[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - Modoc Plateau (7/04/13-AM)

MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-  428 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR  ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285...    THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS  EVENING.    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285.    * THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED    THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. THEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO    BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE    EVENING.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE    POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS.    * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL    FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH.    * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT    HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED  THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE  MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  

Source: NWS Medford

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