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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Brownsville TX

1049 PM CDT Thu Oct 15 2026



...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INCREASE WILDFIRE THREAT...



.A strong front pushes south through Deep South Texas and the Rio

Grande Valley on Friday, with a secondary surge of strong

northerly winds arriving late Friday evening into late Saturday

morning. Relative humidity values are expected to drop Friday

afternoon with little to no recovery into Saturday morning. Any

wildfire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic

growth and spread due to strong winds and lower humidity. A Red

Flag Warning is in effect.



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1049 PM CDT Thu Oct 15 2026



...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT

SATURDAY FOR BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR INLAND

PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...



The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Red Flag

Warning for Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM Friday

to 7 AM CDT Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in 

effect.



* WINDS...Northerly 15-25 mph, gusting as high as 35-55 mph.



* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 25 to 40 percent.



* IMPACTS...Any fire that can develop will behave dangerously with

  erratic growth and spread.



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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