Above: GOES 16 satellite image of the Mallard Fire at 3:22 p.m. CDT May 11, 2018.
(Updated at 8:08 p.m. CDT May 11, 2018)
The time-lapse video below is mesmerizing!!
Amazing Video! Time lapse we shot this afternoon of a massive wildfire burning near our house here in the #Texas Panhandle. Awe-inspiring and terrifying! Grateful for our firefighers and first responders! #wildfire #timelapse #mallardfire pic.twitter.com/crNo13qSvj
— TwoForTheRoad (@twofortheroadtv) May 11, 2018
This video of the pyrocumulus cloud created by the #MallardFire in Armstrong County was taken by ABC 7 Chief Photographer Steve Douglass. pic.twitter.com/uHrf6jmr3J
— ABC 7 Amarillo (@ABC7Amarillo) May 12, 2018
Serious weather nerd moment but absolutely amazing watching the #MallardFire form pyrocumulonimbus & severe thunderstorms over the Texas panhandle. Look at that lightning activity! Wow! #TXwx #PHwx #OKwx #TXfire pic.twitter.com/poozQuipF5
— Zach Stanford (@zachstanford) May 12, 2018
Well that certainly is impressive. Even more-so if you could see it in full resolution. pic.twitter.com/x7CIYkbKbs
— Matthew Dux (@MatthewDux) May 11, 2018
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(Originally published at 4:37 p.m. CDT May 11, 2018)
A large wildfire is moving through Armstrong County in the Texas panhandle 32 miles southeast of Amarillo and 18 miles southwest of Clarendon. Friday afternoon the Texas Forest Service said it had burned approximately 34,000 acres.
On Thursday the Summer Field Fire merged with the Mallard Fire. Large air tankers, SEATs, and helicopters have been working the fire since Wednesday. A very large air tanker was ordered Thursday.
#MallardFire in Armstrong County, Incident Command Post for the Mallard Fire is at Randall County Event Center, 1111 East Loop 335 south, Amarillo, Texas. Fire Information phone line is 432-558-8311 #txfire pic.twitter.com/BNxg0qWVlh
— Incident Information – Texas A&M Forest Service (@AllHazardsTFS) May 11, 2018
The photo below is from Friday:
Incident Update: #MallardFire in Armstrong County, for information on this incident please call 432-558-8311. #txfire pic.twitter.com/R4PomCFlMi
— Incident Information – Texas A&M Forest Service (@AllHazardsTFS) May 11, 2018
Below is a photo from Thursday:
Incident Update: #MallardFire in Armstrong County, extreme fire behavior, local volunteer fire departments and TFS ground and air resources including three large air tankers, three single-engine air tankers, air attack aircraft and large helicopter have been assisting. #txfire pic.twitter.com/GlE2oXJYkP
— Incident Information – Texas A&M Forest Service (@AllHazardsTFS) May 10, 2018
The fire is putting up a huge column of smoke and is creating a large pyrocumulus cloud blowing off to the east.
Impressive pyrocumulus spawned by large Armstrong Co fire in TX Pnhdl now has lightning with it according to GLM. #txwx #NOAA #mallardfire pic.twitter.com/NLqXdaRflW
— Steve Cobb (@imnotycobb) May 11, 2018
Looking at potential size sorting in #MallardFire plume, lightning from the pyroCb, wondering if they may be connected…got me feeling all pic.twitter.com/7WQJN8JPqj
— Sean Luchs (@LuchsLikeRain) May 11, 2018
