A 300 acre grassfire burned southeast of Blum in Hill County. One outbuilding was lost in the fire.
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A 300 acre grassfire burned southeast of Blum in Hill County. One outbuilding was lost in the fire.
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 1:40 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 240 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023 ...New Long Term... .SHORT TERM... /Issued 114 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023/ /Afternoon Through Through Thursday/ A broad, yet stout and strong (near 600 decameter) upper high will remain centered west of the area near the Four Corners/Desert SW regions, but it's grip will maintain well east over our area. Unfortunately, this means the stifling hot temperatures and for some, heat indices will continue through sunset Thursday evening. After collaboration with sister neighboring WFOs, the agreement from most was to extend the current Heat Advisory configuration through 8 pm Thursday evening. I'm doing this despite that deeper mixing that may take place and we may see some marginal values when it comes to the technical criteria. Consistency was the way to go here and the bottom line is it's going to remain very VERY HOT during peak heating hours from late morning through sunset. Lows won't give us much reprieve, as upper 70s and lower 80s will be the rule outside of some of the typical, low-lying areas that radiate better. These areas may see a 1-2 hour drop during the pre-dawn hours into the lower-mid 70s. It remains a dangerous type of heat to be outside in for any duration; especially any overexertion that could result in heat stroke. Southerly winds 10-15 mph with occasional gusts to 20 mph during prime mixing hours won't promote much relief, other than the "blow-dryer effect" many natives call it usually between mid July and mid September around these parts. 05/Martello && .LONG TERM... /NEW/ Update: No major changes were made to the forecast as the upper level high dominates over the region. The triple digit heat will continue through the end of the week and into the weekend across North and Central Texas. In addition to the hot temperatures, low afternoon relative humidity, dry fuels, and breezy winds will lead to elevated fire weather concerns each afternoon. Outside of very limited rain/storm chances across portions of the region by mid week next week, hot and dry weather will prevail. Garcia Previous Discussion: /Thursday Night Onward/ A TUTT is forecast to move over northern Mexico late this week and early this weekend, but there will be little surface reflection of this feature. The mid-level ridge will remain the predominate feature locally and keep the stagnant weather pattern in-place through the weekend. Temperatures in the mid 100s, afternoon RH between 18-22%, and increasingly dry fuels (vegetation) will elevate the fire weather threat...particularly Saturday, Sunday, and Monday across western North and Central Texas. Wind speeds of 10-15 mph will mitigate the risk of rapidly spreading fires, but it will not take much of a spark to ignite new fires in these conditions. The upper ridge will shift east and weaken in the middle to late parts of next week. This should open up the Gulf, draw moisture laden air north, and result in slightly lower afternoon highs. Unfortunately, the decrease of temperature will largely be offset by an increase of heat index. Our only glimmer of hope at this time is that some could receive enhanced seabreeze showers or thunderstorms late in the week. Bonnette && .AVIATION... /Issued 114 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023/ /18z TAFs/ No concerns. VFR with scattered cirrus/FL250. S winds will prevail at an average of 11-14 kts with the usual early evening backing to the SE, then mid-late morning veering to the SSW. Though there could be a few gusts > 20 kts, speed difference isn't significant enough to add into diurnal parts of TAF. 05/Martello && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Dallas-Ft. Worth 81 102 80 100 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 Waco 79 100 76 99 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 Paris 75 96 75 95 73 / 0 0 0 0 0 Denton 79 103 77 102 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 McKinney 77 98 75 98 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 82 102 80 100 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 Terrell 76 99 75 99 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 Corsicana 77 101 77 100 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 Temple 76 101 74 100 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 Mineral Wells 76 105 75 103 73 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Thursday for TXZ091>094-100>105- 115>120-129>134-141>145-156>159. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 259 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-271215- Montague-Cooke-Grayson-Fannin-Lamar-Young-Jack-Wise-Denton-Collin- Hunt-Delta-Hopkins-Stephens-Palo Pinto-Parker-Tarrant-Dallas- Rockwall-Kaufman-Van Zandt-Rains-Eastland-Erath-Hood-Somervell- Johnson-Ellis-Henderson-Comanche-Mills-Hamilton-Bosque-Hill-Navarro- Freestone-Anderson-Lampasas-Coryell-Bell-McLennan-Falls-Limestone- Leon-Milam-Robertson- 259 PM CDT Wed Jul 26 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for North and Central Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Hot conditions will increase the threat for heat related illnesses this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hot conditions will increase the threat for heat related illnesses each afternoon. There will be an elevated threat for wildfires along and west of I- 35 each day. Please do your part to prevent wildfires. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Blum Fire was located approximately 3.5 miles south of Blum along FM 933 and burned 300 acres. An outbuilding was lost in the fire. The fire was nearly fully contained by the end of the month but some small mop up continued into early August.
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