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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
336 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
.STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND DRY AIR BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH-
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.
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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-
336 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF SOUTH-
CENTRAL TEXAS...
* AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS.
* TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT.
* 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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