KSGF [081802]: Preliminary Local Storm Report

NWUS53 KSGF 081802
LSRSGF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1202 PM CST THU MAR 08 2012

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

0800 PM WILDFIRE BENNETT SPRINGS 37.73N 92.86W
03/06/2012 DALLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR

A LARGE BRUSH FIRE NEAR BENNET SPRING STATE PARK CONSUMED
250 ACRES OF GRASS AND BRUSH AND SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED
ONE HOME. ADDITIONAL GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES NEAR FALCON
BURNED 150 ACRES...ELDRIDGE 400 ACRES AND SEVERAL SMALLER
FIRES TOTALING 200 ACRES OCCURED DURING THE DAY AS WELL.
TOTAL ACREAGE LOST WAS 1000 ACRES.

0800 PM WILDFIRE ELKTON 37.85N 93.43W
03/06/2012 HICKORY MO BROADCAST MEDIA

A NATURAL COVER FIRE CONSUMED NEARLY 1000 ACRES ALONG
HIGHWAY RB SOUTHWEST OF POMME DE TERRE LAKE DURING THE
DAY. SEVERAL LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED TO
CONTROL THE FIRE.

0800 PM WILDFIRE LEADMINE 37.84N 92.96W
03/06/2012 DALLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR

FIREFIGTHERS CONTAINED AN 1800 ACRE FIRE IN THE
WINCHESTER GAP DEVELOPMENT THAT CONSUMED 3 VEHICLES...A
MOTERCYCLE...6 OUTBUILDING A BOAT AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE
TO ONE HOME. NEARLY 150 PEPOLE WERE EVECUATED AS THE FIRE
BURNED QUICKLY DUE TO HIGH WINDS.

0800 PM WILDFIRE ROLLA 37.95N 91.77W
03/06/2012 PHELPS MO EMERGENCY MNGR

SEVERAL GRASS AND NATURAL COVER WILDFIRES OCCURED ACROSS
THE COUNTY DURING THE DAY. A 1400 ACRE FIRE IN THE JEROME
AND ARLINGTON AREAS CONSUMED AN ABANDONED HOTEL AND HOME
AND BRIEFLY CLOSED PROTIONS OF I44 DUE TO SMOKE AS THE
FIRE JUMPED THE INTERSTATE. A 400 ACRE FIRE ALONG ROUTE C
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY CONSUMED A HOME AN
OUTBUILDING AND 3 VEHICLES BEFORE BEING CONTAINED. A 100
ACRE FIRE ALONG ROUTE E...ALSO IN NORTHWESTERN PHELPS
COUNTY CONSUMED 3 VEHICLES.

0800 PM WILDFIRE 2 SSE OSAGE BEACH 38.12N 92.60W
03/06/2012 CAMDEN MO PARK/FOREST SRVC

A GRASS AND WOODLAND FIRE CONSUMED 206 ACRES DURING THE
DAY IN THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS STATE PARK. NO PROPERTY
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.

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