Red Flag Warning issued October 17 at 2:51AM CDT until October 17 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA
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...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING 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...From 9 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS...Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 31 to 69 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
- 2026-10-17T09:00:00-05:00
- states
- ["LA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-17T02:51:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0ee5b96fcec46af34b55796f25e38964e15877b5.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c1fb3cf7d6f411e1318d51861ebd7bb545b2b1b9.001.2"]
- 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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