Fire Weather & Storm Warnings

Red Flag fire-weather warnings, high wind, extreme heat and storm alerts in force for the Santa Clarita Valley right now — live from the National Weather Service, with the wind at the valley floor and the official channels for fire, evacuations and power shutoffs.

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Where to check, before and during

Alert LA County — sign up for emergency alertsThe county's mass-notification system. Registering your address and cell number is how an evacuation order actually reaches you.

City of Santa Clarita EmergencyThe city's own emergency information — evacuations, shelters and road closures during a local incident.

Los Angeles County Fire DepartmentSanta Clarita contracts its fire and rescue to LA County Fire; they run the response and issue evacuation warnings and orders.

Genasys Protect — evacuation zonesLook up your evacuation zone by name now, on a calm day. During a fire, orders are issued zone by zone.

SCE — Public Safety Power ShutoffsSouthern California Edison may cut power during a high-wind event to keep lines from starting a fire. Check whether your address is in scope.

National Weather Service — Los Angeles/OxnardThe office that issues the warnings on this page, with the full forecast discussion behind them.

Get an email when a warning is issued

Official warnings, forwarded the moment the national service issues one for the area — headline and all, in its own words. Nothing in between. No account, one-click unsubscribe.

Worth knowing

It's the wind, not the heat, that starts the runs

Santa Clarita's worst fires — the Sand Fire in 2016, the Tick Fire in 2019, the Hughes Fire in January 2025 — all ran on Santa Ana wind: dry offshore gusts, single-digit humidity, and brush that hasn't seen rain in months. That combination is exactly what a Red Flag Warning flags. On those days, keep a go-bag by the door and your car pointed out.

A valley of canyons, and the ways out

Sand, Soledad, Bouquet and Placerita canyons funnel both the wind and the fire, and when things move it's the 14 and the I-5 that carry the valley out. Knowing your Genasys Protect evacuation zone before a warning day means you're not learning it in traffic.