[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Red Flag Warnings - NorCal Coast Ranges/Klamath Mnts.

*** RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY EAST WINDS ALONG UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR FIRE ZONES203...204... 211...212 AND 283 *** UPDATED WORDING FOR WINDS. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE ZONES 203...204...211...212 AND 283 FOR UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES ABOVE 2500 FEET  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

Instruction:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

Area:  UPPER SMITH... INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.-LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH... INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-HUPA... THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER... INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER 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: 2011-09-09T10:17:02-07:00

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

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA

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