Plenty of fuel and dry, windy conditions provided the right conditions for the Brush Top Wildfire.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Plenty of fuel and dry, windy conditions provided the right conditions for the Brush Top Wildfire.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 24, 11:51 AM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service SAN ANGELO TX 1151 AM CST Tue Jan 24 2017 .UPDATE... With temperatures quickly warming to near the forecast highs late this morning across parts of our central and southern counties, a forecast update is needed to raise afternoon high temperatures. Still expecting highs to remain below the records at Abilene and San Angelo. && .AVIATION... /18Z TAFS/ VFR conditions and mostly clear skies will continue through the next 24 hours. The main TAF issue will be with the higher wind speeds and gusts at the KABI terminal this afternoon. Winds will continue to veer to the west-southwest this afternoon. Winds will decrease by this evening. On Wednesday, west winds will veer to the northwest, and will become gusty again by afternoon. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 505 AM CST Tue Jan 24 2017/ AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/ Gusty south winds at KABI and KSJT will shift west southwest by Noon as a surface low develops in the Panhandle. Wind gusts of 30 and 27 KTS respectively are expected at KABI and KSJT midday through late afternoon...and will bring strong crosswinds to north to south runways. Winds will decrease below 12 KTS by 6 PM. VFR otherwise. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 414 AM CST Tue Jan 24 2017/ SHORT TERM... (Today and Tonight) .A red flag warning for fire weather has been issued for the Big Country and portions of the Concho Valley this afternoon... A strong surface low will move out of southeast Colorado east into Kansas today. This will result is breezy southwest winds, especially across the Big County and Northern Concho Valley this afternoon. Southwest downslope winds will bring temperatures well above normal into the mid and upper 70s...and combined with the winds...bring critical fire danger in the afternoon to areas along and north of a Mertzon...San Angelo...Ballinger...Baird line. The All Blends model has underdone the temperatures and winds the last several runs and the GFS...while close on temperatures...has underdone the winds. Perhaps they are not catching some of the stronger mixing and instability. Thus...went a few degrees warmer toward the GFS MOS and increased wind speeds by 3 to 4 KTS in the afternoon. Winds will weaken quickly late this afternoon however. This along with clear skies and a dry atmosphere will allow temperatures to drop in the upper 30s to lower 40s. A cold front will be dropping in toward sunrise in the northern Big Country...shifting winds to the northwest. LONG TERM... (Wednesday through Monday) .Dry and Cool... The long term remains dry, with temperatures at or slightly cooler than seasonal normals. High pressure will dominate through the end of this week; then, another cold front Friday will extend the cool temperatures through the weekend. For the start of the following work week, temperatures will begin a rebound, with afternoon highs Monday in the 60 to 65 range. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 39 54 30 56 / 5 0 0 0 San Angelo 40 59 31 59 / 0 0 0 0 Junction 41 61 31 61 / 5 5 5 0 Brownwood 40 58 32 57 / 5 5 5 0 Sweetwater 38 53 31 55 / 0 0 0 0 Ozona 39 60 29 59 / 0 0 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning until 6 PM CST this evening for Callahan-Coke- Fisher-Haskell-Irion-Jones-Nolan-Runnels-Shackelford-Sterling- Taylor-Throckmorton-Tom Green. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 604 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-251215- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 604 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND PORTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY...AS WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINE WITH A DRY ATMOSPHERE AND STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS. AVOID OUTSIDE BURNING AND ACTIVITIES THAT MAY PRODUCE A SPARK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A large wildfire broke out about 9 miles north of Sonora in Sutton County. The fire burned about 650 acres as it expanded north into Schleicher County.
A large wildfire broke out about 9 miles north of Sonora in Sutton County. The fire burned about 650 acres as it expanded north into Schleicher County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 681786, 681787.