Sunday, August 18, 2013

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - NorCal (8/18/13-PM)



A CLOSED LOW OFFSHORE OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST WILL  GRADUALLY MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST AND INLAND OVER NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. THE MOST  ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS  BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS INTO THE VALLEY. SOME  OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WHICH  COULD PRODUCE FIRE STARTS.    CAZ220-221-263-264-266>269-279-191300-  /O.UPG.KSTO.FW.A.0007.130819T1800Z-130822T0600Z/  /O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0009.130819T1800Z-130822T0600Z/  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-LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA 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-  153 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT  WEDNESDAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR FIRE  ZONES 220...221...263...264...266...267...268...269 AND 279...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT  WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.      * AFFECTED AREA...MENDOCINO FOREST AND LAKE COUNTY...NORTHERN    SIERRA AND FOOTHILLS AND LASSEN NATIONAL PARK. SOME STORMS MAY    ALSO EXTEND INTO THE VALLEY MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.    * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE SIERRA AND    BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST    WEDNESDAY.    * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH    THE PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS MAY INITIALLY BE DRY BUT SHOULD BECOME    WETTER WITH TIME. STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING    AND SMALL HAIL.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FIRES    WHICH DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA  153 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    .A CLOSED LOW OFFSHORE OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST WILL  GRADUALLY MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST AND INLAND OVER NORTHERN  CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. THE MOST  ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS  BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS INTO THE VALLEY. SOME  OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WHICH  COULD PRODUCE FIRE STARTS.    CAZ213-214-191300-  /O.UPG.KSTO.FW.A.0007.130819T1800Z-130822T0600Z/  /O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0009.130819T2100Z-130822T0600Z/  EASTERN PORTION OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF-  BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING  NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-  153 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT  WEDNESDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE  ZONES 213 AND 214...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT  WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * AFFECTED AREA...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO    SHASTA COUNTY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO EXTEND    INTO THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY.    * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME    MORE WIDESPREAD LATE MONDAY AND CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST    WEDNESDAY.    * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH    THE PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS MAY INITIALLY BE DRY BUT SHOULD BECOME    WETTER WITH TIME. STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING    AND SMALL HAIL.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FIRES    WHICH DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY.      PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.    &&    $$      HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  253 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    .AN UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST MONDAY AND  TUESDAY...THEN GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTHWARD AND INLAND WEDNESDAY AND  THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS LOW...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL MOVE  INTO THE AREA AND MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH  AFTERNOON AND EVENING MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MOISTURE WILL  INCREASE WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS WITH STORMS BY  TUESDAY. AS RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS INCREASE OVER THE AREA, IMPACTS  FROM LIGHTNING MAY LESSEN BY THURSDAY.      CAZ282-284-285-191000-  /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0009.130819T2100Z-130822T0600Z/  /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0013.130819T2100Z-130822T0600Z/  SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY-  SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT  SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-  253 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT  WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS IN FIRE WEATHER  ZONES 282...284 AND 285...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT  WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 282...284 AND 285.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP    MONDAY AFTERNOON IN SISKIYOU AND MODOC COUNTIES, BECOMING A MIX    OF ISOLATED AND SCATTERED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY    EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY    WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN SISKIYOU AND MODOC COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORM    CHANCES INCREASE FURTHER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SCATTERED    STORMS LIKELY OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AND    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHTTIME.    * RAINFALL...STORMS ARE INITIALLY EXPECTED TO BE A MIX OF WET    AND DRY ON MONDAY. THEN AS THE ATMOSPHERE MOISTENS...EXPECT    INCREASING CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS BY TUESDAY.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NEW    FIRE STARTS. OUTFLOW WINDS WILL 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.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  253 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    .AN UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST MONDAY AND  TUESDAY...THEN GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTHWARD AND INLAND WEDNESDAY AND  THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS LOW...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL MOVE  INTO THE AREA AND MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH  AFTERNOON AND EVENING MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MOISTURE WILL  INCREASE WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS WITH STORMS BY  TUESDAY. AS RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS INCREASE OVER THE AREA, IMPACTS  FROM LIGHTNING MAY LESSEN BY THURSDAY.      CAZ280-281-191000-  /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0009.130819T2100Z-130822T0600Z/  /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0013.130819T2100Z-130822T0600Z/  WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-  CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-  253 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT  WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS IN FIRE WEATHER  ZONES 280 AND 281...