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Fire Weather Watch 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 5, 201810 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this fire weather watch at Apr 5, 2018, 3:43 AM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2018, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 6, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 6, 2018, 3:29 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Loving County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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 Apr 5, 3:34 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:34 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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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.