Red Flag Warning until 05:00PM Monday
The National Weather Service in Hanford has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM Sunday to 5 PM PDT Monday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.
* AFFECTED AREA...West Side Hills, the foothills and higher elevations of the Sierra and the Kern County mountains.
* WIND...Gusty and erratic winds are possible in the vicinity of thunderstorms with gusts to around 40 mph.
* THUNDERSTORMS...Scattered thunderstorms with little or no rainfall accompanied by cloud to ground lightning.
* IMPACTS...The combination of parched fuels and dry lightning could easily ignite new fires within the warning area. Additionally, gusty and erratic winds that accompany some thunderstorms could cause rapid spread of new and existing fires.
* AFFECTED AREAS: WEST SIDE HILLS ... CENTRAL SIERRA FOOTHILLS ... SOUTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS ... CENTRAL SIERRA ... NORTH KINGS RIVER ... SEQUOIA KINGS ... LAKE ISABELLA ... TEHACHAPI AREA ... FORT TEJON
Instructions:
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of extremely dry fuels, gusty erratic winds and lightning associated with thunderstorms can result in extreme fire behavior.
Address/Location
City of Tehachapi
220 W C St
Tehachapi, CA 93561
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 661-822-2222
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP TEHACHAPI followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Red Flag Warning