Tuesday, July 22, 2014

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - NorCal (7/22/14-AM)



SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS  OF SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM LATE THIS MORNING  THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS OFFSHORE FROM SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING BUT IT WILL BRING INCREASING AMOUNTS  OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AS IT MOVES NORTH TO NORTHEAST. THE  TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN THE  MOST EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN OREGON  CASCADES AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DURING THIS  EVENING. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE FASTER THAN NORMAL AT AROUND 35  MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE MODERATE. THUS, THERE MAY BE MANY NEW  FIRE STARTS.      CAZ284-ORZ624-230000-  /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0018.140722T1800Z-140723T0600Z/  SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT  SHASTA-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-  433 AM PDT TUE JUL 22 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO  11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR  FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284 AND 624...    * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284 AND 624.    * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED    LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO    BE MOST EXTENSIVE IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF ZONE 624.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 50 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH    EXISTING DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT    PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF    THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO    NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN AND AS DRYING OCCURS IN THE DAYS THAT    FOLLOW THE THUNDERSTORMS.    * 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.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  433 AM PDT TUE JUL 22 2014    .SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS  OF SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM LATE THIS MORNING  THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS OFFSHORE FROM SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING BUT IT WILL BRING INCREASING AMOUNTS  OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AS IT MOVES NORTH TO NORTHEAST. THE  TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN THE  MOST EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN OREGON  CASCADES AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DURING THIS  EVENING. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE FASTER THAN NORMAL AT AROUND 35  MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE MODERATE. THUS, THERE MAY BE MANY NEW  FIRE STARTS.      CAZ285-ORZ625-230000-  /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0018.140722T1800Z-140723T0600Z/  MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-  SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN  LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-  433 AM PDT TUE JUL 22 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO  11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR  FIRE WEATHER ZONES 285 AND 625...    * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 285 AND 625.    * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS    MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 50 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY    DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF    TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE    THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT    RECEIVE WETTING RAIN AND AS DRYING OCCURS IN THE DAYS THAT    FOLLOW THE THUNDERSTORMS.    * 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.    &&    $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  433 AM PDT TUE JUL 22 2014    .SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS  OF SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM LATE THIS MORNING  THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS OFFSHORE FROM SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING BUT IT WILL BRING INCREASING AMOUNTS  OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AS IT MOVES NORTH TO NORTHEAST. THE  TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN THE  MOST EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN OREGON  CASCADES AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DURING THIS  EVENING. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE FASTER THAN NORMAL AT AROUND 35  MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE MODERATE. THUS, THERE MAY BE MANY NEW  FIRE STARTS.      CAZ280-281-ORZ617-621>623-230000-  /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0018.140722T1800Z-140723T0600Z/  WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-  CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-  UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-  SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-  433 AM PDT TUE JUL 22 2014    ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO  11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR  FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...617...621...622 AND 623...    * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 281...622...621...623...617    AND 280    * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS    MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...EXCEPT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE    EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF ZONE 623.    * OUTFLOW WINDS...25 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.    * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH    EXISTING DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT    PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF    THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO    NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN AND AS DRYING OCCURS IN THE DAYS THAT    FOLLOW THE THUNDERSTORMS.    * 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.    &&    $$  DW    VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD


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


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