Red Flag Warning issued October 14 at 12:37PM PDT until October 15 at 2:00PM PDT by NWS Eureka CA
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* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 418 including Lake Pillsbury, 419 including the City of Clearlake, Middletown, Lower Lake, Indian Valley Reservoir, and other areas in eastern and southern Lake County. * WIND...Sustained winds of 20-25mph with gusts of 30-40mph possible. * HUMIDITY...Low overnight recoveries of 30-35% will drop to 15-20% through the morning. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- CA, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Northern Lake Including Gravelly Valley; Eastern Lake Including Clearlake and Middletown
- event
- Red Flag Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-15T04:00:00-07:00
- states
- ["CA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-14T12:37:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.13dedd355f89bbf4b42de0829fc6615fefe55f5c.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ab86421b82cec133ff3458c5c32165f7eee46a39.001.1"]
- instruction
- A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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