# Red Flag Warning: Surprise Valley California; Eastern Lassen County; Northern Washoe County — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-09-01 00:43 ingested 2026-09-02 02:53

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Red Flag Warning — Surprise Valley California; Eastern Lassen County; Northern Washoe County
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF NE CALIFORNIA AND NW
NEVADA...

* CHANGES...None.

* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 270 Surprise Valley
California, Fire Weather Zone 278 Eastern Lassen County, Fire
Weather Zone 458 Northern Washoe County, including the S-1
Vya Fire.

* Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 30 to 40 mph.
Ridgetop gusts up to 45 mph. Winds shift to westerly in the
late afternoon and evening.

* Humidity...RH reductions to 12 to 17 percent in the
afternoon. Nighttime recoveries of 50 to 80 percent Wednesday
morning.

* Duration...3 to 6 hours.

* Impacts...The combination of gusty winds and low humidity can
cause fire to rapidly grow in size and intensity before first
responders can contain them.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.