[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - NorCal (8/23/10-AM)

WESTERN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST-
540 AM PDT MON AUG 23 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM
   PDT TUESDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
   HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 619 AND 620...
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT
TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 620 AND 619
 
* TIMING: MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* WIND: NORTHEAST WINDS 10-20 MPH GUSTING TO 30-35 MPH OVER THE RIDGES.

* HUMIDITY: OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE 20-40 PERCENT
  OVER THE RIDGES.
 
* IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS
  WILL CREATE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION MONDAY NIGHT
  AND TUESDAY MORNING.

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.

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STOCKTON

VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

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

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