Fire Weather Watch — Tyler + 5 more areasFire Weather Watch — Tyler + 5 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; Hardin; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton; Southern Jasper; additional areas in official record. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Oct 15, 2026 · 9:45 AM CDT
- Record completed
- Oct 15, 2026 · 12:11 PM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 2 hours, 26 minutes
- Official severity
- Severe
- Named areas
- Tyler; Hardin; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton; Southern Jasper; additional areas in official record
- Official expiration
- Oct 15, 2026 · 5:45 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; Hardin; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton; Southern Jasper; Southern Newton
- Effective
- 2026-10-15T09:39:00-05:00
- Expires
- 2026-10-15T17:45:00-05:00
- Issuing authority
- NWS Lake Charles LA
Completed
Official record ended or left the source’s active window.
Instructions preserved with the record
A 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
...RED FLAG WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FRIDAY...
.With the ongoing drought conditions, we have KBDI values well
into the 700s, with 10-hour and 100-hour fuel moisture values
hovering around 25%. Subsidence behind the front will further dry
out the already dry continental air mass, leading to a
significant drop in dew points following the front. The forecast
drops RH values below 30% across central Louisiana and the
interior portions of southeast Texas. Friday through Sunday look
to be concerning for fire weather. However, Saturday appears to
be the most critical day as the dry, subsided airmass becomes
fully entrenched over the highly dried out fuels. This setup is
similar to the weather conditions that sparked the Tiger Island
fire in 2023, and fires that do spark could quickly spread out of
control..
* 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 031 Allen, Fire
Weather Zone 032 Evangeline, Fire Weather Zone 033 St. Landry,
Fire Weather Zone 044 Lafayette, Fire Weather Zone 045 Upper
St. Martin, Fire Weather Zone 141 Northern Calcasieu, Fire
Weather Zone 142 Northern Jefferson Davis, Fire Weather Zone
143 Northern Acadia, Fire Weather Zone 180 Tyler, Fire Weather
Zone 201 Hardin, Fire Weather Zone 259 Northern Jasper, Fire
Weather Zone 260 Northern Newton, Fire Weather Zone 261
Southern Jasper and Fire Weather Zone 262 Southern Newton.
* TIMING...From Friday morning through late Friday night.
* WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...Up to 85.
* 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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