33667). No structures were reported destroyed.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
The Turtle Creek Wildfire burned roughly 5000 acres on the Padre Island National Seashore (N27.34167 W97.33667). No structures were reported destroyed.
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 Apr 3, 11:41 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1241 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 .DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION SECTION. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AS LOW LEVEL FLOW INCREASES TONIGHT...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD FROM DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. LOW LEVEL JET EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 40 KNOTS. STRATUS/MVFR CEILINGS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 09Z OVER THE INLAND AREAS AND MOVE NORTHWARD. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY UP OVER MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT EXCEPT THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION. WINDS EXPECTED TO DECOUPLE THERE WITH POSSIBILITY OF PATCHY FOG/LOW STRATUS THAT WILL LEAD TO IFR CONDITIONS FROM VCT TO BEA. MENTIONED LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR ONLY AT VCT FROM 08Z-15Z. STRATOCU LAYER EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS SATURDAY MORNING MAINTAINING MVFR CONDITIONS GENERALLY TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. DRIER AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE BRUSH COUNTRY BY LATE MORNING AS THE SURFACE TROUGH/DRYLINE MOVES INTO THE AREA. VFR CONDITIONS WILL EXIST OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY BY 15Z SATURDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1015 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009/ DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHEAST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. LOWERED THE WINDS A BIT OVER THE GULF WATERS...OTHERWISE NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 80 64 79 66 85 / 0 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 78 58 82 63 80 / 0 10 10 10 10 LAREDO 88 62 94 67 89 / 0 10 0 10 10 ALICE 85 59 89 64 86 / 0 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 73 67 73 67 82 / 0 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 86 56 92 60 85 / 0 10 0 10 10 KINGSVILLE 84 60 86 64 87 / 0 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 73 68 73 70 83 / 0 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TMT/89...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 506 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 TXZ229>234-239>247-041015- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 506 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER DANGER IN EFFECT FOR THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS LATE TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PATCHY FOG EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ANOTHER PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY...WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-041015- 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- 506 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 87/19
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Turtle Creek Wildfire burned roughly 5000 acres on the Padre Island National Seashore (N27.34167 W97.33667). No structures were reported destroyed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2009
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 168273.