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Fire Weather Watch 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this fire weather watch at Apr 15, 2021, 2:29 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 16, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 90 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2021, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2021, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Culberson County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 436 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
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 15, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 2:00 AM CDT, 12 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 200 AM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-160700- 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-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 200 AM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021 /100 AM MDT Thu Apr 15 2021/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Thunderstorms are possible today and tonight, mainly east of the Pecos. Any storms that do develop will be accompanied by frequent lightning, small hail, gusty winds, and brief, heavy rainfall. There is a slight risk of severe storms today, mainly over the southeast Permian Basin, capable of producing large hail and damaging winds. Elevated fire weather conditions are expected today in the Sacramento Foothills, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, and adjacent plains. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday High winds will be possible through Guadalupe Pass Friday night and Saturday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation would be appreciated today. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state and CDC guidelines. 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... https://weather.gov/midland 44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1004 AM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021
TXZ048-151515-
Scurry TX-
1004 AM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SCURRY AND
NORTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT...
At 1003 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles south of Lake Alan Henry, moving northeast at 35 mph.
Penny size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Scurry
and northeastern Borden Counties.
LAT...LON 3284 10104 3294 10118 3296 10117 3297 10116
3296 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 240DEG 32KT 3294 10103
80The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 11 min |
| Apr 15, 2:20 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.