Red Flag Warning — Red River + 20 more areas
Completed Official expiration Oct 17 · 1:00 am CDT
Use the preserved timeline and official source to review what was issued. This status does not establish damage or other impacts.
Official warned area
The map distinguishes an official point, official warning/perimeter geometry, and optional satellite thermal detections. Aerial imagery is a basemap and may be older than the incident.
Red Flag Warning was issued for the affected area.
Red River; Bowie; Franklin; Titus; Camp; Morris; Cass; Wood; Upshur; Marion; Smith; Gregg; Harrison; Cherokee; Rusk; Panola; Nacogdoches; Shelby; Angelina; San Augustine; Sabine
What the preserved official data shows
This Red Flag Warning left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Red River; Bowie; Franklin; Titus; Camp; 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 16, 2026 · 11:25 PM CDT
- Record completed
- Oct 17, 2026 · 1:00 AM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 1 hour, 35 minutes
- Official severity
- Severe
- Named areas
- Red River; Bowie; Franklin; Titus; Camp; additional areas in official record
- Official expiration
- Oct 17, 2026 · 1:00 AM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
Official warning details — archived wording
Red Flag Warning was issued for the affected area.
Red River; Bowie; Franklin; Titus; Camp; Morris; Cass; Wood; Upshur; Marion; Smith; Gregg; Harrison; Cherokee; Rusk; Panola; Nacogdoches; Shelby; Angelina; San Augustine; Sabine
The official record listed an expiration of Oct 17 · 1:00 am CDT.
Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Official timeline
- Warning issuedRed Flag Warning issued for Red River; Bowie; Franklin; Titus; Camp; Morris; Cass; Wood; Upshur; Marion; Smith; Gregg; Harrison; Cherokee; Rusk; Panola; Nacogdoches; Shelby; Angelina; San Augustine; Sabine.
- Final monitor changeOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
- Official expirationThe expiration time preserved from the official warning.
Other active Texas warnings
No other warning-level Texas alerts are currently in the monitor.
Instructions preserved with the warning
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
This record is completed. Check current official sources before acting.