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Situation Awareness Brief

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 As of 0900 CST Incidents Reported to the State Operations Center (last 24 hours) Final DATE SUBJECT LOCATION Report (Y/N) 04/27/21 Preliminary Earthquake Report (M4.1) Culberson County Y 04/27/21 Initial Report of the Eagle Fire Hudspeth County N 04/27/21 Update Report #1 of the Eagle Fire Hudspeth County N 04/27/21 Preliminary Earthquake Report (M2.8) Pecos County Y 04/27/21 Preliminary Earthquake Report (M3.4) Culberson County Y 04/27/21 Final Report of the Eagle Fire Hudspeth County Y 04/28/21 Preliminary Earthquake Report (2.9) Scurry County Y Brooks, Hidalgo 04/28/21 Final Report of the Chapa Rosa and Kenedy Y Counties 04/28/21 Final Report on the Skipper Fire Brooks County Y Informational Products Distributed by the State Operations Center DATE SUBJECT 04/27/21 NWS Norman OK: Severe Weather Update Tuesday NWS Fort Worth: UPDATE - Midweek Heavy Rain/Flooding with a Few 04/27/21 Severe Storms NWS Lubbock: Briefing - Severe Possible Today/Tonight/ 04/27/21 Critical Fire Weather W South Plains 04/27/21 NWS Amarillo: Weather Briefing - Severe Weather Today April 27th, 2021 04/27/21 West Gulf River Forecast Center: River Threat for This Week NWS Austin/San Antonio: Severe Storms and Locally Heavy Rainfall 04/27/21 Possible Tonight-Wed Night NWS San Angelo: Watch 116 for Haskell, Jones, Nolan, 04/28/21 Shackelford, Taylor and Throckmorton Counties NWS Fort Worth: 116 for Jack, Montague and Young 04/28/21 Counties 04/28/21 NWS San Angelo: Tornado Watch 116 for Callahan County NWS Austin/San Antonio: NWS Update 4AM 4/28: Severe thunderstorms 04/28/21 and locally heavy rainfall expected late today and tonight 04/28/21 Daily NWS Threat Brief for Wednesday, April 28, 2021 for FEMA Region 6 Informational Products Distributed by the State Operations Center DATE SUBJECT 04/28/21 NWS Shreveport, LA: Severe Weather Possible Tonight April 28, 2021 Updated - Daily NWS Threat Brief for Wednesday, April 28, 2021 for FEMA 04/28/21 Region 6 Weather Forecast

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While showers and storms will be possible Rain showers and thunderstorms will be across the entire Panhandle today, the far possible across the Caprock and Rolling Plains east will have just enough instability to pose a this afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms possible severe threat, with hail around 1" in may be severe across the eastern Rolling diameter as the main hazard. Plains, with the main hazards being large hail up to two inches in diameter and damaging winds up to 60 mph. Hazardous Weather

Rain showers and thunderstorms will be Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected possible across the Caprock and Rolling Plains through early Thursday. Another round of this afternoon and evening. Some storms in heavy rainfall is expected tonight into early the eastern Rolling Plains may be severe, Thursday. Flooding of low-lying and poor capable of producing of large hail up to two drainage areas, along with flooding of main- inches in diameter and damaging winds to 60 stem rivers, are possible. mph. Hazardous Weather

After morning showers and storms today, A TORNADO WATCH is in effect until 10 AM for additional strong to severe storms will be the shaded areas. Conditions are favorable for possible by late afternoon across portions of tornadoes and severe storms in the watch western Oklahoma and western north Texas. area. Pay close attention to the weather! They will then spread northeast through the evening hours into central and eventually northern Oklahoma. Hazardous Weather

Isolated to scattered showers and storms will There is a chance for some strong to severe continue through early afternoon. Another thunderstorms this evening into tonight across round of storms is possible mid to late mainly portions of southeast Oklahoma. afternoon and evening. Highest chances for showers and storms will continue to be in Western North Texas. These storms would be capable of producing severe hail and a few tornadoes. Otherwise, expect cloudy skies and highs in the 70s and 80s. Hazardous Weather

Severe thunderstorms will be possible across A few isolated showers are possible this much West Central Texas today into tonight. morning with perhaps a rumble of thunder, Hazards include large hail, damaging winds but the main show comes late this afternoon and isolated tornadoes. west of the black outline when strong to severe thunderstorms develop. See the Severe and Heavy Rain risk tabs for more details. Hazardous Weather

