Tuesday, August 23, 2011

[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Fire Weather Watch - Modoc Plateau



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 285 AND 280 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTNING COVERAGE INCREASING TO SCATTERED OR MORE TOWARD WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE FIRST AREA TO BE AFFECTED IS ZONE 280 IN WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY WITH THE STORMS MOVING ACROSS SISKIYOU COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN OREGON. ANOTHER STORMS WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...OVER THE WARNERS AND MODOC COUNTY. THE STORMS COULD CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL INCREASE TOWARD THE EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT THE STORMS ACROSS WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY COULD MOISTEN UP WITH WETTING RAIN ARRIVING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION HAILS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Area:  WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Siskiyou

Sent: 2011-08-23T13:58:51-07:00

Original Sender: KMFR@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

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