Sunday, August 25, 2013

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - NorCal (8/25/13-AM) 



WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-  CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-  SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT  SHASTA-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-  430 AM PDT SUN AUG 25 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS  AFTERNOON FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER  ZONES 280...281... 284 AND 621...    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284 AND 621.    * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...    ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS.    * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING INTO    THIS AFTERNOON.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH ARE    POSSIBLE.    * RAINFALL...THE STORMS WILL BE MAINLY WET.    * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS MAY PRODUCE NEW    FIRE STARTS. OUTFLOW WINDS COULD CAUSE NEW FIRES TO SPREAD.    * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL  CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
Source: NWS Medford


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