Numerous showers and storms are forecast to There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms develop from west to east late Wednesday later this evening and overnight across the afternoon through early Thursday morning. western Brush Country. A few thunderstorms The primary threat is large hail, potentially 2 in these areas could produce large hail of 1 to inches or greater in diameter in the red 2 inches in diameter and wind gusts over 60 outlined area, and isolated tornadoes are also mph. possible mainly west of a Kerrville to Castroville to Carrizo Springs line. Damaging wind gusts are also possible. Storms will weaken as they move through the I-35 corridor early Thursday morning. Hazardous Weather

A is in effect from 3 AM A hot and windy day is expected across Deep until 9 AM Wednesday morning. Minor coastal South Texas with a Wind Advisory in effect flooding is likely during these times, and across portions of the mid to lower RGV and water could reach the dunes and make some lower Texas coast. Dangerous surf and marine beach access roads impassable. conditions are expected due to the increased winds, including a high risk of rip currents and Small Craft Advisories. Hazardous Weather

Isolated large hail and strong winds look to be the main threats today, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. Weather Warnings/Advisories Issued DATE WARNING TYPE LOCATION Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains affecting 04/27/21 High Wind Warning Culberson County Archer, Baylor, Briscoe, Clay, Crosby, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Haskell, Hemphill, Howard, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Severe 04/27/21 Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Roberts, Warning Shackelford, Scurry, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita and Wilbarger Counties Island Areas of Brazoria, Galveston and Coastal Flood 04/27/21 Matagorda Counties and the Bolivar Peninsula; Advisory Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg and Nueces Counties Baylor, Fisher, Foard, Jones, King, Knox, Nolan, 04/27/21 Scurry, Taylor, Wichita and Wilbarger Counties Crane, Glasscock, Midland, Mitchell, Pecos, 04/27/21 Flood Advisory Scurry, Upton and Wichita Counties Crane, Fisher, Glasscock, Howard, Jack Jones, Severe Thunderstorm Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Pecos, 04/28/21 Warning Regan, Scurry, Shackelford, Throckmorton, Upton and Young Counties Weather Warnings/Advisories Issued

DATE WARNING TYPE LOCATION Clay, Jack, Jones, Montague, Palo Pinto 04/28/21 Tornado Warning Shackleford and Stephens Counties Archer, Baylor, Clay, Wichita and Wilbarger 04/28/21 Flood Watch Counties Urban and Small Callahan, Nolan, Shackelford and Throckmorton 04/28/21 Stream Flood County Advisory Archer, Baylor, Clay, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry, 04/28/21 Flood Advisory Taylor and Wichita Counties, Trinity River affecting Dallas County Fire Danger Forecast Burn Ban Keetch-Byram Drought Index Fire Weather Warnings/Watches/Statements DATE WARNING TYPE LOCATION Fire Danger 04/28/21 Culberson and Jeff Davis Counties Statement Fire Activity (*Last 24 Hours) Reports of 217 (no change) fires and 36,964 (no change) acres have been destroyed this year. There are 84 (no change) counties with burn bans. The Keetch–Byram Drought Index list 131 (+6) counties with an average over 400. Training DATES TITLE COURSE LOCATION NFPA 1072 HazMat Technician (Pro- 04/26/21 04/30/21 H-501 Fort Worth Board Certification) Intermediate Incident Command 04/26/21 04/28/21 G-300 San Antonio System for Expanding Incident Intermediate Incident Command 04/26/21 04/28/21 G-300 Austin System for Expanding Incident NFPA 1006 Trench Rescue (Non- 04/26/21 04/30/21 H-306 Conroe Certification) Community Emergency Response 04/26/21 05/12/21 G-317 Buda Team (CERT) Course 04/27/21 04/29/21 Local Mitigation Planning Workshop V-318 Virtual Instructional Presentation and 04/27/21 4/29/21 V-141 Virtual Evaluation Skills 04/28/21 04/28/21 Rapid Needs Assessment G-557 Bay City NIMS Overview for Executive/Senior 04/28/21 04/28/21 G-402 Bay City Officials Intermediate Incident Command 04/28/21 04/30/21 G-300 San Antonio System for Expanding Incidents Exercises DATE(S) AGENCY/LOCATION EXERCISE 04/27/21 05/01/21 USCG 8D/Corpus Christi D8 Natural Disaster Statewide Significant Events DATE(S) LOCATION EVENT 01/12/21 05/24/21 Austin 87th Texas Legislature