Red Flag Warning issued October 16 at 12:55AM PDT until October 16 at 11:00AM 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, and Indian Valley Reservoir, and 420 including Cobb and Mount Konocti. * WIND...Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph possible in exposed areas. * HUMIDITY...Low overnight recoveries of 30-35% will drop to 10- 20% through the morning. Very poor RH recovery into Friday. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. 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.
- 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; Southern Lake Including Cobb and Konocti
- event
- Red Flag Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-16T00:55:00-07:00
- states
- ["CA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T00:55:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ea7b2b410e341edb8252a6c1a5fe4e825c3be455.001.1
- references
- []
- 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.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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