⚠️ Heat Advisory – Briscoe; Hall; Childress; Motley; Cottle; Dickens; King – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Heat Advisory issued August 12 at 1:09PM CDT until August 13 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX

Details

* WHAT…For today, temperatures up to 107 expected. For Thursday,
temperatures up to 108 expected.

* WHERE…Portions of the far southern Texas Panhandle and Rolling
Plains.

* WHEN…For the first Heat Advisory, until 8 PM CDT this evening.
For the second Heat Advisory, from 1 PM to 8 PM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS…Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses.

Instructions

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.