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Fire Weather Watch 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 14, 201419 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this fire weather watch at Mar 14, 2014, 2:41 PM CDT for 19 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 15, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2014, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 15, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 15, 2014, 6:08 AM CDT
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, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 8 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Mar 14, 12:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 12:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 1:55 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
155 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-151900-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
155 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 /1255 PM MDT FRI MAR 14 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

WARM...DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PROMOTE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FIRE
GROWTH AND SPREAD.  A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WARM, DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS SATURDAY.  THEREFORE, NEAR CRITICAL TO
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AREAWIDE AND
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT.
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH COULD
OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT, ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING
DUST.  IN ADDITION, STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON COULD BECOME STRONG FROM THE
NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONT.  THEREFORE, A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL
SUNDAY MORNING.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY.  SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED, BUT LIGHT SNOW
COULD FALL IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

NEAR CRITICAL TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR AGAIN
SUNDAY OVER MOST OF THE AREA AS COOLER, BUT DRIER AIR IS USHERED
INTO THE REGION ON GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS.  A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 5:05 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more33 hr
Mar 14, 3:29 PM CDTHigh Wind WatchMAF14 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.