Texas Division of Emergency Management Texas State Operations Center Situation Awareness Brief Thursday, December 24th, 2020 As of 0900 CST Incidents Reported to the State Operations Center (last 24 hours) Final DATE SUBJECT LOCATION Report (Y/N) 12/23/20 PLB Mission 20I0668 Opened El Paso County N 12/23/20 Initial Report of the Left Field Fire Childress County N 12/23/20 Initial Report of a Possible Tornado Touchdown Newton County N 12/23/20 Final Report of a Possible Tornado Touchdown Newton County Y 12/23/20 Initial Report of the Center Drive Fire Wilbarger County Y 12/23/20 Preliminary Report of an Earthquake (M2.7) Ector County Y 12/24/20 PLB Mission 20I0668 has been closed El Paso County Y 12/24/20 Preliminary Earthquake Report (M2.6) Culberson County Y Informational Products Distributed by the State Operations Center DATE SUBJECT 12/23/20 FEMA Region 6 Watch Daily Situational Awareness Report NWS Shreveport: Severe Weather Possible Today and Update on Weekly 12/23/20 Webinars 12/23/20 Silver Alert – Activation - San Antonio PD - Velasco 12/23/20 NWS Lake Charles: Weather Update 2:30 PM Wednesday 12/23/20 Silver Alert- Discontinuation- San Antonio PD- Velasco NWS Austin/San Antonio: Public Information Statement - Wind Gust 12/24/20 Reports Daily NWS Threat Brief for Thursday, December 24, 2020 for FEMA Region 12/24/20 6 NWS Austin/San Antonio: Public Information Statement - Highest wind 12/24/20 Reports Last 12 Hours through 5:00 AM CST 12/24/20 NWS El Paso: Christmas Eve Weather Hazards Outlook Weather Forecast Highs Lows Weather Forecast Wind Speeds Gusts Hazardous Weather Hazardous Weather A Lake Wind Advisory means winds of 15 to 25 Windy and cooler conditions are expected to mph with higher gusts up to 30 mph could be return by late morning and into the afternoon hazardous on area waterways through the day. hours. Skies will be mostly sunny, but afternoon high temperatures will only warm into the upper 40s and 50s. West-northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts in excess of 30 mph are expected. In addition, the winds will combine with very dry air in places to create an elevated grass fire danger across the west. Hazardous Weather Strong northerly winds causing Wind Advisories High pressure ridging into the area will produce inland and Gale Warnings over the waters. gusty northwest winds 15 to 25 mph along and south of the I-10 corridor. These winds will also produce low waters levels across inland lakes and bays. Hazardous Weather A Wind Advisory continues until noon today for Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are all coastal counties. North winds of 25 to 35 expected this morning into this afternoon across mph with gusts to 40 mph will continue before portions of Deep South Texas. Windy conditions tapering to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon. with gusty 20 ft winds and low relative humidity Lightweight and unsecured objects can be will develop across Jim Hogg, Brooks, Kenedy, blown around in these winds. Driving may be Willacy, Cameron, Hidalgo and Starr counties. A difficult at times, especially for high profile Red Flag Warning is in effect through this vehicles. morning and into the afternoon. Hazardous Weather Northerly winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph continue through this morning in the wake of the cold front. The Wind Advisory is in effect until 9 AM for Brooks and Kenedy counties and until 12 PM for Hidalgo, Willacy, and Cameron counties. Fire Danger Forecast Burn Ban Keetch-Byram Drought Index Fire Weather Warnings/Watches/State DATE WARNING TYPE ments LOCATION Andrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Dawson, Fisher, Gaines, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Irion, Jones, Fire Danger Kimble, Martin, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, 12/24/20 Statement Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Throckmorton and Tom Green Counties Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Jim Hogg, 12/24/20 Red Flag Warning Starr, and Willacy Counties Fire Activity (*Last 24 Hours) Reports 645 (+1) fires and 148,731 (+20) acres destroyed this year. There are 108 (No Change) with burn bans. The Keetch–Byram Drought Index list 157 (+2) counties with an average over 400..