AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Red Flag Warning falls under Fire Warning Criteria, which is issued by the National Weather Service. These warnings are designed to inform people when there are imminent ...

For northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, the red flag warning criteria includes sustained 20-foot winds of 20 mph or higher, relative humidity less than 25% and 10-hour fuel moisture at 8% per ...

Red Flag Warnings are designed to help fire managers ... use fire in a outdoor settings such as a campground. To meet warning criteria, vegetation on the ground and the soil itself must have ...

More specific criteria established by the National Weather Service, in coordination with government land management agencies, uses thresholds to determine whether a red flag warning should be ...

according to the National Weather Service.Criteria for a red flag warning include a relative humidity less than 15%, warm temperatures and high winds for several hours and dry vegetation in an ...

When the weather pattern is particularly windy and dry, it triggers the warning. The criteria for a Red Flag warning differs across the country based on the local climate. For instance ...

Each NWS office creates local criteria for fire weather watches and red flag warnings. The fire tracker provides a map with pinpoint locations of each fire and also shows where red flag warnings ...

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