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

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-25 21:01 ingested 2026-07-26 08:27

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

## extract

Red Flag Warning — Surprise Valley California; Eastern Lassen County; Northern Washoe County
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
* CHANGES...None.

* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 270 Surprise Valley
California, Fire Weather Zone 278 Eastern Lassen County,
including the Biscar Fire, and Fire Weather Zone 458 Northern
Washoe County.

* Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* Humidity...Minimum humidity 6 to 11 percent. Limited overnight
humidity recovery of 25 to 45 percent.

* 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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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.