[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - Modoc Plateau (9/14/13-pm)

MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-  359 PM PDT SAT SEP 14 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR  GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE  FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.      * AFFECTED AREA: PORTIONS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285...MOSTLY    SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS, AREAS NEAR TIMBER MOUNTAIN...AND    AREAS JUST SOUTH OF KLAMATH COUNTY.    * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH.    * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.    * IMPACTS...DRY AIR AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR    SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. CAMPFIRES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD    RAPIDLY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.    * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT    HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR      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.

Source: NWS Medford

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