THE ECMWF APPEARS TO QUIETLY MOVE THE FRONT SOUTH ON THURSDAY WITH A REINFORCING FRONT ON SATURDAY. THE CANADIAN AND GFS KEEP THE FRONT NORTH OF THE RED RIVER WITH ANOTHER FRONT MOVING INTO NORTH TEXAS ON FRIDAY...BUT EVEN THESE TWO MODELS DISAGREE ON THE STRENGTH OF THE LATE WEEK FRONT. WITH THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY AS ILL-DEFINED AS IT CURRENTLY IS IN THE MODELS AND THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY STILL DISPLACED WELL TO OUR NORTH...TEND TO LEAN TOWARDS THE GFS AND CANADIAN WITH A LATE WEEK FRONT AS ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY PUSHES FARTHER SOUTH WITHIN THE LARGE-SCALE TROUGHING PATTERN...HELPING TO DRIVE A FRONT INTO THE REGION. ALTHOUGH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT...THE MODELS DISAGREE ON IF AND WHEN DRIER AIR ARRIVES WHICH AFFECTS RAIN CHANCES GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. TO SUMMARIZE...IT LOOKS LIKE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH RAIN CHANCES STARTING WEDNESDAY. LOW RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UNTIL A FRONT ARRIVES LATE IN THE WEEK. ITS POSSIBLE RAIN CHANCES COULD CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT...AS THERE IS UNCERTAINTY REGARDING WHEN AND IF DRIER AIR WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER BY THE END OF THE WEEK. JLDUNN && .SHORT TERM.../TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/ THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS WITH CONTINUED HOT CONDITIONS AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE REGION TODAY AND TOMORROW. BY TUESDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT WEST AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT IS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTH CAROLINA MOVES WEST ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST AND THE WESTERLIES TO OUR NORTH BEGIN THEIR DESCENT DOWN THE PLAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND LABOR DAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...BUT SHOULD BE A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER ON TUESDAY. A FEW LOCATIONS IN OUR WESTERN ZONES WILL FLIRT WITH TRIPLE DIGITS TODAY AND TOMORROW. THERE CONTINUES TO BE LOW CHANCES FOR MAINLY ISOLATED CONVECTION TODAY AND TOMORROW. IT IS POSSIBLE WE COULD SEE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOP THIS MORNING. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE HANGING AROUND THE REGION WHICH HAS PRESENTED ITSELF AS MID-LEVEL ACCUS THE PAST FEW MORNINGS. SEVERAL OF THE SHORT-TERM HI-RES MODELS ARE DEVELOPING ISOLATED...SMALL POCKETS OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE SOUNDINGS INDICATE WEAK INSTABILITY PRESENT ABOVE THIS MID LEVEL MOISTURE WHICH COULD BE LIFTED BY HEATING AS THE SUN RISES THIS MORNING. IT IS VERY LIKELY THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH LIFT UNDERNEATH THE RIDGE FOR ANY PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP AND THE MID-LEVEL ACCUS WILL BE ALL THAT RETURNS THIS MORNING...BUT WILL MENTION A LESS THAN 20 PERCENT CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. THIS SAME THING MAY OCCUR MONDAY MORNING...BUT WILL NOT MENTION ANY MORNING PRECIP AT THIS TIME TOMORROW. OTHERWISE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. THIS AFTERNOON...MOST OF ANY PRECIPITATION THAT DEVELOPS COULD OCCUR MAINLY NORTH OF I-20 AS THE MODELS INDICATE THE AXIS OF HIGHER MOISTURE WILL SHIFT NORTH TODAY. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO DRIER AIR ACROSS THE REGION BY TUESDAY...CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY POPS FOR TUESDAY BUT IF THE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT IS NOT AS LOW AS THE MODELS ARE PREDICTING...MAY NEED TO INCLUDE A MENTION OF PRECIPITATION. && .