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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1200 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY
.STRONG TO VERY STRONG WINDS AND DRY AIR ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH A
DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS ON
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
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LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
1200 PM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS.
* TIMING...FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
BECOMING NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH SUNDAY
EVENING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 25 PERCENT SUNDAY AND MONDAY
AFTERNOONS. POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY DURING SUNDAY NIGHT WITH
HUMIDITY RISING ONLY TO NEAR THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL CATCH AND 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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