A lightning strike hit an oil tank near the Aransas County Airport which caused a fire.
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A lightning strike hit an oil tank near the Aransas County Airport which caused a fire.
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NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 25, 2:21 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 321 PM CDT THU APR 25 2013 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...MAIN ISSUES ARE THE TEMPERATURES TONIGHT (AND POPS TO A LESSER EXTENT)...AS TEMPERATURES IN MOST AREAS ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE MUCH AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH SOME AREAS NOT MOVING AT ALL (AND MAYBE EVEN UP A BIT AGAIN). FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT AS COASTAL TROUGH MOVES INLAND...PROVIDING JUST A SMALL CHANCE FOR PRECIP (THINK IT WILL MAINLY BE DRIZZLE EAST...BUT MAYBE SOME MEASURABLE RAIN WEST). FRONT MOVES NORTH OF AREA FRIDAY MORNING...AND WINDS KICK UP SO EXPECT RAIN CHANCES TO END. HOWEVER...THERE COULD BE SOME CONVECTION OVER THE EXTREME WESTERN AREAS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR FRIDAY EVENING...AS CAP IS WEAK AND MOISTURE IS POOLED NEAR THE RIO GRANDE AS LFQ OF UPPER JET APPROACHES AREA. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP THE RAIN OUT OF THE FORECAST (AS IT HAS BEEN) BUT MAY HAVE TO ADD SOMETHING ON THE NEXT SHIFT OR TWO. IT WILL BE HUMID NEAR THE COAST FRIDAY...WITH WARM AND HUMID WEATHER FRIDAY NIGHT. OVERALL...GOING ON THE WARM SIDE OF GUIDANCE TONIGHT...AND WARMER THAN MOS GUIDANCE MOST AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY...A BLEND OF GUIDANCE. && .MARINE (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...SCEC FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS...THINK SEAS WILL BE 6 FEET OR LOWER ALTHOUGH BOY020 WENT UP TO 7 FEET RECENTLY (WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SO THINK SEAS WILL BEHAVE). WINDS BECOME SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SCA LEVELS. NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN RAIN THIS EVENING EXCEPT MAYBE NEAR THE COASTAL LOCATIONS...IF THAT. && .LONG-TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE IN FULL SWING TROUGH MOST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH MOISTURE DEEPENING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AND NEAR NORMAL TO TEMPS. SOUTHERN PLAINS LOW DEEPENS MONDAY AND FURTHER TUESDAY ALLOWING BREEZY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION WITH PW VALUES INCREASING BETWEEN 1.5 AND 1.7 INCHES. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL TEXAS AND STALL THERE SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WILL BE FOCUS ON THE SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL FOR NOCTURNAL CONVECTION SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHER POPS ARE SHOWN FOR THE NIGHT PERIODS FOR RIO GRANDE PLAINS GIVEN SUBTLE FRONTAL FOCUS TO THE NORTH AND THE EXPECTATION OF LATE AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NE MEXICO HIGHER TERRAIN THAT CAN SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE BORDER REGION. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR QPF TRENDS DURING THE NOCTURNAL PERIODS FOR THE BORDERLAND. THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE THROUGH THE WEEKEND THROUGH MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS RETURNING AT OR ABOVE NORMAL. WEAKNESS IN UPPER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK OVER SOUTH TEXAS WITH ALL MODELS SHOWING SOME WEAK BAGGY TROF OVER SONORA MONDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL SLOWLY MEANDER TOWARD TEXAS AND LINGER OVER THE STATE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LEND TO DIURNAL ISOLD CONVECTION OVER SOUTH TEXAS. STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY/ THURSDAY...WITH THE ATTENDANT FRONT MOVING THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 67 83 71 85 68 / 20 10 10 10 10 VICTORIA 63 81 68 82 66 / 20 10 10 20 20 LAREDO 63 89 73 90 70 / 30 10 10 10 40 ALICE 64 85 70 86 68 / 20 10 10 10 10 ROCKPORT 66 78 70 80 68 / 20 10 10 10 10 COTULLA 62 86 69 86 67 / 30 10 10 20 30 KINGSVILLE 65 84 70 86 68 / 20 10 10 10 10 NAVY CORPUS 67 80 71 80 69 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && GW/86...SHORT TERM SC/70...LONG TERM
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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 321 PM CDT THU APR 25 2013 TXZ241-243-252115- JIM WELLS-NUECES- 321 PM CDT THU APR 25 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NORTHERN JIM WELLS AND WESTERN NUECES COUNTIES... AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF ALFRED...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALICE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ALFRED BY 325 PM CDT. WESTDALE BY 415 PM CDT. PEA SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TMT
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck an oil tank the the Aransas County Airport on Farm to Market Road 1781. The lightning strike hit a tank with a salt water and crude oil mix sparking a major fire.
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