The record
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| event_type | Wildfire |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 162,285 |
| episode_id | 27,635 |
| begin_utc | 2009-03-28T18:00:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 2009-03-29T18:00:00+00:00 |
| state | TEXAS |
| cz_type | Z |
| cz_name | KENEDY |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| wfo_source | Emergency Manager |
| episode_narrative | A major spring storm, rotating from the Texas Panhandle through extreme north Texas and into the Mid-Mississippi Valley between March 27th and 28th created extreme weather contrasts across the state, ranging from a blizzard in Dalhart and Amarillo to searing, record heat across the Rio Grande Valley on the 27th.||By the 28th, a front has raced through most of the state, including Deep South Texas. Behind the front, temperatures remained a few degrees above normal, but humidity crashed below 15 percent and winds continue at a moderate 15 to 25 mph from the north. ||The combination of increasingly dry ranchland with extremely low humidity and winds gusting occasionally above 25 mph helped spread a wildfire across portions of the King Ranch on March 28th, continuing into the next day. A second, smaller wildfire would affect nearby areas two days later. |
| event_narrative | A small fire rapidly spread to at least 1500 acres on the Armstrong Ranch. While nearly all of Kenedy County is dominated by King Ranch rangeland, this fire affected Federal Highway 77, the only coastal thoroughfare connecting the Lower Rio Grande Valley with the Coastal Bend. The highway was reported closed for a time on the 28th due to severe smoke, in an area south of Sarita near Armstrong. ||Firefighters and other first responders from Raymondville, Kleberg County, Willacy EMS, Kenedy County Sheriff's Office, Texas Department of Transportation, and the Texas Forest Service responded to the blaze, which became known as the San Carlos Fire. At this writing, no structural damage had been reported.||A second, much smaller fire (40 acres) would develop a bit farther south, but also along Federal Highway 77, near Armstrong. This secondary fire, known as the Cross Timbers Fire, was quickly contained but required help once again from Raymondville, Willacy County, and the Kenedy County Volunteer Fire Department. |
| year | 2,009 |
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