Tuesday, July 1, 2014

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - NorCal (7/01/14-AM)



...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND  EVENING...    .ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF INTERIOR  NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. THE BEST AREA FOR  DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL RANGE. A LESSER THREAT  EXISTS NEAR THE WEST SIDE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA CREST... WITH  DEVELOPMENT MORE LIKELY EAST OF THE CREST. WITH HOT AND DRY  CONDITIONS IN PLACE... THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LITTLE TO NO  PRECIPITATION AND THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRES  EXISTS.    CAZ263-279-020000-  /O.UPG.KSTO.FW.A.0004.140701T2100Z-140702T0500Z/  /O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0008.140701T2100Z-140702T0500Z/  SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA-TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-  GLENN UNIT-EASTERN MENDOCINO NF-  417 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM  PDT THIS EVENING FOR ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER  ZONES 263 AND 279...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM  2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER  WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 263 SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA-    TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-GLENN UNIT AND FIRE    WEATHER ZONE 279 EASTERN MENDOCINO NF.    * TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS AND    GUSTY ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS MAY LEAD TO RAPID FIRE SPREAD.    * 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. A COMBINATION OF  LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS CAN  CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.    &&    INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA  WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO  WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV  905 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014    CAZ270-271-278-NVZ458-020400-  /O.EXA.KREV.FW.W.0011.140701T2000Z-140702T0400Z/  SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-  EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-  NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-  905 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM  PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS FOR  THE NORTHEASTERN SIERRA...NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND FAR  NORTHWESTERN NEVADA...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS...WHICH IS IN  EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 270 SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA...    FIRE ZONE 271 WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA-    EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES...FIRE ZONE 278 EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY    AND FIRE ZONE 458 NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP    BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THERE WILL BE    A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS AND COMBINE    WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO PRODUCE RAPID FIRE GROWTH.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING MEANS NUMEROUS NEW WILDFIRE  STARTS FROM LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. REPORT NEW FIRES TO  911 IMMEDIATELY. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES  AND PREPAREDNESS TIPS.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV  905 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014    CAZ272-273-NVZ450-459-020400-  /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0011.140701T2000Z-140702T0400Z/  GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-  WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-  905 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO  9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS  FOR PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA  FRONT...    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 272 GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA...FIRE    ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES...FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN    NEVADA SIERRA FRONT AND FIRE ZONE 459 MINERAL AND SOUTHERN    LYON COUNTIES.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP    BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE SIERRA BEFORE PUSHING OUT INTO    WESTERN NEVADA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL    BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS AND COMBINE    WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO PRODUCE RAPID FIRE GROWTH.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING MEANS NUMEROUS NEW WILDFIRE  STARTS FROM LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. REPORT NEW FIRES TO  911 IMMEDIATELY. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES  AND PREPAREDNESS TIPS.    &&    $$    HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  852 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014    ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED LATE TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...    HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH A LOW PRESSURE IMPULSE MOVING  THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO  RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS  LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THROUGH  THIS EVENING. ON WEDNESDAY STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME  INCREASINGLY WET.    CAZ280>282-284-285-020400-  /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140702T1200Z/  WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-  CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-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-  852 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO  5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING WITH VERY DRY FUELS IN FIRE  WEATHER ZONES 280...281...AND 282...    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...AND 282.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO    DEVELOP OVER AND EAST OF THE MARBLE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS    AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A THREAT OF ISOLATED    DRY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE    POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON VERY DRY FUELS HAVE THE    POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN    SPREAD.    * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5    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.    &&    $$  SK  VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA  818 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014    ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...    .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL KICK START ISOLATED TO SCATTERED  THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL LAST INTO THE EVENING  HOURS. A VERY DRY LOW LEVEL AIR MASS WILL RESTRICT RAINFALL WITH  THESE STORMS...THUS RESULTING IN MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORM  ACTIVITY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT BUT MAY  REDEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.    CAZ283-012330-  /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0003.140701T2100Z-140702T0600Z/  TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-  818 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO  11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE  283...    * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 283.    * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON VERY DRY FUELS COULD RESULT IN    LIGHTNING IGNITED FIRES.    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.

Source: NWS Sacramento, Reno, Medford, Eureka


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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


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