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Fire Weather Watch 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 21, 20219 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this fire weather watch at Apr 21, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 23, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 22, 2021, 2:07 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Brewster County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 20, 6:29 PM CDT, 19 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 6:29 PM CDT, 19 hours 31 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.