The combination of warm, dry and breezy conditions created favorable conditions for fire starts and spread.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
The combination of warm, dry and breezy conditions created favorable conditions for fire starts and spread.
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 24, 8:29 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 929 PM CDT Mon Mar 24 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 926 PM CDT Mon Mar 24 2025 - Elevated fire conditions will continue this afternoon with warm, breezy, and dry conditions. - Strong to an isolated severe storm is possible Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Otherwise, increasing rain and thunderstorm chances expected late Tuesday through early next week. - Elevated to near-critical fire conditions may return Thursday across northern Oklahoma and again Saturday across western Oklahoma and adjacent portions of western north Texas. && .NEAR TERM... (Rest of today and tonight) Issued at 221 PM CDT Mon Mar 24 2025 Temperatures will continue to warm to above normal today under mostly sunny skies and low-end breezy south winds ahead of the lee trough. Elevated fire weather concerns will continue into this evening, but quickly diminish near or after sunset with cooling temperatures and recovering relative humidity values. Clearing skies tonight and continued light winds will give way to radiational cooling with low temperatures in the 40s. The cold front will begin to push into northern Oklahoma early tomorrow morning, bringing light north winds. && .SHORT TERM... (Tuesday through Wednesday night) Issued at 221 PM CDT Mon Mar 24 2025 The cold front will continue to push south across Oklahoma Tuesday morning and into north Texas by the afternoon hours where it will stall across Texas along a line roughly from Lubbock to Dallas. Despite the cold front, the bulk of the cold air advection will keep farther northeast with the main wave across the Midwest into the Ohio Valley. Additionally, with the weak front southerly surface flow ahead of the front will still give way to warm air advection and temperatures in the upper 70s to 80s and even approaching the 90s across portions of north Texas. Warm moist Gulf air will advect northward around the 850 and 700mb high over Texas and move over the front with isentropic lift generating a corridor for increased precipitation chances south of I- 40 and into north Texas Tuesday evening and into Wednesday morning. A weak disturbance in the northwesterly flow aloft may provide enough dynamical lift to support strong to isolated severe thunderstorms. The better chance for a severe storm will be across southern Oklahoma and into north Texas. Storms are expected to be elevated behind the front with the main threat being hail, but gusty winds may be possible. With the northwesterly flow aloft, storm motion will generally be southeast with development mainly along an axis from Elk City to Durant. PWATs will generally be around 0.75" to 1", which will support localized heavy rainfall. Generally, less than 0.25" of rainfall is expected with any overnight activity with the highest amounts near south central Oklahoma and into north Texas. Rainfall chances will diminish through the day Wednesday, but continued warm air advection will give way to temperatures warming into the 70s and 80s again. The only caveat to temperatures Wednesday will be the potential for lingering clouds from the early morning showers and storms, which may keep temperatures cooler in the area where rain chances are the greatest. Overnight Wednesday, continued increased low-level moisture will bring in low clouds and the potential for some light rain showers. Increased cloud cover will also give way to more mild temperatures overnight into Thursday morning with lows in the 50s. && .LONG TERM... (Thursday through Sunday) Issued at 325 AM CDT Mon Mar 24 2025 Ensemble and deterministic guidance continue to indicate a pattern change the latter half of the week with a more active southern jet stream with embedded shortwaves moving into the Southern Plains. One embedded wave is forecast to approach late Thursday into Friday with a chance for rain; however, there remains uncertainty on the exact latitude of the wave's track (which will modulate the highest chance for rainfall). Currently, the highest chance for rain is across the southern half of the area. Another wave is forecast to approach by the weekend; however, the dryslot may limit rain across parts of the area. Therefore, even with the pattern change, rain is not a guarantee (especially across the entire area). In addition, with the approach of these shortwaves, surface winds will likely be stronger. As a result, fire weather conditions will likely increase across parts of the area. Currently, the highest chance for this is across western Oklahoma and adjacent parts of north Texas on Saturday due to the aforementioned dryslot. Mahale && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 926 PM CDT Mon Mar 24 2025 High clouds will continue to stream across the area tonight into Tuesday. Scattered low/mid clouds will be possible Tuesday evening. Winds will shift towards the NE Tuesday as a boundary moves south across the area. Some showers and maybe a few storms will be possible starting Tuesday evening generally along/south of I-40. However, chances are too low at this time for mention in any TAF. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 50 80 53 76 / 0 0 30 20 Hobart OK 46 82 51 76 / 0 0 30 20 Wichita Falls TX 49 87 55 80 / 0 10 40 30 Gage OK 41 79 45 77 / 0 0 10 10 Ponca City OK 47 79 49 77 / 0 0 0 10 Durant OK 52 85 56 75 / 0 0 40 40 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. TX...None. && NEAR TERM...23 SHORT TERM...23 LONG TERM....10 AVIATION...25
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Half Bank Road Fire burned 498 acres in central Atoka County. The control/end time of the fire is estimated.
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