A wildfire burned 100 acres in drought-stressed fuels and rare Red Flag weather conditions for July. The wildfire occurred just south of Sinton near Highway 77 and CR57.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A wildfire burned 100 acres in drought-stressed fuels and rare Red Flag weather conditions for July. The wildfire occurred just south of Sinton near Highway 77 and CR57. The fire destroyed one unoccupied structure.
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 5, 11:35 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1235 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009
.DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDS THRU THE TAF PERIOD WITH JUST SCT-BKN HIGH CIRRUS.
GUSTY S WINDS WL TURN SE BEHIND THE SEA-BREEZE LATE THIS AFTN AND
EARLY EVE. WNDS WL DIMINISH LATE IN THE EVE.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1045 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009/
DISCUSSION...RECORD BREAKING HEAT AGAIN TODAY. RECORD AT CRP WILL
LIKELY BE SHATTERED...AND ALSO BROKEN AT VCT. TEMPERATURES THE PAST
HOUR WERE AT OR SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN THEY WERE 24 HOURS AGO. WE DO
HAVE SOME THIN CIRRUS MOVING INTO THE CWA FROM THE NORTH...BUT THE
IMPACTS ON THE TEMPS WILL BE MINIMAL. 12Z SOUNDING THIS MORNING
CAME IN DRIER THAN 24 HOURS...WITH DRY AIR JUST OFF THE SURFACE
AND NEARLY 40 KTS AT 925MB. THIS DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO
QUICKLY MIX DOWN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THE DRIER AIR
WILL KEEP HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 105 TO 109 RANGE...BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA...ACROSS WESTERN AREAS OF THE CWA. HOWEVER...
ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA THERE WILL BE A WINDOW BEHIND THE SEA-
BREEZE WHERE HIGHER DEW POINTS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF
110 TO 115 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS OF THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA
CROSSROADS FOR POSSIBLY UP TO 2 HOURS. THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT
HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THIS REASON HAVE DECIDED TO
ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR EASTERN AREAS OF THE CWA...EXCEPT
CALHOUN AND ARANSAS.
ALSO...ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE EASTERN AREAS OF THE CWA
AND DUVAL COUNTY GIVEN THE DRIER AIR IN PLACE AND HIGHER WIND
MOMENTUM MIXING DOWN. AFTER MIXING...WINDS MAY BRIEFLY DROP OFF
SOME...THEN BECOME GUSTY AGAIN BEHIND THE SEA-BREEZE. WEATHER
CRITERIA MAY BE MARGINAL FOR RED FLAG WARNING...BUT GIVEN THE
EXTREMELY DRY AND DROUGHT STRESSED FUELS...WOULD BE PRUDENT TO BE
CAUTIOUS AND ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING (WHICH IS RARE FOR JULY).
ALSO CONTINUED THE SCA FOR THE SOUTHERN BAYS AND SOUTHERN
NEARSHORE WATERS FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEHIND
THE SEA-BREEZE. ALL UPDATES OUT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 79 98 77 98 77 / 10 10 10 10 10
VICTORIA 78 98 76 100 76 / 10 20 10 30 10
LAREDO 81 107 82 107 82 / 10 10 10 10 10
ALICE 78 103 77 103 77 / 10 10 10 10 10
ROCKPORT 81 94 80 94 80 / 10 10 10 10 10
COTULLA 77 103 77 104 77 / 10 10 10 10 10
KINGSVILLE 78 101 77 101 77 / 10 10 10 10 10
NAVY CORPUS 81 93 80 93 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...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM
WELLS...KLEBERG...LIVE OAK...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN
PATRICIO...VICTORIA.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BEE...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...NUECES...
REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...VICTORIA.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT
ARANSAS...COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS
OUT 20 NM.
&&
JR/76...SHORT TERM/AVIATIONHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 457 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-061000- 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- 457 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES WITH A FEW LOCATIONS BRIEFLY REACHING 110 TO 113 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY DUE TO SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR CORPUS CHRISTI BAY...BAFFIN BAY AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS SOUTH OF PORT ARANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS TUESDAY THEN ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TE/RG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire burned 100 acres in drought-stressed fuels and rare Red Flag weather conditions for July. The wildfire occurred just south of Sinton near Highway 77 and CR57. The fire destroyed one unoccupied structure.
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