A wildfire occurred through brush on a dry lake bed on the northern reaches of Lake Corpus Christi. The wildfire burned almost 800 acres and threatened a few homes in the area.
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A wildfire occurred through brush on a dry lake bed on the northern reaches of Lake Corpus Christi. The wildfire burned almost 800 acres and threatened a few homes in the area.
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 26, 11:20 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1120 AM CST MON NOV 26 2012 .DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A NICE SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO COAHUILA LATE THIS MORNING...WITH CONVECTION ALREADY ONGOING FROM SOUTHERN CHIHUAHUA TO NORTHERN COAHUILA. IT WOULD BE NICE IF MOISTURE DEPTH WAS BETTER ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...85H FLOW IS EXPECTED TO VEER TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST INTO TONIGHT AND DEWPOINT TEMPS ONLY REACH AROUND 10 DEGS C NEAR THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS INTO COASTAL WATERS LATER TONIGHT. AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE TODAY WITH STRONG WARMING EVEN THOUGH MOISTURE NOT IDEAL. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER THE BRUSH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON...LOWERED HIGHS IN THE NORTHERN BRUSH COUNTRY A FEW DEGREES. NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE CURRENT POPS FOR TONIGHT. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE FIELD MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. EXPECT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE IN ADVANCE OF THIS SHORT WAVE TROUGH THIS EVENIGN AS THE COLD FRONT ADVANCES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. 0-6 KM SHEAR NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE BUT CAPE VALUES WILL BE IN THE 1500-2000 J/KG RANGE FROM THE COASTAL PLAINS INTO THE GULF WATERS. WILL CONTINUE WORDING OF STRONG STORMS FOR TONIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR 18Z TAFS. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE PREVALENT THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND THE LAREDO AREA THISAFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER MEXICO APPROACHES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH LATER THIS EVENING OVER THE EASTERN BRUSH COUNTRY AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE COASTAL PLAINS BETWEEN 03Z-08Z TONIGHT. MVFR CEILINGS/VSBYS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THIS ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH IFR VSBYS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE COLD FRONT LOCATED ALONG NEAR INTERSTATE 20 WILL ADVANCE SOUTH TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS AROUND 05Z AT COTULLA AND BE SOUTH OF THE REGION BY 10Z TUESDAY. EXPECT CEILINGS TO LIFT TO VFR CATEGORY IN THE POST-FRONTAL REGIME ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS. && && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 86 58 69 49 70 / 10 60 10 10 10 VICTORIA 83 51 66 44 68 / 10 70 10 10 10 LAREDO 88 58 71 53 73 / 20 30 10 0 10 ALICE 88 57 70 49 72 / 10 50 10 0 10 ROCKPORT 81 59 68 51 68 / 10 70 10 10 10 COTULLA 82 53 67 46 71 / 20 30 10 0 10 KINGSVILLE 87 59 70 48 71 / 10 60 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 83 60 69 55 68 / 10 60 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TMT/89...SHORT-TERM/AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1208 PM CST MON NOV 26 2012 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-271815- 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- 1208 PM CST MON NOV 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...SOME STRONG STORMS...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AREA WIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER SPOTTERS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED ON THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR REPORTING ANY STRONG STORMS TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire occurred through brush and dead trees in a dry lake bed area on the northern reaches of Lake Corpus Christi. The fire burned almost 800 acres and threatened a few homes in the area.
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