[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - NorCal/Eastern Sierra (8/21/10-AM)

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY
CAUSING GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE
WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS AND CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
 CONDITIONS.

CAZ270>273-278-NVZ450-453-458-459-220000-
/O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0011.100821T1800Z-100822T0600Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-
WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
502 AM PDT SAT AUG 21 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE
EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 270 SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA...
  FIRE ZONE 271 WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA-
   EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES...FIRE ZONE 272 GREATER LAKE TAHOE
  AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES... FIRE
  ZONE 278 EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY...FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA
  SIERRA FRONT...FIRE ZONE 453 WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND
   RANGE... FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY...FIRE ZONE 459
  MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES.

* WIND: SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
  MPH. WINDIEST CONDITIONS WILL BE WEST OF HIGHWAY 95 WITH GUSTS
   UP TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES NEAR 10 PERCENT ACROSS WESTERN
  NEVADA AND 15 TO 18 PERCENT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE
  SIERRA.

* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL
   CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR.  CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES.
 
&&

$$

HOON

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

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BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING
NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-
851 AM PDT SAT AUG 21 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE 214...
 
* AFFECTED AREA: IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE ZONE 214 BURNEY BASIN AND
  NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN
  NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP.

* WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 12 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS 30
   TO 35 MPH BY AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY: AREAS DROPPING DOWN TO AROUND 15 PERCENT IN THE
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES
  WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND TEMPERATURES WILL
 CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO

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MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
201 AM PDT SAT AUG 21 2010
 
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT
   THIS EVENING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
   HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 285...624 AND 625...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 285...625...AND THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS
   OF 624.

* WIND: SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35
  MPH.

* HUMIDITY: AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO
  10 TO 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE
   A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
 CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH.

&&

$$

STOCKTON

VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=rev&wwa=red%20flag%20warning

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