Wildfire in Grimes, Texas

Wildfire September 5, 2011 – September 15, 2011 · Grimes, Texas

$7.0M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The fire was ignited during a period of high winds and dry relative humidity, and burned around 18960 acres. Twenty-three structures were damaged and 76 were destroyed.

The wider storm

Gusty winds and dry air on the northwest flank of Tropical Storm Lee helped to ignite the Riley Rd fire which burned around 19000 acres of Waller, Grimes and Montgomery Counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 349605. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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