Red Flag Warning

NWS Elko NV · US

Updated

Details

Red Flag Warning Will Expire At 8 PM PDT This Evening For Dry, Windy Conditions For Fire Weather Zones 426 And 427

Event: Red Flag Warning
Issued: 2026-09-18 02:43:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-18 02:43:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-18 03:45:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-18 03:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Response: Prepare

Description

...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRING FOR FWZ 426 & 427... Wind gusts have begun to ease this evening with RH values also climbing closer to above 20 percent. Breezy conditions once again Friday, though max gusts will be closer to 20 to 25 mph.

Affected areas

Northern Nye County - Mojave
Central Nevada - Toiyabe

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Elko NV
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-18 02:43:30 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~30s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2S6BJ9CVVA6CECEGPSV9TY9
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8b534152b915f25af4524dd5a80d245c626a4022.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Elko NV
AWIPS ID: CAPLKN
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.3925
WMO heading: XOUS55
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 55

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5209382b60e07036e4baccec991518e8d096eb1c.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-17 17:40:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b33c9045f299ef3f38b96695dd61d7ac01a8d215.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-17 10:03:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d95f1bee413d21e4d9ed371068302f9c6c9476a7.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-17 04:07:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d4a677740ebf1353d2ac80abb814c4f9dab12bb8.002.2
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-16 20:36:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.060bfb312646bdc581e0f82f1eb3b70bccdd2435.001.2
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-16 18:32:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.36f4e7898c8d5c0ea6defa2778f2341ff4d64d12.001.2
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-16 09:46:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e5aa5f21944b69f27788f83cd4bfce3f0ba7980.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-15 19:48:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	FWW

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	RFWLKN
WMOidentifier	WWUS85 KLKN 180243
NWSheadline	RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY, WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 426 AND 427
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.EXP.KLKN.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260918T0300Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-17T20:00:00-07:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b33c9045f299ef3f38b96695dd61d7ac01a8d215.001.1,2026-09-17T03:03:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d95f1bee413d21e4d9ed371068302f9c6c9476a7.001.1,2026-09-16T21:07:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d4a677740ebf1353d2ac80abb814c4f9dab12bb8.002.2,2026-09-16T13:36:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.060bfb312646bdc581e0f82f1eb3b70bccdd2435.001.2,2026-09-16T11:32:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.36f4e7898c8d5c0ea6defa2778f2341ff4d64d12.001.2,2026-09-16T02:46:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e5aa5f21944b69f27788f83cd4bfce3f0ba7980.001.1,2026-09-15T12:48:00-07:00

Locations

Location data

Northern Nye County - Mojave
Central Nevada - Toiyabe

Name	Value
SAME	032023
SAME	032011
SAME	032015
UGC	NVZ426
UGC	NVZ427