Texas Division of Emergency Management Texas State Operations Center - Situation Awareness Brief

Texas Division of Emergency
        Management
Texas State Operations Center

      Situation Awareness
              Brief

       Saturday, January 8th, 2022
             As of 0900 CST

Informational Products
  Distributed by the State Operations Center
 DATE                                    SUBJECT
01/07/22 20-0003 COVID-19 2020 SITREP 525
01/07/22 AMBER Alert Discontinuation - San Antonio PD - Sardar Khil
01/07/22 NWS Houston/Galveston: Severe Weather Outlook for Saturday 1/8/2022
01/08/22 Daily NWS Threat Brief for Saturday, January 8, 2022 for FEMA Region 6

Weather Forecast

Highs           Lows

Weather Forecast

Wind Speeds       Gusts

Hazardous Weather

Hazardous Weather

Warm, dry, and breezy conditions will result in   Patchy drizzle will give way to increasing
elevated fire weather concerns today. A Fire      showers and thunderstorms Saturday morning.
Weather Statement has been issued for the         A few strong or severe storms will be possible
shaded area from noon until 6 pm. Do not burn     across parts of Central and East Texas during
outdoors and avoid any activities that may        the afternoon and evening hours. Hail will be
generate sparks.                                  the primary threat. Otherwise, highs will be in
                                                  the 60s to low 70s, with gradually clearing skies
                                                  across the west.

Hazardous Weather

Scattered     to    numerous     showers     and   A warm day is expected with scattered showers
thunderstorms will be possible today across        and isolated storms. Isolated strong to severe
much of the region. The higher chances will be     thunderstorms will be possible today as a warm
felt across all but portions of East Central and   front lifts through the region. Stay weather
Northeast Louisiana.                               aware and prepared.

Hazardous Weather

Morning fog and cloudy skies will give way to       Cloudy with chances for showers along and east
mostly cloudy skies by this afternoon. Scattered    of I-35. Better chances for thunderstorms exist
showers and isolated thunderstorms will be          along and east of Highway 77 corridor this
possible over the coastal plains into the coastal   afternoon. Highs are forecast to be in the 60s.
waters today. Warmer temperatures are in store
for south Texas with highs ranging from the mid
60s to the lower 70s.

Hazardous Weather

  A High Wind Warning is in effect for the
  Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains from late
  this morning until early this evening.

Weather Warnings/Advisories Issued
 DATE       WARNING TYPE                     LOCATION
                             Guadalupe Mountains and Guadalupe
01/08/22 High Wind Warning   Mountains National park in Hudspeth and
                             Culberson Counties

Fire Danger Forecast

Burn Ban

Keetch-Byram Drought Index

Fire Weather
 Warnings/Watches/Statements
 DATE      WARNING TYPE                      LOCATION
                          Armstrong, Bailey, Brewster, Briscoe, Castro,
                          Childress, Cochran, Cottle, Culberson, Deaf Smith,
           Fire Danger
01/08/22                  Floyd, Hale, Hall, Hockley, Jeff Davis, Lamb,
           Statement
                          Motley, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Reeves,
                          Swisher and Yoakum Counties

Fire Activity (*Last 24 Hours)
 Report of 19 (+7) fires and 941 (+487) acres have been destroyed
 this year. There are 76 (+3) counties with burn bans. The Keetch–
 Byram Drought Index list 193 (+1) counties with an average over
 400.

Statewide Significant Events
      DATE            LOCATION                     EVENT
                                 Houston International Boat, Sport & Travel
01/07/22   01/16/22    Houston
                                 Show – Winter