{"id":220520,"date":"2026-05-05T11:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220520\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:21:19","slug":"red-flag-warning-issued-for-parts-of-tri-state-area-on-tuesday-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220520\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Flag Warning issued for parts of tri-state area on Tuesday \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The combination of low humidity, gusty breezes, sunshine and dry brush will elevate the tri-state\u2019s wildfire danger on Tuesday, with areas of the Hudson Valley and Catskills at greatest risk.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image_8b6182.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Red Flag Warning on Tuesday for Dutchess County and parts of Ulster and Sullivan Counties means that conditions are ripe for wildfire spread.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: 'Arthouse', sans-serif;font-weight: 700;color: #333;margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;line-height: 1.2em\">Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/watch\/?_osource=ed_npd_nbc_ny_site_fast_auto4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-lid=\"New FAST autoblock design test NBC NY\" data-lpos=\"automatic block\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0;height: 12px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cta-eye-icon-white.png\" alt=\"Watch button\" height=\"12\"\/>\u00a0 WATCH HERE<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image_316c3f.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wind gusts could reach up to 40 miles per hour in the warning zone, and relative humidity will be in the 20% to 30% range, which is very low.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image_081c2c.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image_58d92e.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>While the Red Flag Warning is limited to areas well north of New York City, the entire tri-state area will face elevated wildfire danger, so be extremely cautious and don\u2019t do anything that could spark a fire outside \u2013 refrain from outdoor burning, responsibly extinguish cigarettes, and don\u2019t do any outside work that may generate sparks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image_94ee95.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wildfires are almost always the result of human behavior.\u00a0 Only those sparked by lightning are considered naturally caused.\u00a0 So be mindful and be responsible.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image_675ff7.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The combination of low humidity, gusty breezes, sunshine and dry brush will elevate the tri-state\u2019s wildfire danger on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135,336],"class_list":["post-220520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-storm-team-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}