The Sammy Fire in Aransas County burned through 100 acres of drought-stressed fuels, and was caused by fireworks. 785 ) The fire burned through a neighborhood 2 miles southwest of Rockport, damaging one home and threatening 30 others.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
The Sammy Fire in Aransas County burned through 100 acres of drought-stressed fuels, and was caused by fireworks. (N 28 00.481 X W 97 04.785 ) The fire burned through a neighborhood 2 miles southwest of Rockport, damaging one home and threatening 30 others. 10 homes were evacuated.
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 Aug 28, 9:12 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1012 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 .DISCUSSION...GOES SOUNDER DATA DEPICT GREATER MSTR OVER THE ERN THAN WRN CWFA/MSA. RECENT ISOLD CONVECTION OVR THE NRN WATERS CORRELATED WITH LOW CIN/LI MINIMA FROM THE 12Z NAM INITIALIZATION. NAM PROGS LOW AFTN CIN VALUES TO BE CONFINED TO THE ERN CWFA. HWR...WL RETAIN ISOLD CONVECTION FOR THE NWRN CWFA OWING TO THE PROXIMITY OF A FRONTAL BNDRY JUST NORTH OF THE CWA (BASED ON MSAS) COMBINED WITH AN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST (ALTHOUGH NAM/GFS DEPICT Q-VECTOR DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH IT) WHICH MAY GENERATE SCT CONVECTION TO THE NORTH WHICH COULD PROPAGATE INTO THE CWFA. WL MAINTAIN CONVECTION OVR THE NRN 1/2 OF THE CWFA THIS AFTN/EVENING. ANTICIPATE ONSHORE FLOW WITH SPEEDS BELOW SCA CRITERION...BASED ON NAM/LOCAL ARW/GFS DETERMINISTIC SOLNS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 626 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009/ DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO INCLUDE 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. VCTS ADDED TO THE TAF AFTER 19Z FOR KVCT AS THAT AREAS HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. OTHERWISE... WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT WITH AN INCREASE AS THE WINDS SHIFT BEHIND THE AFTERNOON SEA-BREEZE. WINDS WILL DECREASE ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 425 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WATCH CONVECTION OVER FRIO AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES THIS MORNING AS ACTIVITY DRIFTS SOUTHWARD INTO OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY IS RIDING ALONG HIGHER VALUES OF MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BUT SHOULD ENCOUNTER HIGHER CIN VALUES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHERWISE...THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER NORTH TEXAS AND THE CONCHO VALLEY WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD TODAY. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER NORTHERN COUNTIES TODAY AS MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF APPROACHING TROUGH AXIS. ISOLATED CONVECTION AGAIN EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AS BOUNDARY STALLS NEAR THE AREA. MOISTURE FIELDS ALONG THE COAST WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASED POPS AS WELL. THE NAM IS GOING WITH 40 POPS ALONG THE COASTAL PLAINS...HOWEVER WILL STAY ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE FOR NOW AND KEEP 20 POPS IN THE FORECAST. OVERALL...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE TODAY WITH A SLIGHT COOL DOWN TOMORROW WITH INCREASED MOISTURE AND THE NEARBY BOUNDARY. LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...THE PERIOD BEGINS WITH A WEAK BOUNDARY STALLED ACROSS/NEAR THE FORECAST AREA. THIS BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED. DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE PERIOD...MODELS ARE PROGGING THE BEST MOISTURE TO REMAIN MOSTLY SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY. AS A RESULT...AM ONLY SHOWING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS TIME FRAME. BY TUESDAY...MODELS ARE PROGGING A FAVORABLE DEEP EASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING IN THE LOW AND MID LEVELS. ALSO...A LARGE AREA OF TROPICAL MOISTURE IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...AND EVENTUALLY INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. WITH THE RESIDUAL BOUNDARY STILL IN PLACE AND THE INCREASED MOISTURE...WILL SHOW LOW END CHANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FURTHER NORTH AND WEST. WILL THEN TAPER POPS BACK BY LATE THURSDAY AS WEAK RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EXTENDED AS A RESULT OF THE INCREASED MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER. MARINE...A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH GENERALLY WEAK WINDS. WINDS WILL INCREASE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE THERMAL GRADIENT TIGHTENS. SEAS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 2 FEET THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 98 74 98 74 96 / 10 10 20 10 10 VICTORIA 99 72 98 71 98 / 20 20 20 10 10 LAREDO 106 78 105 77 105 / 10 10 10 10 10 ALICE 105 73 104 75 103 / 10 10 20 10 10 ROCKPORT 95 77 94 78 93 / 10 10 20 10 10 COTULLA 104 72 102 73 102 / 10 20 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 100 75 100 74 99 / 10 10 20 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 94 78 93 78 92 / 10 10 20 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && WC/87...SHORT TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 547 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-291100- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 547 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES TODAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE FROM CORPUS CHRISTI TO BEEVILLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RG/KRR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sammy Fire in Aransas County burned through 100 acres of drought-stressed fuels, and was caused by fireworks. (N 28 00.481 X W 97 04.785 ) The fire burned through a neighborhood 2 miles southwest of Rockport, damaging one home and threatening 30 others. 10 homes were evacuated.
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, August 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: 195760.