Wildfire, Oldham
- When
- July 15, 7:00 PM CST to July 16, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oldham forecast zone
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 35.405, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, July 15 to 16, 2016
The Scarbauer 1 wildfire began around 1900CST about five miles north northeast of Adrian Texas in Oldham county. The wildfire consumed approximately fifteen hundred acres and was caused by lightning.
Where it happened
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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 AMA wrote it up.
The Scarbauer 1 wildfire began around 1900CST about five miles north northeast of Adrian Texas in Oldham county. The wildfire consumed approximately fifteen hundred acres and was caused by lightning. There were no homes or other structures which were threatened or lost and there were no reports of any injuries or fatalities. The wildfire was contained around 0100CST on July 16. There were two fire departments or other fire agencies that responded to the wildfire including Vega Fire Rescue and the Adrian Volunteer Fire Department.
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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 15, 5:25 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 5:25 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 625 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016 .AVIATION... 00Z TAF Cycle A stationary front across southern Kansas and surface trough over the western Panhandles will help keep scattered convection at all three TAF sites mainly between 00Z and 05Z Saturday...and have included a TEMPO group in all three TAF sites to allow for this scenario. The Dalhart and Guymon TAF sites could see an end to any convection by 01Z to 02Z Saturday. VFR conditions will prevail at all three TAF sites through 00Z Sunday. Southeast to south winds 10 to 20 knots or 15 to 25 knots with some higher gusts possible will prevail at all three TAF sites. Schneider && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 248 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016/ SHORT TERM... A s/wv across CO will move around the mid level high center positioned across the Desert SW and across the Panhandles late this aftn and evening. Anticipate convective development across mountains to the NW and also outflow boundary to the north across SW KS during the mid-late afternoon. Models suggest good h85-H7 theta-e recovery this afternoon after some depletion from yesterdays storms and NAM12 shows ML cape ranging from 1500 j/kg to near 2500 j/kg area wide by late afternoon. 50 kt NW upper flow assoc w/ jet exit will help elevate shear values and also should help push along storms to SE with more consistent storm motions that what we saw yesterday. 0-6 km bulk shear is forecast to reach 35-45 kts across the region by 00z. Anticipate isold to sct discrete cells initially across the region and this will likely provide the best hail potential for this event (highest in northern areas), but mesoscale models suggest more potential for mcs to develop originating from the aforementioned areas to NW and N which suggests more of a wind threat later in the event as storm complexes converge on the Panhandles. SPC has spread the slight risk for severe storms to include the entire Panhandles area and even clips ern OK Panhandle zones with an enhanced risk as this is most likely area to be impacted by significant MCS from the north. The NE areas are also clipped by a 2% tornado risk. High LCLs should be a mitigating factor for tornado development. LONG TERM... Models in good agreement on upper wave moving east of area by 12z Sat morning. Our far southeastern zones could see some lingering showers and storms early Saturday, but clouds should be clearing out between 15z and 18z as wave pushes east. The rest of the weekend looks to be mostly dry and hot as ridge builds in further north and east. GFS and Euro show 597 dam ridge centered over central OK by early next week. Temps will be into the triple digits or nearly triple digits for most areas from Sunday and most days next week depending on how much backing of sfc winds can be achieved. A very weak shortwave is progged to clip our far northwestern zones Monday... so kept slight pops there. Otherwise expect dry conditions to persist. && .AMA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... TX...None. OK...None. && 11
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 6:09 PM CST, 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 709 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-161100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 709 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN THE MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE SATURDAY MORNING WHILE AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:43 PM CST, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 743 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016 TXZ016-160130- DEAF SMITH TX- 743 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEAF SMITH COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 743 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF VEGA TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HEREFORD...SIMMS...DAWN AND BOOTLEG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. && LAT...LON 3475 10296 3519 10261 3518 10217 3475 10217 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 274DEG 22KT 3512 10243 3476 10268 BRB/AMW
Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:47 PM CST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
747 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0726 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E BRYANS CORNER 36.62N 100.78W
07/15/2016 BEAVER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 412 EAST OF HIGHWAY 83
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1600628
LFMLocal storm report, Jul 15, 6:49 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
749 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM TSTM WND GST 3 ENE PERRYTON 36.41N 100.75W
07/15/2016 M70 MPH OCHILTREE TX AWOS
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1600629
BEATLocal storm report, Jul 15, 6:53 PM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
753 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0726 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W ELMWOOD 36.62N 100.54W
07/15/2016 BEAVER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 412 WEST OF ROUTE 23.
&&
CORRECTED LOCATION...REMARKS
EVENT NUMBER AMA1600628
LFMLocal storm report, Jul 15, 6:56 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
756 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0753 PM TSTM WND GST 8 W SLAPOUT 36.60N 100.26W
07/15/2016 M65 MPH BEAVER OK MESONET
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1600630
BEATLocal storm report, Jul 15, 6:59 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
759 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM TSTM WND GST 8 W SLAPOUT 36.60N 100.26W
07/15/2016 M60 MPH BEAVER OK MESONET
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1600631
KJSThe radar
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1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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- Wildfire
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Sources
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