Red Flag Warning issued October 9 at 2:48AM PDT until October 9 at 7:00PM PDT by NWS Medford OR
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* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. * AFFECTED AREA...In California...Fire weather zone 285. This includes Newell, Canby, Alturas, and Adin in Modoc County. * WIND...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum afternoon humidity of around 15 percent. * DETAILED URL...View the hazard area in detail at https://weather.gov/wrh/hazards?wfo=mfr Follow all fire restrictions. You can find your county's emergency sign up form as well as links to fire restrictions at weather.gov/medford/wildfire. One less spark, one less wildfire. Be sure you're signed up for your county's emergency alert system. Familiarize yourself with your emergency plan and make sure you listen to emergency services. Visit ready.gov/plan for more information. 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
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- Retrieved by TradePilot
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- CA, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Modoc County Except for the Surprise Valley
- event
- Red Flag Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-09T13:00:00-07:00
- states
- ["CA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-09T02:48:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2599568541a2a75b38e43dc6ecc174f2f2cd384e.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a9faf1976b093df5fbddf9e1a5a277e48b7cd753.001.1"]
- instruction
- Follow all fire restrictions. You can find your county's emergency sign up form as well as links to fire restrictions at weather.gov/medford/wildfire. One less spark, one less wildfire. Be sure you're signed up for your county's emergency alert system. Familiarize yourself with your emergency plan and make sure you listen to emergency services. Visit ready.gov/plan for more information. 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.
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- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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