KEWX [070239]: Preliminary Local Storm Report...summary

NWUS54 KEWX 070239
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
939 PM CDT TUE SEP 06 2011

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

0633 PM WILDFIRE PFLUGERVILLE 30.44N 97.62W
09/04/2011 E20 ACRE TRAVIS TX FOREST SERVICE

THE FIRE WAS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PFLUGER
STREET AND WILLOW STREET...THREATENED 192 HOMES...AND
THE FIRE IS 45 PERCENT CONTAINED AT THIS TIME.

0633 PM WILDFIRE 5 ENE PFLUGERVILLE 30.47N 97.55W
09/04/2011 E325 ACRE TRAVIS TX FOREST SERVICE

200 HOMES SAVED...325 ACRES BURNED AND IS 100 PERCENT
CONTAINED.

0823 PM WILDFIRE 1 E CIRCLE D-KC ESTATES 30.16N 97.22W
09/04/2011 E34000 ACRE BASTROP TX FOREST SERVICE

*** 2 FATAL *** 550 HOMES DESTROYED...0 PERCENT
CONTAINED...FIRE CAUSED HIGHWAYS 21 AND 71 TO
CLOSE...AND AT ONE TIME WAS 16 MILES BY 6 MILES. THE
FIRE IS LOCATED NEAR FM 1441 AND HIGHWAY 21. 2000 TO
3000 ACRES OF THE 6500 ACRE BASTROP STATE PARK HAS
BURNED. THE FIRE STARTED IN CIRCLE-D AROUND NOON AND
MERGED WITH A SECOND FIRE JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 290. THE
FIRE CROSSED THE COLORADO RIVER IN TWO PLACES.

0829 PM WILDFIRE 7 NNE LA GRANGE 30.00N 96.84W
09/04/2011 E2700 ACRE FAYETTE TX FOREST SERVICE

14 HOMES LOST...1 TRACTOR LOST...30 HOMES
THREATENED...AND THE FIRE IS 95 PERCENT CONTAINED.

0843 PM WILDFIRE 2 N MANSFIELD DAM 30.36N 97.90W
09/04/2011 E125 ACRE TRAVIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR

35 HOMES LOST...30 HOMES DAMAGED...FIRE WAS LOCATED IN
STEINER RANCH NEAR RANCH ROAD 620 AND MANSFIELD
DAM...AND FORCED THE CLOSURE OF RANCH ROAD 620 AT
STEINER RANCH. THE FIRE IS 40 PERCENT CONTAINED.

1053 PM WILDFIRE 8 E LOCKHART 29.88N 97.54W
09/04/2011 E6000 ACRE CALDWELL TX FOREST SERVICE

8000 ACRES ESTIMATED...20 HOMES SAVED...6 HOMES
LOST...AND THE FIRE WAS 60 PERCENT CONTAINED. FIRE WAS
NEAR SPANISH OAKS AND OLD COLONY ROAD.

1107 PM WILDFIRE 4 WSW BRIARCLIFF 30.38N 98.10W
09/04/2011 E6500 ACRE TRAVIS TX FOREST SERVICE

67 HOMES DESTROYED...500 THREATENED...80 PERCENT
CONTAINED AND HAS JUMPED THE PEDERNALES RIVER. THIS FIRE
ALSO FORCED THE CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 71.

1153 AM WILDFIRE 1 ENE WYLDWOOD 30.13N 97.46W
09/05/2011 E800 ACRE BASTROP TX FOREST SERVICE

28 HOMES LOST...159 HOMES THREATENED...13 OUTBUILDINGS
LOST...200 HOMES EVACUATED...20 PERCENT CONTAINED...AND
THE FIRE CROSSED HIGHWAY 21.

0500 PM WILDFIRE 4 NNE HOLLYWOOD PARK 29.65N 98.45W
09/05/2011 E210 ACRE BEXAR TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR INJURIES BUT TWO APARTMENT
COMPLEXES WERE EVACUATED.

0643 PM WILDFIRE LEANDER 30.56N 97.86W
09/05/2011 E75 ACRE WILLIAMSON TX FOREST SERVICE

*** 2 INJ *** 12 HOMES DESTROYED...10 HOMES
DAMAGED...WITH 100 HOMES THREATENED. THE FIRE WAS NEAR
MOONGLOW AND HONEYSUCKLE WAY AND IS NOW 100 PERCENT
CONTAINED. 2 FIREFIGHTERS SUSTAINED NON-LIFE THREATENING
INJURIES.

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EVENT NUMBER EWX1100296 EWX1100297 EWX1100298 EWX1100299 EWX1100300
EWX1100301 EWX1100302 EWX1100305 EWX1100304 EWX1100303

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CJM

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