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A banner indicating a red flag warning, flown at a CAL Fire station in 2022. A red flag warning is a forecast warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States to inform the public, firefighters, and land management agencies that conditions are ideal for wildfire combustion, and rapid spread. [1]
A Short-Term Forecast NOW (alt., NOWcast) is an event-driven narrative outlook of near-term weather conditions within the Weather Forecast Office’s area of responsibility, typically valid for a three- to seven-hour period. The product outlines any ongoing or recently occurring conditions—based on radar analysis, satellite imagery and other ...
The PDS red flag warning below was issued by the National Weather Service in Reno, Nevada, on December 19, 2017. [7] On August 3, 2018, the National Weather Service in Reno, Nevada, issued another PDS red flag warning to communicate the threat of life-threatening fire danger due to strong gusty winds and low humidity.
“A Red Flag Warning is in effect for today, meaning conditions will be favorable for extreme fire behavior. Avoid all outside burning and welding.” The warning is in effect from 1 p.m. Tuesday ...
Halloween is synonymous with haunted houses and scary scenes of horror movies, but some of the most common fears can happen any time of the year, not just in October. Weather-related fears are ...
Red flag warnings were active in several states across the central U.S. on Tuesday as forecasters say possible record-setting temperatures and high winds ahead of a cold front elevate the risk of ...
The term "red flag" is used, e.g., during screening of communications, and refers to specific words or phrases encountered that might indicate relevance to the case. For example, email spam filters make use of such "red flags". A red flag can also be used to indicate a small problem that could lead to larger problems in the future. [6]
Red flag (idiom), a literal or metaphorical warning Red flag (American slavery), signal of an upcoming slave sale Red flag warning, issued by the National Weather Service in the United States