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JIM HOGG

266249

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Event typeevent_typeFrost/Freeze
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id266,249
Episode IDepisode_id45,889
Begin UTCbegin_utc2010-12-13T10:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2010-12-13T14:00:00+00:00
StatestateTEXAS
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameJIM HOGG
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceCOOP Observer
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeA fairly vigorous cool front swept through Deep South Texas early on December 12th, followed by strong high pressure with Canadian roots but not truly frigid air to arrive later on the 12th into the 13th. Clear and relatively calm conditions overnight allowed temperatures to fall near or just below freezing in rural Deep South Texas. In locations where the temperature remained just above freezing, dew points remained in the teens, and prolonged low wet bulb temperatures in the mid 20s likely created a proxy freeze for tender vegetation in neighborhoods and towns.||The very dry, cold morning further cured fine and medium fuels (grasses and brush); the freeze was the fourth of the season in a little more than two weeks.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeThough air temperatures failed to reach 32 degrees at the Jim Hogg County Airport or the Hebbronville cooperative station in town, dew points in the mid teens, as well as nearby observations of freezing temperatures in Zapata, near Falfurrias (Brooks County), and in southern Starr County argue for several hours of freezing temperatures in central and southern portions of Jim Hogg County. ||The impressively low overnight dew points supported wet bulb temperatures in the mid 20s for four to seven hours after midnight on the 13th; prolonged low wet bulb temperatures are known to create a proxy freeze to unprotected, cold weather sensitive tender vegetation.
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