[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - NorCal

SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT
SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
 LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
231 PM PDT FRI SEP 23 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
   COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR
   FIRE ZONES 284...285...624 AND 625...
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624...285...284 AND 625

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
   TO 35 TO 45 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY
  EVENING.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 20
  PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT INITIATE IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
   LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.
 
&&

$$


VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mfr&wwa=red%20flag%20warning
 

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