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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
214 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
...RED FLAG WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FRIDAY...
.WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS, WE HAVE KBDI VALUES WELL INTO
THE 700S, WITH 10-HOUR AND 100-HOUR FUEL MOISTURE VALUES HOVERING
AROUND 25%. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL FURTHER DRY OUT THE
ALREADY DRY CONTINENTAL AIR MASS, LEADING TO A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN
DEW POINTS FOLLOWING THE FRONT. THE FORECAST DROPS RH VALUES BELOW
30% ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LOOK TO BE CONCERNING FOR
FIRE WEATHER. HOWEVER, SATURDAY APPEARS TO BE THE MOST CRITICAL
DAY AS THE DRY, SUBSIDED AIRMASS BECOMES FULLY ENTRENCHED OVER THE
HIGHLY DRIED OUT FUELS. THIS SETUP IS SIMILAR TO THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THAT SPARKED THE TIGER ISLAND FIRE IN 2023, AND FIRES
THAT DO SPARK COULD QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL..
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/O.NEW.KLCH.FW.A.0003.261016T1600Z-261017T0600Z/
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-NORTHERN CALCASIEU-
NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS-NORTHERN ACADIA-TYLER-HARDIN-
NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
214 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 027 VERNON, FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 028 RAPIDES, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 029 AVOYELLES, FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 030 BEAUREGARD, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 031 ALLEN, FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 032 EVANGELINE, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 033 ST. LANDRY,
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LAFAYETTE, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 UPPER
ST. MARTIN, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 141 NORTHERN CALCASIEU, FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 142 NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS, FIRE WEATHER ZONE
143 NORTHERN ACADIA, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 180 TYLER, FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 201 HARDIN, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 259 NORTHERN JASPER, FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 260 NORTHERN NEWTON, FIRE WEATHER ZONE 261
SOUTHERN JASPER AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 262 SOUTHERN NEWTON.
* TIMING...FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 87.
* LIGHTNING...
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL CATCH AND SPREAD
QUICKLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
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