Red Flag Warning issued October 14 at 1:15PM PDT until October 17 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
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...HIGH RISK FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH ANY NEW FIRE STARTS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .Moderate to locally strong Santa Ana winds will quickly develop on Thursday, peak Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon, then slowly weaken through the weekend. Meanwhile, dry air will settle over the region and dry out any effects of the recent rains. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties Thursday through Saturday, and for interior Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties for Friday. * AFFECTED AREA...The mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. * TIMING...From 6 AM Thursday to 8 PM PDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northeast to east 20 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 70 mph, strongest Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 8 to 20 percent common. * IMPACTS...If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for extreme fire behavior which would threaten life and property. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. Use extreme caution with anything that can spark a wildfire. Residents near wildland interfaces should be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire breaks out. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org for information.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- CA, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area; Santa Susana Mountains; Southern Ventura County Mountains; Northern Ventura County Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains
- event
- Red Flag Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-15T06:00:00-07:00
- states
- ["CA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-14T13:15:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.acd9ae840dba78c67969047b1b7bd36f59cef13f.004.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d7644b38a9cd245f0a9eb34d57b97a36b3983615.001.2","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5756e1dea16eee6767839fdb95f031f35e142dbf.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f3181b0e8a5a2c3b042e0aa663aaaa8d1a5d37a4.001.1"]
- instruction
- A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. Use extreme caution with anything that can spark a wildfire. Residents near wildland interfaces should be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire breaks out. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org for information.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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