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/ THERE CONTINUES TO BE A GENEROUS DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORCAST BEYOND TUESDAY MAKING THE FINE DETAILS FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN. HOWEVER...THE MODELS DO CONTINUE TO AGREE THAT THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL SHIFT LATER THIS WEEK BRINGING COOLER AND WETTER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION IN SOME FORM. THERE IS SOME CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE MODEL GUIDANCE TONIGHT THAT THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL LOSE ITS GRIP ON THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY AS THE WESTERLIES DROP SOUTH INTO THE PLAINS AND THEN TROUGHING/NORTH-FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE ECMWF/GFS/CANADIAN ALL BRING AN ILL-DEFINED FRONT INTO OKLAHOMA ON WEDNESDAY THAT STALLS NEAR THE RED RIVER. HOWEVER... THIS WILL HELP SPREAD CONVECTION SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY AND MAINTAINED THE 30-50 POPS ACROSS THE AREA. AFTER WEDNESDAY...ITS UNCLEAR WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FRONT AND ALSO THE RAIN CHANCES. THE ECMWF APPEARS TO QUIETLY MOVE THE FRONT SOUTH ON THURSDAY WITH A REINFORCING FRONT ON SATURDAY. THE CANADIAN AND GFS KEEP THE FRONT NORTH OF THE RED RIVER WITH ANOTHER FRONT MOVING INTO NORTH TEXAS ON FRIDAY...BUT EVEN THESE TWO MODELS DISAGREE ON THE STRENGTH OF THE LATE WEEK FRONT. WITH THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY AS ILL-DEFINED AS IT CURRENTLY IS IN THE MODELS AND THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY STILL DISPLACED WELL TO OUR NORTH...TEND TO LEAN TOWARDS THE GFS AND CANADIAN WITH A LATE WEEK FRONT AS ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY PUSHES FARTHER SOUTH WITHIN THE LARGE-SCALE TROUGHING PATTERN...HELPING TO DRIVE A FRONT INTO THE REGION. ALTHOUGH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT...THE MODELS DISAGREE ON IF AND WHEN DRIER AIR ARRIVES WHICH AFFECTS RAIN CHANCES GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. TO SUMMARIZE...IT LOOKS LIKE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH RAIN CHANCES STARTING WEDNESDAY. LOW RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UNTIL A FRONT ARRIVES LATE IN THE WEEK. ITS POSSIBLE RAIN CHANCES COULD CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT...AS THERE IS UNCERTAINTY REGARDING WHEN AND IF DRIER AIR WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER BY THE END OF THE WEEK. JLDUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 98 80 98 79 97 / 20 10 10 10 10 WACO, TX 98 77 97 76 95 / 20 10 10 10 10 PARIS, TX 95 75 95 75 93 / 20 20 20 20 10 DENTON, TX 96 78 97 77 95 / 20 10 10 10 10 MCKINNEY, TX 95 77 96 77 94 / 20 10 20 20 10 DALLAS, TX 98 80 98 80 96 / 20 10 10 10 10 TERRELL, TX 96 76 96 76 94 / 20 20 20 20 10 CORSICANA, TX 96 77 97 76 94 / 20 20 20 20 10 TEMPLE, TX 97 75 97 75 95 / 20 10 10 10 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 96 74 97 75 95 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 330 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071200- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE- LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 330 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE...TO FORT WORTH... TO TEMPLE. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND 35 EAST. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO HILLSBORO...TO ATHENS TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH BETTER CHANCES SHIFTING ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A grass and brush fire burned approximately 150 acres about half a mile west of New Dallas Highway in Lacy Lakeview, TX. There were no injuries and no known structures were damaged, but 50 or so firefighters from at least 9 different fire departments were used to battle the fire and bring it under control.
A fire in a travel trailer sparked a grass fire, which burned around 2 acres of grass, brush and trees around the 9700 block of CR 529A in Johnson County. The fire also burned a shed and a barn.
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, September 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: 601704, 601705.