Courtney leaves the northernmost stretch of the state, some 26 counties by his estimation, as the name many a Texan knows it ...

This portion of the state, a swath located south of the Red River/Oklahoma border, north of Central Texas, east of the Greater Panhandle Plains, and west of the northernmost part of eastern Texas ...

"The fire environment will trend warmer, drier and windier across the Texas High Plains and northern Rolling ... increase the risks of a fire. Newest map on Texas wildfires for 3/5: Map shows ...