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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 15, 202621 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 15, 2026, 12:55 PM CDT for 21 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 16, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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: Mar 15, 2026, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 16, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

All 21 counties

Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 15, 6:22 AM CDT, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:22 AM CDT, 6 hours 33 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 5:41 AM CDT	Gale Warning	HGX		31 hr
Mar 15, 12:58 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		41 hr
Mar 15, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Houston	56 min
Mar 15, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Madison	40 min
Mar 15, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison	37 min
Mar 15, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington	34 min
Mar 15, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington	28 min
Mar 15, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker	39 min
Mar 15, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Austin, Grimes, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker and 2 more	43 min
Mar 15, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	45 min

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.