• Fire Weather Watch for Ochiltree County, Texas
  • Fire Weather Watch issued April 15 at 3:44AM CDT until April 18 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS
  • Effective: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 11 a.m.
  • Expires: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at midnight

  • ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
    TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL
    OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...
    The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a Fire
    Weather Watch for strong winds and low relative humidity, which
    is in effect from late Tuesday morning through late Tuesday
    evening.
    * Affected Area...In Oklahoma...Texas and Beaver. In Texas...
    Hansford...Ochiltree...Lipscomb...Hutchinson...Roberts...
    Hemphill...Gray...Wheeler...Donley and Collingsworth.
    * 20 Foot Winds...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
    Winds will shift to the west-northwest during the evening on
    Tuesday.
    * Relative Humidity...As low as 5 percent.
    * Red Flag Threat Index...7 to 8.
    * Timing...Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions
    are possible starting late Tuesday morning and ending late
    Tuesday evening.