Red Flag Warning issued October 16 at 10:35AM PDT until October 16 at 10:00PM PDT by NWS Hanford CA
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...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL SIERRA, NORTH KINGS RIVER, SEQUOIA KINGS, LAKE ISABELLA, TEHACHAPI AREA, AND FORT TEJON... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 596 and 597. * TIMING...Until 10 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...East winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 19 to 32 percent. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- CA, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Tehachapi Area; Fort Tejon
- event
- Red Flag Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-16T10:35:00-07:00
- states
- ["CA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T10:35:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.440daf4492ee2b6538c37cacae595757afe02ab0.002.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.dfdde02aa867d5f90ca83d45a1ef25ed84af0ac4.001.1"]
- instruction
- Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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