Iowa — Iowans are warned not to do any open burning today (Thursday), and farmers need to use caution in the fields with their hot harvest equipment, as 88 of the state’s 99 counties are under a Red Flag Warning, including all of northwest Iowa. In fact, all of the tri-state area is under the Red Flag Warning. National Weather Service meteorologist Alexis Jimenez says the fire danger is very high to extreme.
In most areas, the warning runs through 7 o’clock tonight, though Jimenez says it could be renewed tomorrow, as there’s virtually no rain in the weekend forecast.
The extended outlook shows a chance of showers Monday night. Eleven counties in eastern Iowa are not under today’s warning. The state fire marshal’s office has burn bans posted for 58 counties, including all four of our primary counties — O’Brien, Sioux, Osceola, and Lyon.
