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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

February 18, 202620 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 18, 2026, 12:32 PM CST for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 19, 2026, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2026, 12:32 PM CST (18:32 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2026, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 19, 2026, 7:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
All 23 counties

Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 10:43 PM CSTFire Weather WatchAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more21 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2026Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2026Every red flag warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.