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WWUS84 KEWX 260336
RFWEWX
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
936 PM 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.
TXZ171-172-183>190-202>204-217>219-228-270100-
/O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0003.260226T1700Z-260227T0100Z/
LLANO-BURNET-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-
KENDALL-BLANCO-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT-
936 PM CST WED FEB 25 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST
THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* AFFECTED AREA...THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS, HILL COUNTRY, AND EDWARDS
PLATEAU..
* TIMING...FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY.
* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...UP TO 95.
* 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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