[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Red Flag Warning - Siskiyou Co.

AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...619...620..621 IN OREGON AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN CALIFORNIA. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER RIDGES TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.  * HUMIDITY... OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT OF 30-40 PERCENT AT MID SLOPES AND RIDGES...POSSIBLY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN AREAS. AFTERNOON MINIMUMS WILL DECREASE...RANGING FROM 15-25 PERCENT FRIDAY...THEN 10-20 PERCENT SATURDAY. SOME AREAS MAY DROP BELOW 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER AND THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR AT THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES. 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-SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Siskiyou

Sent: 2011-09-09T05:00:29-07:00

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

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

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