Severe Wildfire ● Monitoring
Red Flag Warning issued October 16 at 2:41PM PDT until October 17 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA, United States of America
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...HIGH RISK FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH
ANY NEW FIRE STARTS THROUGH SATURDAY, DUE TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY
STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
Moderate to locally strong Santa Ana winds have peaked today then
will slowly weaken tonight through Saturday. The gusty offshore
winds combined with very warm and dry conditions will maintain
Red Flag Warnings for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties
through Saturday, and for interior Santa Barbara and San Luis
Obispo Counties through the remainder of this afternoon.
* AFFECTED AREA...Santa Clarita Valley, Ventura County Beaches,
Ventura County Inland Coast, Lake Casitas, Ojai Valley,
Central Ventura County Valleys, Malibu Coast, Calabasas and
Agoura Hills, Western San Fernando Valley, Eastern San
Fernando Valley, Southeastern Ventura County Valleys and Los
Angeles County San Gabriel Valley.
* TIMING...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday.
* WINDS...Northeast to east 20 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 55
mph today, lowering to 15 to 30 mph with gusts 30 to 45 mph on
Saturday.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 8 to 15 percent common. Poor
overnight recoveries in the foothills and wind prone areas.
* IMPACTS...If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable
for extreme fire behavior which would threaten life and
property.
Measurements
| Coordinates | 39.9645, -100.8105 |
|---|---|
| Region | Santa Clarita Valley; Ventura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast; Lake Casitas; Ojai Valley; Central Ventura County Valleys; Malibu Coast; Calabas |
| Location Precision | country |
| Issuing Authority | United States of America — us-noaa-nws-en |
| Cap Urgency | Expected |
| Cap Certainty | Likely |
| Cap Expires | 2026-10-16T19:30:00-07:00 |
Official source
Warnings courtesy of the issuing national meteorological service, via the WMO Alert Hub.
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Severity as published by WMO Alert Hub (national weather services).
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Source updated 3 days ago (Oct 16, 2026 21:43 UTC) · we last heard from WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) 44 seconds ago
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Internet connectivity at the time
Internet connectivity in United States dropped 26 hours after this event, and stayed disrupted for about 1 hour.
From 18 Oct 2026 00:00 UTC to 18 Oct 2026 01:00 UTC. Detected by active probing — networks that stopped answering.
Internet outages have many causes — damaged cables, power failures, network maintenance and deliberate shutdowns among them. IODA detects the loss of connectivity and does not attribute it to anything. This is shown because it happened at the same time, not because one caused the other.
Measured by IODA, Georgia Institute of Technology.
About this location
The agency did not publish coordinates for this warning. The pin is the centre of the country, not the location of the event — read the area name, not the map, for where it applies.
Area as the agency stated it: Santa Clarita Valley; Ventura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast; Lake Casitas; Ojai Valley; Central Ventura County Valleys; Malibu Coast; Calabas
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