A 3000 acre fire in La Salle County destroyed numerous buildings, supplies, and vehicles. The fire was contained at the Chaparral Wildlife Management Complex.
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A 3000 acre fire in La Salle County destroyed numerous buildings, supplies, and vehicles. The fire was contained at the Chaparral Wildlife Management Complex. The exact beginning and containment time were not known at the time of this writing.
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 Mar 15, 11:24 AM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1224 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008 .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE PREVALENT ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST AND PRESSURES WILL FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY MORNING. ONSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT STRATUS TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND AROUND 10Z WITH MVFR CEILINGS. THE STRATUS WILL SPREAD INLAND AS THE LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY JET INCREASES TO 35 KNOTS. EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS WILL BE OVER THE ENTIRE REGION BY 14-15Z SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 60 76 70 84 70 / 10 10 10 20 40 VICTORIA 53 74 67 83 68 / 10 20 20 20 50 LAREDO 62 93 72 93 69 / 0 10 10 10 30 ALICE 56 79 68 88 68 / 10 10 10 20 40 ROCKPORT 61 73 69 78 70 / 10 10 20 20 40 COTULLA 53 85 68 87 67 / 0 10 10 10 50 KINGSVILLE 57 78 69 87 69 / 10 10 10 10 30 NAVY CORPUS 64 74 71 81 72 / 10 10 20 20 30 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TMT/89...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 625 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-161130- 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- 625 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND 10 TO 20 MPH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PROVIDE A HIGH WILD FIRE THREAT FOR SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WINDY TO VERY WINDY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY...IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND...RESULTING IN WIND ADVISORIES AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AS WELL. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY...WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME WINDY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 37 WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. MJG/JR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A 3000 acre fire in La Salle County destroyed numerous buildings, supplies, and vehicles. The fire was contained at the Chaparral Wildlife Management Complex. The exact beginning and containment time were not known at the time of this writing.
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