[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warning - Eastern CA (9/24/13-AM)

...STRONG WINDS TODAY...    .LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING STRONG  WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TO WESTERN NEVADA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND  THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF MONO COUNTY. PEAK GUSTS OF 35-50 MPH WILL  AFFECT MOST LOCATIONS WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS  ALONG HIGHWAY 395.  WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DECREASE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY  50 TONIGHT WHICH MAY ALLOW CRITICAL CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO  TONIGHT.    CAZ273-NVZ450-453-459-250300-  /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0014.130924T1700Z-130925T0300Z/  MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-  WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-  MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-  604 AM PDT TUE SEP 24 2013    ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT  THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN  SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT  FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.    * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 273 MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES...    FIRE ZONE 450 WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT...FIRE ZONE 453 WEST    CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE AND FIRE ZONE 459 MINERAL AND    SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES.    * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.    GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS.    * HUMIDITY...FALLING BELOW 20 PERCENT THIS MORNING WITH MINIMUM    VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT.    * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL    CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  WILL OCCUR.  CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO FOR UPDATES.    &&    $$    HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

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