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Fire Weather Watch 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 23, 202113 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this fire weather watch at Dec 23, 2021, 2:42 AM CST for 13 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 24, 2021, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2021, 2:42 AM CST (08:42 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 24, 2021, 10:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 23, 2021, 2:02 PM CST
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, Brewster County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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 Dec 22, 10:42 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 10:42 PM CST, 4 hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 2:21 AM CST	High Wind Watch	MAF	Culberson	12 hr
Dec 23, 2:02 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Culberson, Dawson, Gaines and 7 more	32 hr
Dec 23, 2:05 PM CST	High Wind Warning	MAF	Culberson	53 hr
Dec 23, 2:05 PM CST	Wind Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Brewster, Culberson, Gaines, Jeff Davis, Presidio and 1 more	30 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Texas, 2021 Fire Weather Watches in New Mexico, 2021 Every 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.