[californiadisasters] [EDIS] - Fire Weather Watch - Humboldt/Del Norte Co's

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY EAST WINDS ALONG UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR FIRE ZONES 203...204...211...212 AND 283 ***  *** FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY EAST WINDS ALONG UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR FIRE ZONES 203...204...211...212 AND 283 *** * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE ZONES 203...204...211...212 AND 283 FOR UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES ABOVE 2500 FEET  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

Instruction:
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR.

Area:  UPPER SMITH... INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHINTHE SIX RIVERS NF.-LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH... INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVERDRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOMDISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-HUPA... THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THETRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER... INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MADRIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-TRINITY... WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-

Affected Counties or parts of: Trinity, Mendocino, Del Norte, Humboldt

Sent: 2011-09-07T11:55:17-07:00

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

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA

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