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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1148 AM CST WED FEB 25 2026
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TOMORROW
.BREEZY TO GUSTY WINDS AND DRY AIR BEHIND A COLD FRONT TOMORROW
WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE WESTERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
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1148 AM CST WED FEB 25 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA...THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
* TIMING...FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY.
* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 96.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL CATCH AND SPREAD
QUICKLY. 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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