Heat Advisory in Effect for 10 West Texas Counties Tuesday Afternoon
Temperatures up to 109 are expected from 1 PM to 8 PM CDT across Briscoe, Hall, Childress and the Rolling Plains, according to a National Weather Service Lubbock TX advisory bulletin.
3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 17, 2026, 1:09 p.m. ET
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Aug 17, 2026, 1:18 p.m. ET
NWS Warns Hot Temperatures May Cause Heat Illnesses Across West Texas
Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses, according to an official advisory from the National Weather Service Lubbock TX issued for Tuesday, August 18, 2026. The agency expects temperatures to reach up to 109 degrees.
The heat advisory starts at 1 PM CDT and expires at 8 PM CDT on Tuesday, covering 10 zones across Rolling Plains, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Motley, Cottle, Dickens, King, Garza, Kent, and Stonewall Counties. Impacted communities include Paducah, Matador, Post, Kirkland, Jayton, Quitaque, Roaring Springs, Guthrie, Dumont, Childress, Turkey, Dickens, Lake Alan Henry, Memphis, Silverton, Aspermont, Spur, Cee Vee, and Old Glory.
To prepare for the conditions, the Weather Service recommends that people drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Aug 17, 2026, 1:09 p.m. ETFirst report
Heat Advisory Tuesday for Briscoe, Hall, Childress and Seven More Texas Counties
A Heat Advisory covering Briscoe, Hall and Childress counties and seven others in the Texas Rolling Plains takes effect at 1 PM CDT Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and expires at 8 PM CDT the same day, according to the Heat Advisory product issued by the National Weather Service Lubbock TX and distributed through NOAA's raw text bulletin feed.
The advisory record states that temperatures up to 109 are expected. It covers 10 zones: Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Motley, Cottle, Dickens, King, Garza, Kent and Stonewall. The product lists the affected area as the Rolling Plains, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, and Garza Counties.
Communities named in the advisory include Paducah, Matador, Post, Kirkland, Jayton, Quitaque, Roaring Springs, Guthrie, Dumont, Childress, Turkey, Dickens, Lake Alan Henry, Memphis, Silverton, Aspermont, Spur, Cee Vee and Old Glory.
The Lubbock office warns in the same product that hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses. Its listed precautions are to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
A Heat Advisory is the advisory-level alert in the National Weather Service's warning system, one step below a warning. The office headlined the bulletin "HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY."
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