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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 20, 201218 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this fire weather watch at Jan 20, 2012, 2:48 PM CST for 18 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2012, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 21, 2012, 6:34 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Jan 20, 11:41 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 11:41 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 20, 3:49 AM CST	High Wind Warning	MAF		17 hr
Jan 20, 2:48 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	MAF		30 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.