Red Flag Warning issued October 16 at 5:42PM 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... Moderate to locally strong Santa Ana winds have peaked today then will slowly weaken tonight through Saturday. The gusty offshore winds combined with very warm and dry conditions will maintain Red Flag Warnings for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties through Saturday. * AFFECTED 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 and Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills. * TIMING...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northeast to east 25 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 55 mph tonight, lowering to 20 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph on Saturday. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 10 to 25 percent common. Poor overnight recoveries. * 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
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- 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
- 2026-10-16T17:42:00-07:00
- states
- ["CA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T17:42:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6dd74b08e7853d3dc20c5c7091f2efe9c1981b28.002.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.93ab71874069f192f4c4467a274ac8f93dd50f41.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.25f5385cd20fe2206e48c8b684f2305219788c77.003.1"]
- 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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