Well, for weeks now we have discussed this
heat we are experiencing in North Texas.
It should be taken seriously
and here's a reminder.
We are seeing wildfires as an issue not
just across Texas around the globe.
As well. Crews dealing with
similar issues in France too.
The hottest stretch of the year has
first responders using just about
every resource to try to contain the
thousands of acres that continue to burn.
This morning. I'm Marcus.
Good morning, I'm Kara soul.
The fire danger only grows as we do.
Continue to heat up, Greg.
We're already nearing
90 degrees this morning.
We've barely reached 5:00 o'clock,
so let's talk about this heat and
the warning for people out there.
Yeah, we mentioned the FBI danger.
That's certainly going to be a critical,
extreme fire danger with dealing with that.
The red flag warning that we do
have in effect for the area today.
There's a look at that.
All of North Central Texas included in that.
That is today and tomorrow with
the red flag warning out there.
So again, we do have the very dry
out vegetation that we know with the.
Hot conditions those winds gonna be a
little bit gustier and the intense heats
and let's all come in together to create
the fire conditions across North Texas.
We'll have more on that for
you coming up in just a bit.
Now we know it's been hot that
continues across the North Texas.
The excessive heat warning and heat advisory.
Those have been extended right
on through Wednesday evening now,
so we're talking about temperatures
1:05 to 1:10 and the heat index.
It's going to be a pretty close to the
actual temperature over the next few days.
But when we're talking about
daytime highs close to 1:10,
yeah, that's a very hot across
the area near record highs.
In fact, as we go through the day.
Mentioned those temperatures,
it's 86 in Fair Park,
so we're not cooling off a whole lot.
We'll drop another couple
of degrees before sunrise,
but likely not getting below
80 degrees this morning.
Already feeling like it's 90
out there for you right now.
We'll have those temperatures upper
80s heading out to Denton at 8788
in Decatur and those low mid 80s.
Heading on out to Canton right now at
82 and 85 in Greenville so aggravated
that is our word for the day.
Try not to lose your cool out there.
Please do practice heat safety as
we go through the day as we're
looking at those temperatures that
will be climbing quickly.
As we go through the day,
topping out right around 1:07 to 108 on
record high as it stands now is 108.
So we're gonna be in the neighborhood
of that,
maybe even exceeding that a
little bit later on.
So we've been talking about the fires
that are going on across the North Texas.
We have Chris Sodeke,
who's out in Palo Pinto County large
fire that they're battling out there.
What are the conditions like now,
Chris?
Well Greg, we are here probably
about 2 miles away from
what I can tell where we saw the smoke
yesterday here on Possum Kingdom,
Kingdom Lake on FM 1148.
You can see they've got the road shut down.
There's also a shelter right here
and that is where people who had to
be evacuated where they're staying.
It does not look like there's just a whole
heck of a lot of people at the shelter,
so perhaps not a whole lot of
people in the line of danger,
but let's show you just what
they were dealing with yesterday
with this huge plume of smoke.
In this fire and just how difficult it was,
according to firefighters
to get to this fire.
Because in a bit of good news they say the
wind pushed the fire up into this hilly area.
Now that I say good news because
there's no homes in that area,
it's not as populated.
The downside of that though is
that's an area that makes it
extremely difficult to put out.
In fact,
at last check only about 10% containment
last night and it had burned 500 acres.
The homes lost the number we got at
last check again late last night.
Five homes lost and also
five outbuildings loss.
This is on the lake.
A lot of vacation homes in the area but
right now hopefully it stays at that number,
just five.
The.
The the area has dealt with this
before is extremely dry as it is
back in 2011 they had a similar fire.
It was an extremely dry year that year.
We've done a lot of comparing to this year.
They expect this year to be even
more dry and right now we cannot
tell because of the darkness.
How that smoke cloud?
If it's still there.
If they've been able to contain it at all.
Like I said,
10% containment at last check,
but as the Sun comes up this morning
we should have a better idea.
Of where the fire is going,
where that smoke is.
We're also checking in trying to get
an update from the Forest Service,
so this is something that we will
update throughout the morning.
Cara back to you
know we appreciate the perspective.
Thank you so much, Chris. For the update.
We're also keeping our eye on a large
fire in Somerville County near Glen
Rose that is southeast of Fort Worth.
So if you have plans to visit the Dinosaur
Valley State Park and the wildlife preserve,
keep checking in to make sure
your trip is still a go.
Now a lot of tourists frequent this area.
This fire has burned about 1200.
Speakers and is now 5% contained.
Authorities have set-up a Center
for displaced residents and they're
working now to relocate animals.
You're getting a good aerial view,
right there.
Gives you some perspective
as to how large it is.
Kaufman County issued a disaster
declaration last night due to a large
wildfire that broke out Sunday afternoon.
On that fire is contained,
but continues to burn,
and county officials warn it could
get worse over the next few days.
Of course, with the heat and
potential fire dangers we want you
to make sure you can stay as safe.
As possible by downloading our
WFAA app to keep up with the
weather right where you are.