Red Flag Warning issued October 15 at 1:16PM PDT until October 17 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

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...HIGH RISK FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH ANY NEW FIRE STARTS THROUGH SATURDAY, DUE TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .Updates include adding the following areas to the previous Red Flag Warnings - Ojai, Casitas, and the Santa Lucia Mountains. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds will peak around Friday then slowly weaken through the weekend. Meanwhile, dry air will persist 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 and foothills of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. * TIMING...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northeast to east 20 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 70 mph, strongest through Friday afternoon when isolated gusts of 70 to 90 mph are possible. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 10 to 25 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; Western Antelope Valley Foothills; Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills
event
Red Flag Warning
onset
2026-10-15T13:16:00-07:00
states
["CA"]
urgency
Expected
certainty
Likely
effective
2026-10-15T13:16:00-07:00
message id
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references
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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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