73). 125 homes were threatened, but none damaged.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
The Aquarius Wildfire burned through 150 acres of drought-stressed fuels in Nueces County (N27 40.43 X W97 16.73). 125 homes were threatened, but none damaged.
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 Jul 21, 2:29 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
329 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009
.SHORT TERM...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS STRETCHING FROM NEVADA TO
SOUTH TEXAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...PROVIDING NEAR
RECORD HEAT ONCE AGAIN. S/W ENERGY RIDING DOWN THE PERIFERY OF THE
RIDGE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN TX WILL GENERATE CONVECTION THAT
WILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTH. EXPECT BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER THE
SOUTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES WEDNESDAY WITH THE THERMAL LOW
CONTRIBUTING TO A MORE EASTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND IN THE AFTN.
SHOULD NOT BE AS WINDY TOMORROW AS TODAY AS THE LOW LVL JET IS
PROGGED TO BE WEAKER AS H85 RIDGE SETTLES INTO CNTRL TX. WILL
CONTINUE THE RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING AND SCAS
THROUGH 8PM. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURES TO TALK ABOUT.
&&
.LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...THE LONG HOT SUMMER
CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. PERSISTENT
RIDGING ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ABOVE NORMAL HEIGHTS AND
TEMPERATURES...LIMITING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION AND REINFORCING
THE VERY WARM AIR ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.
MODELS FORECAST THE RIDGE AXIS TO DRIFT WESTWARD...MOVING FAR ENOUGH
WEST TO ALLOW HIGHER MOISTURE TO MOVE IN FROM THE GULF. WITH HIGHER
TEMPERATURES ALOFT REMAINING VERY HIGH...THE HIGHER MOISTURE MIGHT
NOT BE ENOUGH BY ITSELF TO TRIGGER CONVECTION...BUT HAVE ADDED
SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO
ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY. ORGANIZED ACTIVITY ANY FURTHER WEST
SEEMS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME.
MOS REMAINS TOO COOL...SO HAVE CONTINUED PREVIOUS TRENDS OF GOING
SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NUMERICAL GUIDANCE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 78 98 76 99 75 / 10 10 10 10 10
VICTORIA 76 98 74 98 74 / 10 10 10 10 10
LAREDO 81 106 80 105 80 / 0 10 10 10 10
ALICE 79 103 75 102 76 / 10 10 10 10 10
ROCKPORT 79 94 79 94 79 / 10 10 10 10 10
COTULLA 76 103 74 101 74 / 10 10 10 10 10
KINGSVILLE 77 100 75 99 75 / 10 10 10 10 10
NAVY CORPUS 80 94 80 94 80 / 10 10 10 10 10
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...
KLEBERG...LIVE OAK...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...
VICTORIA.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT 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 FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS
OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA
SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM.
&&
JM/75...SHORT TERM
JV/71...LONG TERMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 516 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-221030- 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- 516 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF THE INLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTH TEXAS. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY EXCEED 110 DEGREES FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED OVER INLAND AREAS. HEAT INDICES MAY REACH 110 TO 113 FROM ALICE TO LAREDO. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RG/JAR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Aquarius Wildfire burned through 150 acres of drought-stressed fuels in Nueces County (N27 40.43 X W97 16.73). 125 homes were threatened, but none damaged.
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