Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2026
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 17, 2026, 12:13 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 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
- Jan 17, 2026, 12:13 PM CST (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2026, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 11:39 PM CST | Freeze Watch | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Zapata | 12 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:32 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 40 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:32 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 31 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:01 PM CST | Freeze Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Zapata | 21 hr |
Nearby
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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.