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WWUS82 KTAE 231550
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1050 AM EST MON FEB 23 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND
GUSTY WINDS...
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-027>029-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-326-426-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-240000-
/O.EXB.KTAE.FW.W.0002.260223T1700Z-260224T0000Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-NORTH WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-
INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-
COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-
COASTAL TAYLOR-NORTHERN LIBERTY-SOUTHERN LIBERTY-QUITMAN-CLAY-
RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-
EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
1050 AM EST MON FEB 23 2026 /950 AM CST MON FEB 23 2026/
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DUE TO CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND
GUSTY WINDS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA, SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA, THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND.
* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH.
* HUMIDITY...IN THE AFTERNOON AS LOW AS 15 TO 18 PERCENT ACROSS
THE REGION.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME
FIRE BEHAVIOR.
FLZ034-134-240000-
/O.EXT.KTAE.FW.W.0002.260223T1700Z-260224T0000Z/
INLAND DIXIE-COASTAL DIXIE-
1050 AM EST MON FEB 23 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR DIXIE COUNTY...
* AFFECTED AREA...DIXIE COUNTY.
* WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
* HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME
FIRE BEHAVIOR.
GODSEY
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