Jason Boggs
At about 3:00 pm a large fire started in SW Amarillo. As it is right now, one mobile home has been confirmed to be destroyed. The TX forest service has a helicopter releasing retardant to try to contain the fire. Roads around the SW part of the city are closed down for obvious reasons. Winds are sustained here at 37mph (gusting to 50) with a Td of 8 which gives us a RH of about 6%. Temp is 83 so this isn't helping much either.
EDIT: 3 structures have now been destroyed.
Here is the latest report from the NWS:
NWUS54 KAMA 161228
LSRAMA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
727 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM WILDFIRE 9 SW AMARILLO 35.11N 101.93W
04/15/2006 RANDALL TX NEWSPAPER
WILDFIRE STARTED NEAR SONCY ROAD AND WEST 81ST AVENUE
AND BURNED 42 ACRES. ONE MOBILE HOME...FIVE
OUTBUILDINGS...AND THREE VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED. ONE
FIREFIGHTER WAS INJURED. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE
EVACUATED.
&&
$$
KJS
WWWW
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EDIT: 3 structures have now been destroyed.
Here is the latest report from the NWS:
NWUS54 KAMA 161228
LSRAMA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
727 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM WILDFIRE 9 SW AMARILLO 35.11N 101.93W
04/15/2006 RANDALL TX NEWSPAPER
WILDFIRE STARTED NEAR SONCY ROAD AND WEST 81ST AVENUE
AND BURNED 42 ACRES. ONE MOBILE HOME...FIVE
OUTBUILDINGS...AND THREE VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED. ONE
FIREFIGHTER WAS INJURED. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE
EVACUATED.
&&
$$
KJS
WWWW
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