The Tatton Aide Fire was a large grass fire North of Holiday Beach off Highway 35 near Cavasso Creek in Aransas County. The exact acreage was unknown at the time of this writing.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
The Tatton Aide Fire was a large grass fire North of Holiday Beach off Highway 35 near Cavasso Creek in Aransas County. The exact acreage was unknown at the time of this writing. Due to the rural area no structures were threatened and the fire was allowed to burn.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 5, 8:41 PM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
841 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
.UPDATE...TRIMMED BACK THE WIND ADVY TO ONLY THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST
COASTAL BEND THROUGH 04Z. WL CONTINUE THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH
05Z GIVEN THE LOWER WIND THRESHOLDS AND CONTNIUED VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES. SCALED BACK POPS TO JUST A SMALL SLIVER OF THE
EXTREME NORTHEAST AREAS. KCRP 88D WAS STILL SHOWING ISOLATED
SHOWERS ALONG THE FNT IN THIS RGN AS IT PUSHED SEWD. THESE SHOWERS
WL END WITHIN THE NEXT 2 HOURS. OTHERWISE...A DRYING AND COOLING
TREND IS EXPECTED. POST-FNTL CLOUDS WL GRADUALLY CLEAR OUT TNT AS
NWLY FLOW DEEPENS.
&&
.MARINE...BUMPED UP WINDS TO THE HIGH-END RANGE OF SMALL CRAFT
ADVY BASED UPON CURRENT AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS. MSAS CONTINUED TO
SHOW 5-6MB PRESSURE RISES YET TO AFFECT THE WATERS. GALE FORCE
GUSTS WL BE LKLY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SEAS WL AVG AT
LEAST IN THE 8-10 FT RANGE OFFSHORE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 49 69 41 75 47 / 10 0 0 0 0
VICTORIA 41 66 39 75 43 / 10 0 0 0 0
LAREDO 47 73 45 80 50 / 0 0 0 0 0
ALICE 45 71 39 79 47 / 10 0 0 0 0
ROCKPORT 49 64 43 72 49 / 10 0 0 0 0
COTULLA 38 71 39 78 45 / 0 0 0 0 0
KINGSVILLE 48 71 40 78 48 / 10 0 0 0 0
NAVY CORPUS 53 65 45 73 51 / 10 0 0 0 0
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BEE...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA
SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN
PATRICIO...VICTORIA...WEBB.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: KLEBERG...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS...
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20
NM...COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL
OUT 20 NM.
&&
MBHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 606 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-061215- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR- COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 606 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY TO AREAS OF SEA FOG WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING NEAR THE COAST. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT...FROM NOON TO 900 PM CST...FOR THE COUNTIES OF LASALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK... WEBB...DUVAL...AND JIM WELLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT ANTICIPATED. 87/76
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Tatton Aide Fire was a large grass fire North of Holiday Beach off Highway 35 near Cavasso Creek in Aransas County. The exact acreage was unknown at the time of this writing. Due to the rural area no structures were threatened and the fire was allowed to burn.
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