A wildfire burned around 200 acres southwest of the city of Corpus Christi near |highway 286 and the Elliott landfill. The spread of the wildfire was propelled by dry|brush and mulch piles as well as wind gusts of 25 to 35 MPH.
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A wildfire burned around 200 acres southwest of the city of Corpus Christi near |highway 286 and the Elliott landfill. The spread of the wildfire was propelled by dry|brush and mulch piles as well as wind gusts of 25 to 35 MPH.
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 24, 2:32 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 332 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN NEAR THE RED RIVER THROUGH THE PERIOD. RIDGE WILL PUSH A WEAK MID LEVEL VORTICITY CENTER OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS DOWN INTO THE COASTAL BEND ON MONDAY. MODELS SHOW HIGHER MOISTURE WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SLIGHTLY ABOVE 2 INCHES MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA SIMILAR TO THE ACTIVITY CURRENTLY NORTH OF BAY CITY. WILL SHOW 10-20 PERCENT CHANCE POPS FOR COASTAL PLAINS WITH THE HIGHER POPS IN THE VICTORIA AND PORT LAVACA AREA FOR MONDAY. WITH A LITTLE MORE CLOUD COVER...WENT WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW PERSISTENCE. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...HIGHER PRESSURE ALOFT SITUATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEK. THE NEXT BIG RAIN MAKER WILL BE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE NEAR HISPANIOLA TREKS NORTHWESTWARD. THE FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS DISTURBANCE AS AN OPEN WAVE AS IT REACHES THE TEXAS COAST FRIDAY TO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT STAYS STRONG AS IT SHIFTS TO THE EAST...ALLOWING FOR THE DISTURBANCE TO TAKE A WESTWARD TRACK ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH. HAVE INCREASED CHANCE POPS FURTHER INLAND. COOLED THE TEMPERATURES A TAD TOWARDS THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK DUE TO THE INCREASE OF CLOUDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 78 96 77 96 78 / 10 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 77 98 76 100 78 / 10 20 10 10 10 LAREDO 81 105 80 105 80 / 10 10 10 10 10 ALICE 76 100 76 101 77 / 10 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 81 93 81 93 81 / 10 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 77 103 77 104 78 / 10 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 78 98 77 99 77 / 10 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 81 92 79 91 80 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TMT/89...SHORT TERM CB/85...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 551 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 TXZ229>234-239>247-251100- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 551 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION...WITH A FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS BRIEFLY HITTING OR TOPPING 110 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED AT LOCATIONS INLAND AWAY FROM THE COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY ON GULF FACING BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-251100- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- 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- 551 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JR/RG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire burned roughly 200 acres near Highway 286 and the Elliott landfill.
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