Red Flag Warning

Locations Affected

Whiskeytown Lake, CA ∙ Forbestown, CA ∙ Cohasset, CA ∙ Bucks Lake, CA ∙ Johnson Park, CA ∙ Cherokee, CA ∙ Paxton, CA ∙ Rackerby, CA ∙ Taylorsville, CA ∙ Saint John Mountain, CA

Full Alert Message

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sacramento CA 1226 PM PDT Sun Jun 29 2025 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 266 AND 268... The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a Red Flag Warning for thunderstorms and strong outflow winds, which is in effect from 11 AM Monday to 8 PM PDT Tuesday. * Affected Area...Fire Zone 266 Northern Sierra Foothills from 1000 to 3000 Ft. Includes portions of Shasta-Trinity and Butte Units and Fire Zone 268 Northern Sierra Including Lassen NP and Plumas and Lassen NF/S West of the Sierra Crest (West of Evans Peak-Grizzly Peak-Beckworth Peak). * Thunderstorms...Isolated to scattered coverage of a mix of wet and dry thunderstorms expected. Lightning strikes may also occur outside of main precipitation cores. Highest chances for thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening hours. * Outflow Winds...Gusty and erratic outflow winds could occur near any thunderstorm development. * Impacts...Lightning can create new fire starts and may combine with gusty outflow winds to cause a fire to rapidly grow in size and intensity. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of lightning from dry thunderstorms on dry fuels can contribute to new fire starts.

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