Wildfire, Atoka
- When
- January 30, 10:00 AM CST to January 31, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Atoka forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 34.374, -96.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Oklahoma, January 30 to 31, 2017
Amidst windy and dry conditions, grass fires burned 403 acres in Custer county as well as 1700 acres in Atoka county on the 30th and 31st.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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, grass fires burned 403 acres in Custer county as well as 1700 acres in Atoka county on the 30th and 31st.
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, 6:06 AM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 6:06 AM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 606 AM CST Mon Jan 30 2017 .DISCUSSION... && .AVIATION... VFR conditions are expected until 311200. Southwest wind will be generally less than 12 kts apart from modest gusts in the afternoon. Winds will become light and variable tonight in northwestern Oklahoma. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 337 AM CST Mon Jan 30 2017/ DISCUSSION... Extremely warm conditons today will bring temperatures 20 to 25 degrees above normals. This will create low humidity and elevated fire weather conditions. A weak surface trough will pass into northern and central Oklahoma tonight and stall early Tuesday over the southern part of the state. Temperatures will be only lower behind it in northern Oklahoma Tuesday, but still well above normal. A cooler airmass arrives Wednesday bringing more typical conditions Thursday and Friday. There are low rain chances Friday in southeast Oklahoma but they increase Saturday with a fast-moving upper short-wave trough that follows the flattened upper ridge. Rain chances remain for the first part of the weekend. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 73 39 66 34 / 0 0 0 0 Hobart OK 71 36 66 34 / 0 0 0 0 Wichita Falls TX 71 38 71 37 / 0 0 0 0 Gage OK 71 33 62 30 / 0 0 0 0 Ponca City OK 69 34 61 31 / 0 0 0 0 Durant OK 71 43 69 44 / 0 0 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. TX...None. && 06/09/09
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 4:34 AM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 434 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-301815- 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- 434 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... .FIRE WEATHER... WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL ELEVATE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND PART OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 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
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Custer
- When
- January 30, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Custer forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 35.639, -99.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- High Wind in North Dakota, January 30, 2017
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 30 to 31, 2017
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 30 to 31, 2017
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 30, 2017
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 30, 2017
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 30, 2017
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 30 to 31, 2017
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 30, 2017
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, January 30 to 31, 2017
- Winter Weather in District of Columbia, January 30, 2017
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 30, 2017
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 30, 2017
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, January 2017
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: 673680, 673679.