Dangerous Air Quality and Ozone Warnings Issued for Two Major Cities in Texas

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued Ozone Action Days for Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin for Wednesday, October 21, 2026.

The alerts were relayed by NWS Fort Worth and NWS Austin/San Antonio on Tuesday afternoon.

Warm, sunny weather and no rain are setting up conditions that favor high levels of ozone pollution.

Above normal temperatures will continue into the weekend with highs in the mid 80s and no rain chances for the next several days. Rain chances will start to creep back into the region next week but no major changes are expected anytime soon. pic.twitter.com/kDLtfi8FtS

— NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth)

Dallas-Fort Worth

TCEQ says atmospheric conditions are favorable for high ozone in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Wednesday.

The air quality alert covers a group of North Texas counties in the NWS Fort Worth area…

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