[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Red Flag Warning - Modoc Plateau

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624...285 AND 625 * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THESE STORMS WILL BE WET...STRIKES OUTSIDE THE PRECIPITATION COLUMN WILL LIKELY INITIATE FIRES. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH.

Area:  MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERNLAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Siskiyou

Sent: 2011-09-12T05:00:26-07:00

Original Sender: KMFR@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

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