A large wildfire developed over the northern portion of the Padre Island National Seashore. It grew to over 2500 acres.
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A large wildfire developed over the northern portion of the Padre Island National Seashore. It grew to over 2500 acres. The fire lasted until late in the evening on the 28th.
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 Mar 27, 5:16 PM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 616 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 .DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION SECTION BELOW. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE MVFR CIGS DVLP OVERNIGHT. VCT MAY EXPERIENCE SOME LIGHT FOG LOWERING THE VSBY TO MVFR LEVELS TOWARD WED MORNING. DUE TO CLOUDS AND WINDS 5-15KT OVERNIGHT...FOG IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME DENSE NOR WIDESPREAD. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY MID WED MORNING. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN OUT OF THE S AND SE THROUGH WED AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 318 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012/ SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...WEAK SHOWERS ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY NEAR THE THETA-E RIDGE AXIS WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THE SIERRA MADRE THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE U.S. THIS EVENING. CONVECTION MAY APPROACH FAR NORTHWEST WEBB AND WESTERN LA SALLE COUNTIES...BUT STEERING CURRENTS ARE MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE CONVECTION TO REMAIN JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CWA ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...AS WELL AS CLOSER TO WEAKNESS ALOFT. TOMORROW MODELS SHOWING NEGATIVE LOW LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION OCCURRING ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS...WITH THE BETTER MOISTURE AXIS POOLED OVER THE WESTERN BUSH COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS. THEREFORE ANY ISOLATED SHOWERS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE LOCATED FURTHER WEST THAN TODAY. SHORTWAVE COMING OUT OF MEXICO LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD ALLOW FOR MORE ACTIVE CONVECTION ALONG AND EAST OF THE SIERRA MADRE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. STEERING CURRENTS ARE MORE FAVORABLE WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CONVECTION TO MOVE INTO WEBB AND LA SALLE COUNTIES. LOWS GENERALLY IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S INLAND...UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S COAST. LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...THE EXTENDED BEGINS WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CWA...WITH BETTER EMPHASIS OVER THE WESTERN HALF EARLY THURSDAY...BEFORE EXPANDING FURTHER EAST BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY. PWAT VALUES OF 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE AS A H5 TROUGH DIGS SOUTH INTO TEXAS. POSITIVE VORT MAX TO ENTER OVER THE AREA...IN ADDITION TO DIVERGENCE ALOFT AND IMPRESSIVE LAPSE RATES IN THE MIDLEVELS...WILL ADD TO THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...LEADING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME OF THE STORMS BECOMING STRONG. OVERALL STORM MOTION COULD LEAD TO SOME AREAS...PARTICULARLY OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY...TO RECEIVE BOUNTIFUL RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGING BETWEEN 1/2 TO 1 INCH. DISCREPANCIES IN THE MODELS BEGIN OVER THE WEEKEND...AS THE GFS CONTINUES TO HAVE LINGERING MOISTURE OVER THE AREA WHILE THE ECMWF BUILDS A RIDGE. THERE IS ALSO MORE DISAGREEMENT IN THE TIMING OF THE NEXT SYSTEM TO APPROACH THE AREA. A COLD FRONT IS BEING BROUGHT DOWN THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY/TUESDAY WITH THE GFS BRINGING IN THE FRONT ABOUT 12 HOURS EARLIER THAN THE ECMWF. THE GFS HAS ACTUALLY SLOWED DOWN THE TIMING OF THE FRONT WITH THE 12Z RUN. AS FOR NOW...KEPT A TREND WITH THE SLOWER EUROPEAN WHICH HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH FROM THE PAST RUN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 68 83 67 80 67 / 10 10 10 30 30 VICTORIA 63 83 63 80 64 / 10 10 10 20 30 LAREDO 72 90 70 86 68 / 10 10 20 40 40 ALICE 68 85 66 82 67 / 10 10 10 40 40 ROCKPORT 69 80 68 77 67 / 10 10 10 20 30 COTULLA 67 86 66 83 65 / 10 10 20 40 50 KINGSVILLE 68 84 67 80 67 / 10 10 10 30 40 NAVY CORPUS 69 81 68 77 68 / 10 10 10 20 30 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && WC/87...SHORT TERM TE/81...AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 551 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-281100- 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- 551 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY WEDNESDAY...THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A large wildfire developed over the northern portion of the Padre Island National Seashore covering over 2500 acres.
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