As dry weather and strong winds occur throughout parts of West Virginia, several counties are under red flag warnings. However, what are red flag warnings? According to the National Weather Service, red flag warnings are issued when brush and wildfire dangers reach a critical level,

A red flag warning does not necessarily mean there is a fire ongoing – extreme fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly, according to the NWS. If a fire does start, it has the potential to quickly become extreme due to the critical fire weather conditions.