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Latest official NHC advisory: Friday, October 16 at 7:00 PM CDT. We check every 10 minutes.
National Weather Service
Official Red Flag Warning in effect for Alexandria.
What it means
- Red Flag Warning: critical fire weather. Avoid anything that can spark a fire outdoors and follow local burn bans.
Always follow your local National Weather Service office and local officials. Details below.
No active tropical cyclones are near Alexandria.
Active storms stay more than 930 miles away. This page updates itself every 10 minutes.
Official weather alerts for Alexandria
Red Flag Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 8:00 PM CDT
Red Flag Warning issued October 16 at 6:02PM CDT until October 17 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
Vernon; Rapides; Avoyelles; Beauregard; Tyler; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton
Full text from the National Weather Service
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... .Breezy and dry conditions due to a frontal passage will combine with very dry fuels resulting in a period of high fire danger. Red flag conditions will develop across portions of central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas Friday afternoon and evening, before winds decrease and humidity recovers some overnight. Red flag conditions will then be expected again across all of central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas during the day Saturday. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 027 Vernon, Fire Weather Zone 028 Rapides, Fire Weather Zone 029 Avoyelles, Fire Weather Zone 030 Beauregard, Fire Weather Zone 180 Tyler, Fire Weather Zone 259 Northern Jasper and Fire Weather Zone 260 Northern Newton. * TIMING...For the first Red Flag Warning, until 1 AM CDT Saturday. For the second Red Flag Warning, from 9 AM to 8 PM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 72. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Instructions: A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Official NWS page · NWS Lake Charles LA
Red Flag Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 1:00 AM CDT
Red Flag Warning issued October 16 at 6:02PM CDT until October 17 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
Vernon; Rapides; Avoyelles; Beauregard; Tyler; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton
Full text from the National Weather Service
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... .Breezy and dry conditions due to a frontal passage will combine with very dry fuels resulting in a period of high fire danger. Red flag conditions will develop across portions of central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas Friday afternoon and evening, before winds decrease and humidity recovers some overnight. Red flag conditions will then be expected again across all of central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas during the day Saturday. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 027 Vernon, Fire Weather Zone 028 Rapides, Fire Weather Zone 029 Avoyelles, Fire Weather Zone 030 Beauregard, Fire Weather Zone 180 Tyler, Fire Weather Zone 259 Northern Jasper and Fire Weather Zone 260 Northern Newton. * TIMING...For the first Red Flag Warning, until 1 AM CDT Saturday. For the second Red Flag Warning, from 9 AM to 8 PM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 72. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Instructions: A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Official NWS page · NWS Lake Charles LA
Storm Prediction Center · today's severe-storm outlook · issued 1 h ago
Alexandria is outside today's thunderstorm and severe-storm areas.
Official SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook (NOAA), valid until Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 AM CDT. It shows the chance of severe storms in the area, not a warning for your street. SPC outlook
U.S. Drought Monitor · map of October 13
84% of Louisiana is in drought, including 8.2% in extreme or exceptional drought.
Share of the state's area. Updated every Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center, USDA and NOAA). Drought builds over weeks and months: one rainy day rarely ends it.
Weather in Alexandria now
National Hurricane Center analysis · 4 hours ago
- Cold front: the NHC mentions a front over the Gulf.A cold front is the leading edge of colder, drier air: it brings a line of showers or storms, a wind shift and cooler temperatures.
- Gale Warning at sea (official, NHC) over the Gulf.Gale Warning: winds of 39 to 54 mph over the water and rough seas. It is a marine warning; dangerous surf can reach the coast.
Full NHC discussion text
GALE WARNING: Gulf of America Gale Warning: A cold front has entered the far NW Gulf and extends from 30N93W to 26N97W. Fresh to strong N winds and building seas follow the front, forecast to reach from near Tampa Bay, Florida to the central Bay of Campeche by early Sat morning, and from the Straits of Florida and the SE Gulf to the eastern Bay of Campeche by early Sun morning. The front will be just SE of the area on Mon where it will gradually dissipate. Strong gale force winds and rough to very rough seas are expected in the wake of the front over the west-central Gulf tonight, and over the southwest Gulf by Sat morning. Frequent gusts to gale- force are forecast elsewhere NW of the front tonight into Sat morning. Looking ahead, strong high pressure will build over the lower Mississippi Valley behind the wake of the front, promoting fresh to strong NE to E winds mainly over the eastern half of the Gulf likely through Tue. Please read the latest High Seas Forecast issued by the National Hurricane Center under AWIPS/WMO headers FZNT02 KNHC/HSFAT2 or at website https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIAHSFAT2.shtml for further details.
GULF OF AMERICA: See details above about a Gulf of America Gale Warning.
An upper-level trough over the south-central US and a surface trough in the western Gulf are supporting numerous showers and thunderstorms across much of the interior Gulf. Another surface trough along the Mexican coast supports scattered moderate convection offshore Veracruz. A cold front has entered the far NW Gulf and extends from 30N93W to 26N97W. Fresh to strong N winds and building seas follow the front.
For the forecast, cold front is forecast to reach from near Tampa Bay, Florida to the central Bay of Campeche by early Sat morning, and from the Straits of Florida and the SE Gulf to the eastern Bay of Campeche by early Sun morning. The front will be just SE of the area on Mon where it will gradually dissipate. Strong gale force winds and rough to very rough seas are expected in the wake of the front over the west-central Gulf tonight, and over the southwest Gulf by Sat morning. Frequent gusts to gale- force are forecast elsewhere NW of the front tonight into Sat morning. Looking ahead, strong high pressure will build over the lower Mississippi Valley behind the wake of the front, promoting fresh to strong NE to E winds mainly over the eastern half of the Gulf likely through Tue.
Source: Tropical Weather Discussion (Atlantic) · (Pacific)
Rain forecast for Alexandria · next days
Automatic forecast from a computer model (MET Norway, data CC BY 4.0). Not an official alert: for watches and warnings, follow National Weather Service.
What do the inches mean?
As a rough guide: under a quarter inch in a day is light rain; 1 to 2 inches is a heavy downpour; more than 2 inches in a day is very heavy rain that can flood low-lying areas and roads.
Several rainy days in a row saturate the ground: even a modest storm can then cause flash flooding and rising rivers.
What is normal in October in Alexandria
changing season Usually one of the drier stretches of the year, but late-season hurricanes are still possible, especially in October.
We are in the Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 to November 30).
El Niño is under way, and NOAA expects it to be strong (NOAA, October 8, 2026).
On the Gulf Coast it tends to bring a wetter, cooler and stormier winter. El Niño usually means fewer Atlantic hurricanes (but not none: one landfall is enough).
These are general tendencies: every year is different, and your local forecast comes first.
Typical climate per NOAA and regional weather services. It describes the season, not the forecast for a given day.
Official sources for Louisiana
Emergency: 911