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT  WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280 AND 281.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP    MONDAY AFTERNOON IN SISKIYOU COUNTY, BECOMING A MIX OF ISOLATED    AND SCATTERED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. THE BEST    CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY WILL BE OVER    SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE FURTHER    TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SCATTERED STORMS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH    OF THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AND ISOLATED    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHTTIME.    * RAINFALL...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY ON    MONDAY. THEN AS THE ATMOSPHERE MOISTENS...EXPECT INCREASING    CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NEW    FIRE STARTS. OUTFLOW WINDS WILL 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.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA  249 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH  WEDNESDAY...    .AN UPPER LOW OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WILL SLIDE  NORTHEAST OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS WEEK. THIS LOW WILL  BRING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING IN MENDOCINO COUNTY  TONIGHT AND THEN SPREADING NORTH INTO TRINITY...EASTERN  HUMBOLDT...AND EASTERN DEL NORTE COUNTIES MONDAY THROUGH  WEDNESDAY. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ABUNDANT  LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT ALSO DECENT RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS  MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY.    CAZ212-283-190615-  /O.UPG.KEKA.FW.A.0003.130819T2100Z-130822T0600Z/  /O.EXB.KEKA.FW.W.0007.130819T2100Z-130822T0600Z/  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.-  249 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT  WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 212 AND 283...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY  TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN  EFFECT.    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 212 AND 283.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO    BEGIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE    STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING    BUT ALSO SHOULD CONTAIN DECENT RAINFALL. THE PEAK OF    THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE ON WEDNESDAY.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS    OVER 40 MPH. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND    TERRAIN DRIVEN.    * IMPACTS...DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT    LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS EVEN WITH STORMS    EXPECTED TO BE WET.    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 WILL  CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA  249 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH  WEDNESDAY...    .AN UPPER LOW OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WILL SLIDE  NORTHEAST OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS WEEK. THIS LOW WILL  BRING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING IN MENDOCINO COUNTY  TONIGHT AND THEN SPREADING NORTH INTO TRINITY...EASTERN  HUMBOLDT...AND EASTERN DEL NORTE COUNTIES MONDAY THROUGH  WEDNESDAY. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ABUNDANT  LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT ALSO DECENT RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS  MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY.    CAZ276-277-190615-  /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0007.130819T0600Z-130822T0600Z/  INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.-  WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.-  249 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO  11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES  276 AND 277...    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 276 AND 277.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT    AND THEN BECOME SCATTERED MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGER    STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING BUT ALSO    SHOULD CONTAIN DECENT RAINFALL TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANY    STORMS THAT FORM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL LIKELY BE DRIER.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS    OVER 40 MPH. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND    TERRAIN DRIVEN.    * IMPACTS...DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT    LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS EVEN WITH STORMS    EXPECTED TO BE WET.    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 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA  502 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST WILL  PRODUCE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS MOST OF THE DISTRICT BEGINNING  LATE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY  AND MONDAY NIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH  BEGINNING ON TUESDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS  THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND  POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY INITIALLY PRODUCE DRY  LIGHTNING. STORMS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME WETTER OVER TIME...  HOWEVER DUE TO THE FACT THAT FUELS ARE VERY DRY...FIRE STARTS ARE  POSSIBLE EVEN WITH STORMS THAT PRODUCE RAIN.    CAZ506-507-510>512-190400-  /O.UPG.KMTR.FW.A.0002.130819T0600Z-130821T1000Z/  /O.NEW.KMTR.FW.W.0003.130819T0700Z-130821T1000Z/  NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-  EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-EAST BAY HILLS AND DIABLO RANGE-  SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-  502 AM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM PDT  WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THE RED FLAG WARNING COVERS MOST  INLAND PORTIONS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A  RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO  3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY.    * AFFECTED AREA: ALL INLAND AREAS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA    EXCEPT NEAR SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY.    * TIMING: SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BEGIN BY LATE    SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY    NIGHT...POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY AS WELL.    * THUNDERSTORMS: GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH    THE PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS MAY INITIALLY BE DRY BUT SHOULD BECOME    WETTER WITH TIME. STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING    AND SMALL HAIL.    * OUTFLOW WINDS: SPEEDS TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.    * IMPACTS: DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT    LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS EVEN WITH STORMS    THAT ARE WET.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF  DRY FUELS AND LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE  STARTS.
Source: NWS Sacramento


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