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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1214 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
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MADISON-WALKER-SAN JACINTO-POLK-BURLESON-BRAZOS-WASHINGTON-GRIMES-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN LIBERTY-COLORADO-AUSTIN-WALLER-INLAND HARRIS-
CHAMBERS-WHARTON-FORT BEND-INLAND JACKSON-INLAND MATAGORDA-
INLAND BRAZORIA-INLAND GALVESTON-SOUTHERN LIBERTY-COASTAL HARRIS-
COASTAL JACKSON-COASTAL MATAGORDA-COASTAL BRAZORIA-
COASTAL GALVESTON-
1214 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF SPREADING
RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. OBEY ALL LOCAL
BURN RESTRICTIONS AND BURN BANS.
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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE
GROWTH POTENTIAL.
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