A red flag warning means the National Weather Service has high confidence these dangerous fire conditions will actually come about. An “extreme red flag warning” was issued in October 2019 by the weather service’s Oxnard office. Red flag warnings ended up being in place for the windiest spots of L.A. and Ventura counties for a continuous 91 hours. That’s unusually long: Red flag warnings typically last only one or two days. A push from autumn windsConventional red flag warnings are already meant to cause the public to take notice.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 16, 2019 18:22 UTC