[californiadisasters] Fwd: [EDIS] Red Flag Warning - Modoc Plateau & Klamath Mnts.

A MODERATE TO STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO  NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SISKIYOU COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO  SOUTHERN OREGON. ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND MOVE INTO THE WARNERS. WETTING RAINS MAY DEVELOP  TONIGHT FROM THE KLAMATH BASIN WEST... BUT AREAS FARTHER EAST WILL SEE LIGHTER AMOUNTS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 622...624...285...621...625...623... 617...280 AND 620  * THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTNING COVERAGE INCREASING TO SCATTERED OR MORE TOWARD EVENING. THE STORMS WILL START ACROSS SISKIYOU COUNTY AND MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN OREGON. THE STORMS COULD CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625. * OUTFLOW WINDS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL INCREASE TOWARD THE EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS WILL INITIALLY BE DRY...BUT COULD MOISTEN UP WITH WETTING RAIN ARRIVING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAIL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
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.

Area:  WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERNLAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Siskiyou

Sent: 2011-08-24T04:00:19-07:00

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

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

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