That being said – in addition to being on the lookout for evacuation orders and warnings, it’s also worth monitoring two other alerts – the fire weather watch and the red flag warning.

Dry, gusty conditions in Northeastern Illinois led the National Weather Service to issue a fire weather watch for the entire ...

Several counties in the Texas Panhandle were under red flag warnings from the NWS on Wednesday, signaling an elevated fire risk.

Strong downslope wind gusts in the 30-50 mph range will drive temperatures way up this afternoon across Southern Colorado.

The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings for Pima and Santa Cruz counties through 7 p.m. Saturday.

"We have fire danger very present with the winds increasing as we go through the middle of the day." Included in several red flag warning days was a Particularly Dangerous Situation alert, a National ...