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Fire Weather Watch 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 24, 202112 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this fire weather watch at Apr 24, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT for 12 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 26, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 26, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 26, 2021, 4:13 AM 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, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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 23, 6:24 PM CDT, 19 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 6:24 PM CDT, 19 hours 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 2:00 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Culberson, Gaines34 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Texas, 2021Fire Weather Watches in New Mexico, 2021Every fire weather watch in 2021

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.