A wildfire spread across land north to northeast of Bishop. The wildfire destroyed a mobile home, multiple vehicles, several boats, and several abandoned buildings.
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A wildfire spread across land north to northeast of Bishop. The wildfire destroyed a mobile home, multiple vehicles, several boats, and several abandoned buildings.
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 Nov 4, 11:26 AM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1226 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 .DISCUSSION...PLEASE SEE UPDATED 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL REMAIN WEAK AND GRADUALLY SHIFT OUT OF THE EAST TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA SHIFTS EAST. ONSHORE FLOW WILL AIDE IN SOME MOISTURE RETURN...WITH THE HELP OF A 15-20KT SE LLJ THAT DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING LOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. HAVE INTRODUCED LOW LEVEL CLOUDS BUT WILL EXPECT CLOUDS TO REMAIN VFR SEEING AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE RELATIVELY DRY. OVERNIGHT WINDS WILL SHIFT BACK OUT OF THE NORTHEAST... HOWEVER WILL TURN BACK OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST BY MID MORNING DUE TO MIXING WITH THE LLJ. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 919 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011/ DISCUSSION...MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DEWPOINT GRIDS. OTHERWISE...THE REST OF THE PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 621 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011/ DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION SECTION BELOW. AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION. LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SHIFTS EASTWARD. SKC WILL ALSO PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 432 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ALONG WITH RIDGING ALOFT WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY OF AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S AND LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EASTWARD AND BRING AN EASTERLY FLOW TO THE REGION TONIGHT AND SOUTHEAST WINDS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH THIS...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO REBOUND WITH THE RETURN OF ONSHORE FLOW. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO SUPPORT ISOLATED SHOWERS...WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THIS IN THE FORECAST. OTHERWISE...A SLOW WARMING TREND CAN BE EXPECTED AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND WITH AFTERNOON MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S BY SATURDAY. LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING DUE TO THE CONSISTENCY OF THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS WITH TIMING AND STRENGTH OF ACTIVE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN DURING THE PERIOD. MOISTURE DEPTH WILL STEADILY INCREASE OVER SOUTH TEXAS SUNDAY INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING MOISTURE DEPTH ABOVE 85H OVER ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS BY MONDAY. GOES SOUNDER IMAGE OF PRECIPITABLE WATER SHOWS AREA OF HIGHER MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. MODEST SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL LEAD TO ABUNDANCE OF LOW CLOUDS OVER THE REGION AND WENT NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR MINIMA. STREAMER SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GULF WATERS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ACTIVITY SPREADING INLAND ON SUNDAY. SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS SUNDAY NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM DIGS INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION COMBINED WITH MODEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND INCREASED MOISTURE DEPTH ALONG WITH POSSIBLE IMPULSES MOVING OUT OF NORTHEAST MEXICO IN THE AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCE FOR CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES ON MONDAY. BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LIFTS OUT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WHICH WILL SEND A COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT DIFFERENCES REMAIN WITH THE MODELS WITH REGARDS TO THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER TROUGH...WITH THE 00Z ECMWF TAKING OVER AGAIN WITH A SLOWER AND MORE CLOSED SYSTEM BY 00Z WEDNESDAY. WITH BETTER MOISTURE AVAILABLE THIS TIME WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE 1.5 INCHES...FRONT MOVING THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON DURING TIME OF MAX INSTABILITY...LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT AND NOSE OF 100 KNOT JET COMING OUT OF NORTHEAST MEXICO INTO SOUTH TEXAS...THINK THREAT FOR RAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO GO WITH 50 PERCENT POPS TUESDAY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES TO LOW CHANCE POPS OVER THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY. POSSIBILITY OF STRONG CONVECTION WILL EXIST WITH MODELS SHOWING CAPE VALUES ABOVE 1000 J/KG AND ADEQUATE 0-6 KM SHEAR BUT BETTER THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE WELL TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL BE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS BY TUESDAY EVENING WITH STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW LINGERING THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. MARGINAL RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FOR A PERIOD OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY AS DRIER AIR SURGES INTO THE AREA. WENT BELOW GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY ABOUT A CATEGORY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 70 52 77 69 82 / 0 0 10 20 20 VICTORIA 67 42 76 64 80 / 0 0 10 10 20 LAREDO 72 54 80 69 88 / 0 0 10 10 10 ALICE 71 48 80 67 84 / 0 0 10 10 20 ROCKPORT 69 56 75 71 80 / 0 0 10 20 20 COTULLA 70 48 78 64 84 / 0 0 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 71 48 80 69 83 / 0 0 10 20 20 NAVY CORPUS 69 58 76 72 80 / 0 0 10 20 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && CB...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 524 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-051030- 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-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 524 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH TEXAS AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RG/TMT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire occurred about 3 miles to the north and northeast of the city of Bishop.
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