Red Flag Warning — Sevier; Howard; Little River; Hempstead; Nevada; Miller; Lafayette; Columbia; Union; Caddo; Bossier; Webster; Claiborne; was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Friday, 16 October 2026 at 04:43 UTC. The event is classified as a storm incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through the US National Weather Service (NWS).

Red Flag Warning issued October 15 at 11:43PM CDT until October 17 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, north central and northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and east and northeast Texas. * TIMING...From 10 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 28 to 69 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

Where this happened

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Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 37.100°, -95.700°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.

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Data and verification

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Timeline and sources

Official warning

Issued by U.S. National Weather Service. A warning or forecast describes a hazard; on its own it is not a report that harm occurred.

How statuses are decided · the number of reports is never treated as confirmation.

  1. · received · event time 16 Oct 2026, 04:43 UTC
    First report Official warning

    First recorded from U.S. National Weather Service.

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

  2. · received · event time 16 Oct 2026, 09:46 UTC
    Also reported Official warning

    Also reported by U.S. National Weather Service: "Red Flag Warning — Sevier; Howard; Little River; Hempstead; Nevada; Miller; Lafayette; Columbia; Union; Caddo; Bossier; Webster; Claiborne;"

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

  3. · received · event time 16 Oct 2026, 16:41 UTC
    Also reported Official warning

    Also reported by U.S. National Weather Service: "Red Flag Warning — Sevier; Howard; Little River; Hempstead; Nevada; Miller; Lafayette; Columbia; Union; Caddo; Bossier; Webster; Claiborne;"

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. 3 reports are attached to this incident. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.

Conditions at the time

0mm
Rainfall that day
16°C
Maximum temperature
7°C
Minimum temperature
39km/h
Peak wind speed

No rainfall was recorded that day, and the temperature peaked at 16°C, and winds reached 39 km/h. Conditions are shown for context only — they do not establish a cause.

Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.