Fire Weather Watch — Tyler + 2 more areasFire Weather Watch — Tyler + 2 more areas
Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.
What the preserved official data shows
This Fire Weather Watch left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Tyler; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Oct 16, 2026 · 12:01 AM CDT
- Record completed
- Oct 16, 2026 · 12:20 PM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 12 hours, 18 minutes
- Official severity
- Severe
- Named areas
- Tyler; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton
- Official expiration
- Oct 16, 2026 · 3:00 PM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts
- Event
- Fire Weather Watch
- Affected Texas areas
- Tyler; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton
- Effective
- 2026-10-15T23:58:00-05:00
- Expires
- 2026-10-16T15:00:00-05:00
- Issuing authority
- NWS Lake Charles LA
Completed
Official record ended or left the source’s active window.
Instructions preserved with the record
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.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
Latest official-source information
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FRIDAY...
.Breezy and dry conditions due to a frontal passage will combine
with very dry fuels and produce red flag conditions across
portions of central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas
through Friday afternoon. A Fire Weather Watch is in place for
all of southeast Texas and southwest and central Louisiana on
Saturday.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 027 Vernon, Fire Weather
Zone 028 Rapides, Fire Weather Zone 029 Avoyelles, Fire
Weather Zone 030 Beauregard, Fire Weather Zone 180 Tyler, Fire
Weather Zone 259 Northern Jasper and Fire Weather Zone 260
Northern Newton.
* TIMING...For the Red Flag Warning, from 11 AM Friday to 1 AM
CDT Saturday. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Saturday
morning through Saturday evening.
* WINDS...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...Up to 82 Friday, Up to 72 Saturday.
* LIGHTNING...
* IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread
quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Meaningful official changes
The complete source history remains preserved. Routine monitoring snapshots and small gauge fluctuations are condensed here for readability.
- Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
- First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.
Original source
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