Wildfire, Pottawatomie
- When
- January 30, 2:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 35.207, -96.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Oklahoma, January 30, 2016
Amidst windy and dry conditions, a grass fire burned 1,137 acres in Pottawatomie county on the 30th.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Amidst windy and dry conditions, a grass fire burned 1,137 acres in Pottawatomie county on the 30th.
What forecasters said that day
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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 30, 11:40 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 11:40 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1140 AM CST SAT JAN 30 2016
.DISCUSSION...
PLEASE SEE THE 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.AVIATION...
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON TO
AROUND 20 KT SUSTAINED. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET TO
AROUND 10 TO 15 KT SUSTAINED. EXPECT SOME HIGH CLOUDS THROUGHOUT
THE DAY FOR MOST OF THE TERMINALS. BY EARLY MORNING, CONFIDENCE
REMAINS HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IFR CIGS AT PNC AND GAG/WWR BEHIND
A COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE W AND NW BEHIND THIS
FRONT EARLY TOMORROW. IT IS CURRENTLY UNCLEAR HOW FAR SOUTH THE
LOW CIGS WILL MAKE IT AFTER SUNRISE TOMORROW.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 70 46 59 35 / 0 0 0 0
HOBART OK 72 45 57 34 / 0 0 0 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 76 49 63 36 / 0 0 0 0
GAGE OK 69 37 53 29 / 0 0 0 10
PONCA CITY OK 65 42 56 33 / 0 0 0 10
DURANT OK 73 52 66 40 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR OKZ009-014-016-
021-022-033>037.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR TXZ083>089.
&&
25/03/03Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 11:46 AM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1146 AM CST SAT JAN 30 2016 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-311800- HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON- JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN- FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- 1146 AM CST SAT JAN 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .FIRE WEATHER... FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE ELEVATED TO CRITICAL THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA DUE TO WARM...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MONDAY EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY. .WINTER WEATHER... SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA TUESDAY. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Oregon, January 30, 2016
- Heavy Snow and Damaging Wind in Nevada, January 30 to 31, 2016
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 2016
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Utah, January 30 to 31, 2016
- High Wind in Texas, January 30 to 31, 2016
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 2016
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 30 to 31, 2016
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, January 30 to 31, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 30 to 31, 2016
- Wildfire in Texas, January 30 to 31, 2016
- Wildfire in Texas, January 30 to 31, 2016
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 30 to 31, 2016
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, January 2016
Sources
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: 611005.