[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Fire Weather Watch - S.Sierra/Tehachipi Mts.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...FIRE ZONE 295. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF KERN COUNTY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SATURDAY EVENING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY DRY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...VERY DRY FUELS...SCATTERED DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS MAY COMBINE TO CREATE A HAZARDOUS FIRE ENVIRONMENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE FIRE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

Area: KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-

Affected Counties or parts of: Tuolumne, Tulare, Mariposa, Merced, Kings, Kern, Fresno, Madera

Sent: 2011-09-09T12:48:12-07:00

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

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA

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