Lightning started a wildfire on the Padre Island National Seashore about 6 miles south of the Visitors Center on July 14th. The fire burned for over 2 days and consumed roughly 13000 acres.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
Lightning started a wildfire on the Padre Island National Seashore about 6 miles south of the Visitors Center on July 14th. The fire burned for over 2 days and consumed roughly 13000 acres. There were no structures lost or injuries reported. The fire primarily burned grasses on the uninhabited part of the federally owned park.
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 14, 11:39 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1239 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION...VFR ALL TERMINALS NEXT 24 HRS ASIDE FROM ANY CONVECTION THAT MOVES OVER TERMINALS. CONVECTION XPCTD TO BE IN VCNTY OF KCRP/KVCT/KALI THROUGH PORTIONS OF THIS AFTN AND POSSIBLY KLRD BY LATE AFTN. BRIEF MVFR TO IFR VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY CONVECTION THAT OCCURS. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES TO PREVAIL OVERNIGHT. CU FIELD TO ONCE AGAIN REDVLP AFTER SUNRISE SUN WITH ISO SHRA POSSIBLE BY LATE MRNG. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS XPCTD THRU MOST OF TAF PERIOD WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF LOW END MODERATE SE WINDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 93 75 93 77 93 / 40 20 40 10 20 VICTORIA 92 74 90 74 92 / 50 30 50 10 30 LAREDO 98 77 98 78 101 / 20 30 20 20 10 ALICE 96 74 96 76 96 / 40 20 40 10 20 ROCKPORT 91 77 90 77 91 / 40 30 50 20 30 COTULLA 97 75 96 75 99 / 30 30 30 20 20 KINGSVILLE 96 75 95 76 96 / 40 20 40 10 20 NAVY CORPUS 91 77 90 80 90 / 40 20 40 20 20 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && AVIATION...HART/79
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 531 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-151045- 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- 531 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF SOUTH TEXAS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE SEA BREEZE...WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH BEING THE MAIN THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ABUNDANT RAINFALL IN PREVIOUS DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF FACING BEACHES OF SOUTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DIMINISHING BY LATE FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LOW FINALLY MOVES WEST AND DISSIPATES AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.. ALTHOUGH A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE SEA-BREEZE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND ANY PERSISTENT STORMS FORMING OVER AREAS WHICH RECEIVED PLENTIFUL RAINFALL DURING THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED FLOODING MAINLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CB/GW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike on the afternoon of July 14th started a wildfire on the Padre Island National Seashore about 6 miles south of the Visitors Center. The fire spread during the next two days consuming roughly 13000 acres before the fire was extinguished.
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