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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 16, 2026, 8:57 PM CST for 7 counties in Texas; 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 17, 2026, 11:00 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 16, 2026, 8:57 PM CST (02:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2026, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2026, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Brewster County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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.
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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Feb 16, 5:21 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 5:21 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 8:57 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Gaines, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:55 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 16 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2026Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 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.