A wildfire burned around 1000 acres of land around 12 miles southwest of Alice near the community of Palito Blanco. A nearby elementary school was evacuated as a precaution.
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A wildfire burned around 1000 acres of land around 12 miles southwest of Alice near the community of Palito Blanco. A nearby elementary school was evacuated as a precaution.
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 Feb 11, 11:43 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1143 AM CST THU FEB 11 2016
.DISCUSSION...MADE SOME TWEAKS TO THE HOURLY GRIDS BUT OVERALL
THE ONGOING FORECAST IS IN GREAT SHAPE. SEE AVIATION AND FIRE
WEATHER SECTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND BECOME
SOUTHEASTERLY THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS MIXING
DIMINISHES. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT WITH FLOW AFTER THE
GULF AND SOME FOG/STRATUS IS PSBL ESPLY AT VCT/ALI. WILL CARRY IN
A TEMPO GROUP FOR NOW AS CONFIDENCE IS LOW.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR JIM WELLS COUNTY
AND THE WESTERN HALF OF NUECES...KLEBERG...SAN PATRICIO AND
REFUGIO COUNTIES. THIS AREA TYPICALLY FEATURES THE STRONGEST
WINDS IN SOUTHERLY FLOW LIKE TODAY AND WILL ALSO NOT EXPERIENCE
THE HIGHER MOISTURE WE'RE SEEING CLOSER TO THE COAST. CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 81 55 80 53 76 / 0 0 0 0 10
VICTORIA 79 53 77 51 74 / 0 0 0 0 10
LAREDO 84 52 85 55 81 / 0 0 0 0 0
ALICE 85 49 83 51 79 / 0 0 0 0 0
ROCKPORT 71 56 69 56 70 / 0 0 0 0 10
COTULLA 85 45 84 51 80 / 0 0 0 0 0
KINGSVILLE 83 52 81 52 76 / 0 0 0 0 0
NAVY CORPUS 71 59 71 57 71 / 0 0 0 0 10
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN
PATRICIO.
GM...NONE.
&&
TJHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1155 AM CST THU FEB 11 2016 TXZ229>234-239>247-121800- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 1155 AM CST THU FEB 11 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR JIM WELLS COUNTY AND THE WESTERN HALF OF NUECES...KLEBERG...SAN PATRICIO AND REFUGIO COUNTIES. ELEVATED TO LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE REST OF SOUTH TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-121800- 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- 1155 AM CST THU FEB 11 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE GULF WATERS. SOME SMALL CRAFT GUSTS MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT OVER THE OUTER GULF WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
Texas Department of Public Safety reported a wildfire 12 miles southwest of Alice near the community of Palito Blanco. The wildfire burned around 1000 acres of land.
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