Sunday, April 5, 2009

KAMA [052117]: Preliminary Local Storm Report...corrected

NWUS54 KAMA 052117
LSRAMA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
417 PM CDT SUN APR 05 2009

..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

1230 PM WILDFIRE 16 SW WHEELER 35.28N 100.48W
04/04/2009 E15000 ACRE WHEELER TX EMERGENCY MNGR

FIVE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES...THREE NON RESIDENTIAL
STRUCTURES...ONE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND TWENTY SIX
OUTBUILDINGS WERE LOST. TWELVE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES
WERE DAMAGED. THREE HUNDRED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WERE
THREATENED. TWO FIRE FIGHTERS WERE INJURED DUE TO SMOKE
INHALATION AND ONE FIRE FIGHTER WAS INJURED DUE TO HEAT
EXHAUSTION. TWO FIRE FIGHTERS WERE RELEASED...HOWEVER
ONE FIRE FIGHTER WAS STILL UNDER CARE. THE WILDFIRE
REPORTEDLY CONSUMED AN ESTIMATED FIFTEEN THOUSAND
ACRES...ALTHOUGH THIS IS A VERY ROUGH PRELIMINARY
ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME. AN ESTIMATED THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE
HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM THE TOWN OF WHEELER TO ELK CITY
OKLAHOMA. AS OF APRIL 5...THE WILDFIRE WAS ONLY 25
PERCENT CONTAINED.


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CORRECTED EVENT...REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER AMA0901226

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KJS

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