Kristi Branstetter
Stay safe, Karla! Let us know how you are.
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OK wildfires
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Jason Young
EF2
Chris,
I would say this is the top one. next I would say the Great Ardmore Fire that leveled the town when a train blowed up . But this is bad . It aint just Okc. There is one between I-35 and Davis , Healton , Vilma , and South of Durant . These fire's are so crazy , Fire's are a bigger news than the tornado's.
I would say this is the top one. next I would say the Great Ardmore Fire that leveled the town when a train blowed up . But this is bad . It aint just Okc. There is one between I-35 and Davis , Healton , Vilma , and South of Durant . These fire's are so crazy , Fire's are a bigger news than the tornado's.
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CZandbergen
EF2
Just returned home from chasing in SC KS. It seemed as though something was on fire all the way from Barnstall to the KS border. At times the smoke was so thick you really couldn't see to drive. On the drive back into Tulsa this evening downtown Tulsa was obscured by smoke as well.
Kristi Branstetter
I am listening to a live stream from OK City's Channel 9.
Kristi
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Karla Dorman
Kristi,
Thank you for inquiring after my safety. Appreciate it. 10 counties were/are under fire warnings; some property damage, but no lives lost. Thank God. We're fine, for now -
Video upload http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiFdJ9J5KYw
Two stills of the smoke filled skies -
Video and stills (c) 2009, Karla Dorman
No fires here. Yet. Say a prayer -
Thank you for inquiring after my safety. Appreciate it. 10 counties were/are under fire warnings; some property damage, but no lives lost. Thank God. We're fine, for now -
Video upload http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiFdJ9J5KYw
Two stills of the smoke filled skies -
Video and stills (c) 2009, Karla Dorman
No fires here. Yet. Say a prayer -
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Brandon Headley
Posted a few pics on blogs. More to come. These are from the Midwest City fires.http://brandonstormchasing.blogspot.com/
Brandon Headley
Looks like the Midwest City/Choctaw fires are getting under control. Some hotspots still flaring up. Wind speeds are slowing slightly with gusts still in the 20s-low 30s out of the N NW. Looks like the wind shift helped the fire fighters on the ground. Those guys are doing the best they can, but they are stretched thin and have been going at it for 7+ hours.
Paul Austin
I had some trouble getting this file to work properly. Hopefully this works for you. Just click on the pic below to launch the animation in a separate window/tab. It might take a minute to load all the images, but it should play smoothly and loop (provided your browser plays flash files).
This is an animated visible satellite image centered on ICT for the day of 4/9 beginning around 19z thru sunset. The smoke plumes are easily seen across northern TX and southern OK. Note the plumes' abrupt northward turn along the dry line, indicating the very strong southerlies. What I find interesting is the lack of obvious smoke plumes in central OK until immediately after the dry line passage. I don't know if fires were ongoing and exploded with the strong west wind, or if the initial cu development initiated fires through cg's. Regardless, the loss of property and possible life loss/injury is very sad. It reminds me of FL a couple of times during the last decade. And yes, the smoke will make life, and breathing especially, very difficult for a while. I hope things improve moisture-wise and rain-wise soon, and not just for our hobby. You guys need rain badly.
I posted in the NOW thread that the drought in the southeast has been almost eliminated (at least for now along the gulf). Portions of I-10 in the panhandle could actually be closed due to flooding beginning tomorrow. What a reversal. Wish I could send some of the four months worth of rain we've gotten in the past couple of weeks back your way. The southern plains are in my prayers.
This is an animated visible satellite image centered on ICT for the day of 4/9 beginning around 19z thru sunset. The smoke plumes are easily seen across northern TX and southern OK. Note the plumes' abrupt northward turn along the dry line, indicating the very strong southerlies. What I find interesting is the lack of obvious smoke plumes in central OK until immediately after the dry line passage. I don't know if fires were ongoing and exploded with the strong west wind, or if the initial cu development initiated fires through cg's. Regardless, the loss of property and possible life loss/injury is very sad. It reminds me of FL a couple of times during the last decade. And yes, the smoke will make life, and breathing especially, very difficult for a while. I hope things improve moisture-wise and rain-wise soon, and not just for our hobby. You guys need rain badly.
I posted in the NOW thread that the drought in the southeast has been almost eliminated (at least for now along the gulf). Portions of I-10 in the panhandle could actually be closed due to flooding beginning tomorrow. What a reversal. Wish I could send some of the four months worth of rain we've gotten in the past couple of weeks back your way. The southern plains are in my prayers.
Jim Saueressig
EF5
Sure looks suspicious how they are all in such a line going north.
Paul Austin
Yeah, I hadn't really thought of that. Great observation.
Chris Vagasky
EF3
What do you mean by that? There shouldn't be anything suspicious about fires developing along a major North-South road (I-35)...
I mean...dry conditions + drivers smoking and flicking their cigarettes out the window = wildfire waiting to happen. Just looking at that picture, I count 8 wildfires that are close to/straddling a major highway. Yes, I drew the highways on there and they aren't exactly in the right spot, but they are close.
Paul:
It seemed to me that the fires got started after the dryline passage. It wasn't likely caused by CGs, because the initial Cu buildup wasn't Cb in nature. I would suspect that a large number of the fires were caused by people being irresponsible with cigarette butts.
Jason A.C. Brock
fires
Some of these fires were caused by winds to 76 mph along the cool front downing trees and or powerlines. Also in winds like that the wires will sway and snap together making a spark. A day like this a hot exhaust .....a shiney coke can or bottle....grass fires get caused a number of ways. Im sure a few were started from people burning trash or their old brush. Not every county down here had a burn ban....they should of had one....but thats another long story that after this weekends rain will make them delay it even longer. Everyone be careful we had a pretty good one near Electra today as well. Could smell smoke for awhile. They were able to get it under control but it did take a couple apartments 1st.
PLEASE LET IT RAIN LORD....ITS GETTING NOT FUNNY FAST.
Some of these fires were caused by winds to 76 mph along the cool front downing trees and or powerlines. Also in winds like that the wires will sway and snap together making a spark. A day like this a hot exhaust .....a shiney coke can or bottle....grass fires get caused a number of ways. Im sure a few were started from people burning trash or their old brush. Not every county down here had a burn ban....they should of had one....but thats another long story that after this weekends rain will make them delay it even longer. Everyone be careful we had a pretty good one near Electra today as well. Could smell smoke for awhile. They were able to get it under control but it did take a couple apartments 1st.
PLEASE LET IT RAIN LORD....ITS GETTING NOT FUNNY FAST.
Greg Blumberg
EF4
I took a couple of photos from the wildfire I passed and thought I ought to share them here.
Outside the National Weather Center:
On I-44:
Outside the National Weather Center:
On I-44:
Tim Vasquez
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I tried to get a picture of the weird sunlight color coming into our living room, this in the first minute that I suspected something weird was going on in Oklahoma, but the picture shows much more neutral colors than I remember. I wonder if my camera (Pentax A20) is automatically white balancing. If so I may have to contemplate shutting off that "feature" and white balance in Photoshop if I really need it.
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Jim Cross
EF1
A.P. Reporting the Midwest City fire was intentionally set according to Fire Marshall Mike Lojka.
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