The North Texas region is under critical or extreme fire threats on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. This is the first time parts of the area have seen an extreme fire threat in about 16 years,

An elevated wildfire threat will remain in Dallas and much of North Texas next week, according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office.

On Friday at 11:49 a.m. an updated high wind warning was issued by the NWS Fort Worth TX in effect until 7 p.m. The warning is for Wise, Denton, Collin, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Hood, Johnson, Montague,