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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

January 17, 20264 counties in Texas

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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 11:39 PM CSTFreeze WatchBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Zapata12 hr
Jan 17, 1:32 AM CSTRip Current StatementBROCameron, Kenedy, Willacy40 hr
Jan 17, 1:32 AM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryBROCameron, Kenedy, Willacy31 hr
Jan 17, 12:01 PM CSTFreeze WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Zapata21 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.