Red Flag Fire Weather Warning Tonight through Tuesday at 11:00 am for Sacramento County including the City of Folsom. ![](/static/Citizen-24_02_1/img/public/msg_expiration.png)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 217 SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN YOLO-SACRAMENTO, INCLUDING THE CITY OF FOLSOM.
* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL BE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. DRY STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
Address/Location
City of Folsom Fire Department
535 Glenn Dr
Folsom, CA 95630
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 916-533-4116
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