| URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 342 AM CST WED FEB 16 2022 RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST TO 8 PM CST THURSDAY NEAR CRITICAL TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY, AS GUSTY WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS TO TWENTIES WILL BE IN PLACE. COMBINED WITH DRY TO CRITICALLY DRY FUELS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION, HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY THURSDAY. 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-342 AM CST WED FEB 16 2022 RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR 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 9 AM TO 8 PM CST THURSDAY. WINDS…NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. IMPACTS… 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. |