| Event | Extreme Heat Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Zapata; Jim Hogg; Brooks |
| Effective | 6/17/2026, 11:35:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 6/17/2026, 8:15:00 PM CDT |
Extreme Heat Watch issued June 17 at 11:35AM CDT until June 18 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Brownsville TX
Details
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 120
possible.
* WHERE…Brooks, Jim Hogg, and Zapata Counties.
* WHEN…From Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening.
* IMPACTS…Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.
Instructions
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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