Red Flag Warning — Zapata + 8 more areas
Completed Official expiration Oct 16 · 7:00 pm 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.
Zapata; Jim Hogg; Brooks; Inland Kenedy; Starr; Southern Hidalgo; Inland Willacy; Inland Cameron; Northern Hidalgo
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 Zapata; Jim Hogg; Brooks; Inland Kenedy; Starr; 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 · 2:17 AM CDT
- Record completed
- Oct 16, 2026 · 5:55 PM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 15 hours, 37 minutes
- Official severity
- Severe
- Named areas
- Zapata; Jim Hogg; Brooks; Inland Kenedy; Starr; additional areas in official record
- Official expiration
- Oct 16, 2026 · 7:00 PM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
Official warning details — archived wording
Red Flag Warning was issued for the affected area.
Zapata; Jim Hogg; Brooks; Inland Kenedy; Starr; Southern Hidalgo; Inland Willacy; Inland Cameron; Northern Hidalgo
The official record listed an expiration of Oct 16 · 7:00 pm CDT.
Any fire that can develop will behave dangerously with erratic growth and spread.
Official timeline
- Warning issuedRed Flag Warning issued for Zapata; Jim Hogg; Brooks; Inland Kenedy; Starr; Southern Hidalgo; Inland Willacy; Inland Cameron; Northern Hidalgo.
- 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
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.
This record is completed. Check current official sources before acting.