The Tower Road Fire burned around 1600 acres near CR 622 and the town of Schroeder. 5) 42 homes were threated and saved.
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The Tower Road Fire burned around 1600 acres near CR 622 and the town of Schroeder. (N28 38 33.4, W97 14 57.5) 42 homes were threated and saved. Evacuations were required of some homes. 4 fire departments, Texas Forest Service, DPS and oilfield companies responded.
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NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 31, 10:35 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1035 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008
.UPDATE...BASED ON LAPS ANALYSIS/PROXIMITY VAD WIND PROFILES...
35-40KT NW WIND AROUND 925MB/2.5KFT ACRS THE REGION...IN RESPONSE
TO THE FRONT. WL RETAIN THE WIND ADVISORY AND SCA FOR TDA. EXPECT
SUSTAINED WIND OVR THE WATERS TO REMAIN BELOW GALE...YET GUSTS WL
LIKELY REACH SUCH CONDITIONS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE
REGION (THE GFS PROGS THE CENTER OF THE POLAR JET TO MOVE ACRS
CNTRL TX TDA). WL LOWER MAX TEMPS SLIGHTLY ACRS THE REGION...BASED
ON THE RUC DETERMINISTIC SOLN. BASED ON ADJUSTED FCST FOR
TEMPS/DEW POINTS...EXPECT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO 10-30%
AFT 18Z TDA...CONCOMITANT WITH WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS. THUS...WL
MAINAIN THE RFW AREAWIDE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 69 32 64 51 73 / 10 0 0 0 10
VICTORIA 65 29 64 43 71 / 10 0 0 0 10
LAREDO 68 36 71 48 77 / 0 0 0 0 10
ALICE 67 31 67 47 77 / 10 0 0 0 10
ROCKPORT 67 37 61 53 70 / 10 0 0 0 10
COTULLA 65 27 68 44 76 / 0 0 0 0 10
KINGSVILLE 70 31 67 50 76 / 10 0 0 0 10
NAVY CORPUS 66 47 60 55 71 / 10 0 0 0 10
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...
KLEBERG...LIVE OAK...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...
VICTORIA.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM
WELLS...KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...
REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...VICTORIA...WEBB.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM
WELLS...KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...
REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...VICTORIA...WEBB.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: DUVAL...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...WEBB.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: 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.
&&
WC/87...SHORT TERMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 523 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-011130- 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- 523 AM CST THU JAN 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS MORNING ACROSS THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TODAY BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT. A RED FLAG WARNING AND A WIND ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT DUE TO DIMINISHING WINDS...DRY CONDITIONS AND CLEAR SKIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Tower Road Fire burned around 1600 acres near CR 622 and the town of Schroeder. (N28 38 33.4, W97 14 57.5) 42 homes were threated and saved. Evacuations were required of some homes. 4 fire departments, Texas Forest Service, DPS and oilfield companies responded.
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