[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - Eastern CA (9/04/13-PM)

...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THURSDAY...    .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE OREGON COAST WILL MOVE INLAND THURSDAY.  WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY  MORNING AROUND THE TAHOE BASIN AND WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY  395. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD EAST INTO LYON COUNTY AND THE  BASIN AND RANGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DECREASING HUMIDITY AND THE  GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER  CONDITIONS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA AND MUCH OF WESTERN NEVADA.    CAZ272-273-NVZ450-051400-  /O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0009.130905T1800Z-130906T0600Z/  /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0011.130905T1800Z-130906T0600Z/  GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-  WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-  1052 AM PDT WED SEP 4 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY  FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE LAKE TAHOE  BASIN...EASTERN SIERRA AND THE SIERRA FRONT...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT  FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO  LONGER IN EFFECT.    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 272 GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA...FIRE    ZONE 273 MONO AND EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES AND FIRE ZONE 450    WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT.    * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...GUSTS TO    45 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS. RIDGE GUSTS COULD REACH 65 MPH.    * HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 12 TO 17 PERCENT IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS    AND FALLING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT IN THE TAHOE BASIN.    * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL    CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  WILL OCCUR.  CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES.

Source: NWS Reno

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