The Salado Creek Fire burned 250 acres in rural south-central Jim Wells County. 138) Several oil and gas pumps were threatened and saved.
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The Salado Creek Fire burned 250 acres in rural south-central Jim Wells County. (N 27 28.167, W 98 06.138) Several oil and gas pumps were threatened and saved. The Texas Forest Service and Premont Fire Department responded. The fire was contained early on the morning of February 1st.
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 Jan 31, 6:26 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
626 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008
.UPDATE...UPDATED THE ZFP/NPW FOR THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRATION.
NORTHWEST WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30-35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO
DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF SOLAR HEATING/MIXING.
MAINTAINED THE FREEZE WARNING AND WILL EVALUATE FURTHER LATER THIS
EVENING.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 34 64 50 74 61 / 0 0 0 10 10
VICTORIA 30 64 42 73 60 / 0 0 0 10 20
LAREDO 35 71 47 78 59 / 0 0 0 10 10
ALICE 31 67 46 77 60 / 0 0 0 10 10
ROCKPORT 40 61 53 72 62 / 0 0 0 10 20
COTULLA 26 68 43 77 55 / 0 0 0 10 10
KINGSVILLE 34 67 49 77 61 / 0 0 0 10 10
NAVY CORPUS 43 60 55 73 63 / 0 0 0 10 10
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM
WELLS...KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...
REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...VICTORIA...WEBB.
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.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY 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 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.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CST FRIDAY 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.
&&
BB/85...UPDATEHAZARDOUS 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 Salado Creek Fire burned 250 acres in rural south-central Jim Wells County. (N 27 28.167, W 98 06.138) Several oil and gas pumps were threatened and saved. The Texas Forest Service and Premont Fire Department responded. The fire was contained early on the morning of February 1st.
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