Red Flag Warning issued October 16 at 11:22PM CDT until October 17 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA
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...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, EAST, AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of north central and northwest Louisiana. * TIMING...For the first Red Flag Warning, until 1 AM CDT Saturday. For the second Red Flag Warning, from 9 AM to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...For the first Red Flag Warning, north winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, and for the second Red Flag Warning, northeast winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...For the first Red Flag Warning, Relative Humidity between 46 to 54 percent, and for the second Red Flag Warning, Relative Humidity between 25 to 35 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. 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
- LA, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Lincoln; Union; Jackson; Ouachita; Natchitoches; Winn; Grant; Caldwell; La Salle
- event
- Red Flag Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-16T23:22:00-05:00
- states
- ["LA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T23:22:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c1fb3cf7d6f411e1318d51861ebd7bb545b2b1b9.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.67ac97cd9510126972c2b4a0e1a79800386cb9c2.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3715fbd37839f6a6c0869e0e963db489a80902ec.001.2","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.951a55c082ddfb80d700c8a1949f30d2336651f2.001.2"]
- instruction
- Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. 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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