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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
1244 PM PDT FRI JUN 26 2026
CAZ298-299-595-270400-
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INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-KERN COUNTY DESERT-LAKE ISABELLA-
1244 PM PDT FRI JUN 26 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN KERN COUNTY
AND SOUTHER PORTION OF TULARE COUNTY...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 298.FIRE WEATHER ZONE
299.FIRE WEATHER ZONE 595.
* WIND...50 TO 60 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 55 MPH ON
FRIDAY IN EASTERN KERN COUNTY. 70 TO 80 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF
GUSTS EXCEEDING 55 MPH ON SATURDAY IN EASTERN KERN COUNTY. 80 TO
90 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 MPH AT LAKE
ISABELLA.
* HUMIDITY...EASTERN KERN COUNTY MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
BETWEEN 12-20 PERCENT. LAKE ISABELLA MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BETWEEN 25-35 PERCENT.
* THUNDERSTORMS...NO THUNDERSTORM THREAT
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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