Tarrant County Office of Emergency Management

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Here's a flier from our Texas Health and Human Services friends that gives quick tips about COVID-19. Feel free to copy and share.

Thank you Southlake DPS for hosting a successful Tarrant County Emergency Management meeting for all of our partners to discuss partnerships and teamwork. Your city’s blue skies were stunning this morning. US National Weather Service Fort Worth Texas

To best protect yourself from severe weather, stay informed of the weather forecast and alert to potential hazards. Be sure to have multiples methods to receive weather alerts and warnings. to US National Weather Service Fort Worth Texas.

Your mobile phone will be busy on Thursday as conducts a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 p.m. EDT, and the EAS portion follows at 2:20 p.m. EDT. The test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of a national message and determine whether improvements are needed. The WEA test message will be sent to mobile phones that are connected to wireless providers participating in WEA.

A moment of silence to begin Commissioners Court this morning. Tarrant County Sheriff's Office

There will be continued rain and embedded thunderstorms in the region throughout the remainder of the week. It looks like Tropical Storm Gordon will remain well to the east of the north Texas area. Stay weather aware!

Numerous to scattered showers and storms are expected today (Labor Day) so stay weather aware. Our partners at the US National Weather Service Fort Worth Texas are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Gordon for a potential track towards North Texas which could result in increasing rain chances late in the week.

The ban on outdoor burning in Tarrant County has been lifted.

The US National Weather Service Fort Worth Texas says scattered showers and storms will develop this afternoon across the western areas and track northeast. A low severe weather threat exists with these storms. Where rainfall has been heaviest over the last few days there is an increased potential for flash flooding.

The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) -- the nation's support center for wildland fire -- has released a rundown of the states with the most year-to-date fires and acres burned. TX and CA have had the most fires. Tarrant County remains under an outdoor burn ban. We appreciate all of the firefighters across our county, the state and out west for the tireless work they do every summer to keep our communities safe.