Wildfire, Seminole
- When
- March 25, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Seminole forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 35.168, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Oklahoma, March 25, 2017
Grass fires burned 2100 acres in Seminole county on the 25th.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- 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.
Grass fires burned 2100 acres in Seminole county on the 25th.
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 Mar 25, 11:23 AM CST, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 11:23 AM CST, 37 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 1223 PM CDT Sat Mar 25 2017 .DISCUSSION... Please see the 18Z aviation discussion below. && .AVIATION... MVFR cigs will continue to erode from west to east across OK and TX through this afternoon. Expect almost immediate clearing as these clouds shift east. Wind speeds will decrease later this afternoon and become more northerly to northeasterly. Then, by tonight, winds will decrease below 10 kt and become easterly to southeasterly for most terminals. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 45 77 52 69 / 0 30 40 10 Hobart OK 46 79 49 71 / 0 10 10 0 Wichita Falls TX 48 85 51 74 / 0 10 10 0 Gage OK 43 76 43 70 / 0 20 20 0 Ponca City OK 41 74 50 66 / 0 40 70 10 Durant OK 49 80 57 74 / 0 40 60 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. TX...None. && 26/03/03
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 11:00 AM CST, 1 hour before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...corrected... National Weather Service Norman OK 1200 PM CDT Sat Mar 25 2017 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-261700- 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- 1200 PM CDT Sat Mar 25 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern... western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday... .Thunderstorms... There is an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms Sunday mainly east of a line from Ponca City to Enid to Watonga to Chickasha to Ringling Oklahoma. There is a slight risk of severe storms west of the enhanced risk and east of a line from Shattuck to Clinton to Lawton Oklahoma to Henrietta Texas. The timing and severity of these storms will depend on the return of low-level humidity that was pushed to near the Texas gulf coast by the cold front that went through today. However, sufficient moisture is expected to return to north Texas and Oklahoma to support severe thunderstorms developing late Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening. Supercell thunderstorms will be possible with hail to the size of golf balls and thunderstorm winds of 70 mph. Scattered thunderstorms are expected Tuesday through Thursday across much of Oklahoma and north Texas. Severe storms will be possible Tuesday and Wednesday, mainly across north Texas and southern Oklahoma. .Fire Weather... Near critical fire weather conditions will be possible on Sunday over western north Texas and southwest Oklahoma as dry and windy conditions develop west of a dryline. .Heavy rain... Heavy rain is likely across much of Oklahoma and north Texas Tuesday through Wednesday, especially central and south-central Oklahoma. Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook. .26. fixed wording in describing slight risk area Sunday.
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
- Sneakerwave in Oregon, March 25, 2017
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Missouri, March 25 to 30, 2017
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 25, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 25, 2017
- Sneakerwave in Texas, March 25, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 25, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 25, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 25, 2017
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 25 to 28, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 25, 2017
- Winter Weather in Michigan, March 25 to 26, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 25, 2017
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 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: 683779.