[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (8/26/10-6PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
8/26	1800	POST CA-KRN-024500 1,312 acres, 76% contained.
8/26	1600	As of 1600 hrs. today the southern California area has sustained 5,100 lightning down strikes.
8/26	1345	NWS extended flash flood warnings to 1530 hrs today.
8/26	1135	At 1130 hrs. NWS extended flash flood warnings to 1330 hrs today. Additional large cells are now producing numerous lightning strikes and heavy rains over the Wrightwood area and parts of central San Diego County.
8/26	1115	At 1045 hrs. a large thunderstorm cell developed over the San Bernardino Mtns. capable of producing flash flooding. At 1110 hrs. National  Weather Service announced flash flood warnings for south central San Bernardino and nw Riverside counties, Big Bear Lake, Big Bear City and Forest Falls until 1130 hrs. Radar indicates numerous down strikes with heavy rains. Flooding has already been reported in these areas.
8/26	0600	POZO CA-LPF-006481 1,151 acres, 100% contained. This incident transitioned to a Type 3 Organization (Nunez, IC) today at 0600 hrs.
8/26	0800	BLACKBURN (CA-KRN-024656) 125 acres, 100% contained.
8/26	0600	MESA CA-CNF-2665 90 acres, 43% contained
8/26	0800	SUMMIT FIRE (5 acres) and another un-named fire (10-15 acres) are located on the west side of the WEST FIRE.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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