Wednesday, July 3, 2013

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - NorCal (7/03/13-AM)



SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT  SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-  1037 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY  FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE  285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284...    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL    FOREST PORTION OF 284.    * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED    AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED    TO DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO    WEDNESDAY 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 SIGNIFICANT 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.    &&    $$


URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  1037 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013    CAZ280-281-ORZ623-032000-  /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0300Z/  WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-  CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-  SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-  1037 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY  FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES  280...281 AND 623...    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623.    * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED    AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED    TO DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO    WEDNESDAY EVENING.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL    BE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL    FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT 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.    &&    $$


URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA  400 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING  FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283...    CAZ277-283-031900-  /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0300Z/  WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.-  TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-  400 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING  FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283...    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THIS AFTERNOON THEN ISOLATED TO    SCATTERED THIS EVENING. DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS    AFTERNOON AS ACTIVITY INITIATES.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS WILL BE LIGHT AND    MOSTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH    ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.    * IMPACTS...MARGINALLY DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR    LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS NEAR    THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN FIRE SPREAD AWAY FROM RAIN AREAS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    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 CAN  CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA  330 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013    ...POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH SUBSTANTIAL LIGHTNING FOR  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...    HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN IS SPREADING MOISTURE  NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. THIS ALONG WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS  SHOULD GENERATE MAINLY MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS STARTING MID DAY  TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY SPREAD INTO THE VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON  OR EVENING. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE  WET BUT SUBSTANTIAL LIGHTNING WILL LAND SOME STRIKES OUTSIDE OF  RAINFALL AREAS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY MOST  THUNDERSTORMS. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER OVER  THE MOUNTAINS INTO EARLY THURSDAY.    CAZ213>215-220-221-263-266>269-279-040000-  /O.UPG.KSTO.FW.A.0005.130703T1900Z-130704T0600Z/  /O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0007.130703T1900Z-130704T0600Z/  EASTERN PORTION OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF-  BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING  NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-  NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY LINE BELOW  1000 FT-  SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF  CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-  SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA-TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-  GLENN UNIT-  NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS  OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS-  NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF  NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS-  NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S  WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-  BECKWORTH PEAK)-  NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE  SIERRA CREST-EASTERN MENDOCINO NF-  330 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS  EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213...214...  215...220...221...263...266...267...268...269 AND 279...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO  11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN  EFFECT.    * AFFECTED AREA...THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE INTERIOR    NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY.    * THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID DAY TODAY AND    CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE    GENERALLY WET BUT SOME STRIKES ARE LIKELY OUTSIDE OF RAIN AREAS.    THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS THEN EXTEND    INTO THE NORTHERN VALLEY BY EVENING.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCALLY GUSTY TO 35 MPH NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS    WHICH DEVELOP.    * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS. DRY    CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE FIRES THAT    DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY.    * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT    HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF  DRYING FUELS AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL INCREASE FIRE  DANGER SIGNIFICANTLY. WATCH FOR FUTURE UPDATES REGARDING THIS TIME OF  INCREASED FIRE DANGER.    &&    INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA  WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO  WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO  


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