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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1251 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2026
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ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS INLAND DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY......
.AN APPROACHING FRONT BRINGS GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND DRY AIR
INTO TOMORROW. DRY AIR IN PLACE WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS
WARRANTS POSSIBLE FIRE DANGER STATEMENTS AND/OR RED FLAG
WARNINGS.
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ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-INLAND KENEDY-STARR-SOUTHERN HIDALGO-
INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-NORTHERN HIDALGO-
1251 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR ZAPATA, JIM HOGG, BROOKS, INLAND KENEDY, STARR, HIDALGO,
INLAND WILLACY, AND INLAND CAMERON COUNTIES, WHICH IS IN EFFECT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AFFECTED AREA...ZAPATA, JIM HOGG, BROOKS, INLAND KENEDY, STARR,
HIDALGO, INLAND WILLACY, AND INLAND CAMERON COUNTIES.
* TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...SOUTHERLY 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...85-94.
* 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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