LSRAMA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
854 PM CST THU JAN 22 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1044 AM WILDFIRE 2 ENE STINNETT 35.83N 101.40W
01/19/2009 M718 ACRE HUTCHINSON TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
THE EAST BROADWAY WILDFIRE BEGAN JUST OFF THE ROADWAY
ON FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1526 AND CONSUMED SEVEN HUNDRED
AND EIGHTEEN ACRES. THE ACREAGE BURNED WAS MEASURED
USING GPS. THE CAUSE OF THE WILDFIRE IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION BY THE HUTCHINSON COUNTY FIRE MARSHALS
OFFICE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE
REPORTED...HOWEVER THERE WAS ONE NEAR MISS. A TOTAL OF
SEVEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO THE WILDFIRE. THE
WILDFIRE WAS CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 1430 CST.
0348 PM WILDFIRE 5 SW GUYMON 36.64N 101.55W
01/19/2009 E350 ACRE TEXAS OK FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
*** 1 INJ *** WILDFIRE OCCURRED ON U.S. HIGHWAY 54 AND
WAS CAUSED BY HAY TRUCK WHICH HAD CAUGHT FIRE. HIGH
WINDS DROVE THE FIRE DIRECTLY TOWARD HOMES AND OTHER
PROPERTY. THE DRIVER OF THE HAY TRUCK RECEIVED BURN
INJURIES TO HIS HANDS AND ARMS. THE
TRUCK...TRAILER...AND STACKS OF HAY WERE DESTROYED BY
THE FIRE AND SEVERAL ABANDONED VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED. NO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED...ALTHOUGH SEVERAL HOMES
AND OTHER STRUCTURES WERE THREATENED. THERE WAS ALSO
DAMAGE TO THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THE DIRECT AND LASTING FIRE
FROM THE TRUCK AND TRAILER. THE WILDFIRE WAS FINALLY
EXTINGUISHED AROUND 2300 CST. THE GUYMON FIRE DEPARTMENT
WAS ASSISTED BY GOODWELL FD...TEXHOMA FD...TEXAS COUNTY
NUMBER2...TEXAS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OKLAHOMA
HIGHWAY PATROL...TEXAS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE...AND
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA0900932 AMA0900933
$$
KJS
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