Red Flag Warning issued October 9 at 11:53AM MDT until October 9 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT
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* AFFECTED AREA...Central and Eastern Lewis and Clark National Forest Areas and Helena and Townsend Ranger Districts of the Helena National Forest. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 81. * IMPACTS... Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Containment of any ongoing or new fires may be very difficult. Outdoor burning is not recommended. 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. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in these areas of this Red Flag Warning.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Retrieved by TradePilot
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- MT, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Central and Eastern Lewis and Clark National Forest Areas; Helena and Townsend Ranger Districts of the Helena National Forest
- event
- Red Flag Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-09T12:00:00-06:00
- states
- ["MT"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-09T11:53:00-06:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.09cb46474f17f48c717b046b2f87d9a37bfc1dbd.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.35262556c9033234011a63608228a1adecf60828.001.1"]
- 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. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in these areas of this Red Flag Warning.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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