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| Event typeevent_type | Frost/Freeze |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 266,250 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 45,889 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2010-12-13T08:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2010-12-13T15:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | TEXAS |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | ZAPATA |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | COOP Observer |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | A 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_narrative | Freezing temperatures reached the Zapata County Airport in Medina by 2 AM, and would continue until around 9 AM before rising above 32 degrees. Low temperatures fell to 26 degrees. Temperatures failed to fall below freezing in exposed locations, such as the Bustamante Gas Plant near Escobas. Along the Rio Grande, the Remote Automated Weather Station near Falcon Lake, just south of the Zapata/Starr County line, recorded four hours of freezing temperatures with a low of 31. ||The impressively low overnight dew points, dipping into the low to mid teens, supported wet bulb temperatures in the low to 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. |
| Yearyear | 2,010 |
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