{"id":560403,"date":"2026-02-27T03:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/?p=560403"},"modified":"2026-02-27T03:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:17:28","slug":"red-flag-warning-in-effect-for-parts-of-sw-southern-ia-today-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/weather\/red-flag-warning-in-effect-for-parts-of-sw-southern-ia-today-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Flag Warning in effect for parts of SW &#038; Southern IA today (Friday)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Area Counties: Union-Taylor-Ringgold<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY NOON UNTIL 6 PM FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITION<\/strong>S.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>* WIND&#8230;Sustained winds to 15 to 25 mph, with gusts of 30 to 35 mph.<\/p>\n<p>* HUMIDITY&#8230;20% to 30%.<\/p>\n<p>* IMPACTS&#8230;Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-560405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-03-16-40-Des-Moines-IA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-03-16-40-Des-Moines-IA.png 549w, https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-03-16-40-Des-Moines-IA-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of<br \/>\nstrong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"0","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}