[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - Eastern Sierra (9/19/10-AM)

MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-
530 AM PDT SUN SEP 19 2010  ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR MONO... MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES...  * AFFECTED AREA: IN CALIFORNIA...MONO COUNTY IN FIRE ZONE 273.   IN NEVADA...FIRE ZONE 459 MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES.  * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS   UP TO 45 MPH AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE   INTO THIS EVENING.  * SIERRA RIDGE WINDS WILL REACH 50 TO 75 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND   THIS EVENING.  * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY LATE THIS   MORNING. HUMIDITY MAY RISE TO 20 PERCENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON   NORTH OF MONO LAKE AND WALKER LAKE.  * 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.  &&  $$   HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

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

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