[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - Kern Co. Mts. & San Joaquin Valley (1/23/14-PM)

SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-  KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-  224 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR STRONG  GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE  KERN COUNTY PORTION OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN  EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY.    STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING GUSTY DOWNSLOPING WINDS THROUGH  AND BELOW THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS AND INTO THE SOUTH END  OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.    * AFFECTED AREA...THE KERN COUNTY PORTIONS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE    291 SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 292    SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...AND THE VALLEY FACING SLOPES    OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 295 KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THE AREA    INCLUDES THROUGH AND BELOW TEHACHAPI PASS...HART FLAT...THE    GRAPEVINE...ARVIN...BAKERSFIELD...METTLER...AND BUTTONWILLOW.    * WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH    IN THE KERN COUNTY PORTION OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND UP TO    60 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS.    * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.    * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BELOW 15 PERCENT...WITH SOME AREAS AS LOW AS    6 PERCENT FOR 6 TO 8 HOURS.    * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID SPREAD    AND EXTREME BEHAVIOR WITH THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.    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. PLEASE ADVISE THE  APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED  FLAG WARNING.

Source: NWS Hanford

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