VOLCANO MADNESS: [californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings

...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY... .A LOW OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY BEFORE MOVING INLAND TUESDAY. THIS TYPE OF WEATHER PATTERN HAS HISTORICALLY BROUGHT WIDESPREAD LIGHTNING TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY FORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THEN MAY BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS INTERIOR CALIFORNIA MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY. MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE STILL IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THE LOW WITH THE LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOWING IT A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH. CAZ213-214-220-221-263-266>269-111330- /O.EXT.KSTO.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140812T1800Z/ EASTERN PORTION OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF- BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP- SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA-TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA- GLENN UNIT- NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS- NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK- BECKWORTH PEAK)- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- 111 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213...214...220...221... 263...266...267...268 AND 269... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 213 EASTERN PORTION OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214 BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220 SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 263 SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA-TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-GLENN UNIT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 266 NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 267 NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 268 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. DRY STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY TODAY INTO MONDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRES. * 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 STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES 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 EUREKA CA 1026 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... CAZ203-204-211-283-111330- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140812T1800Z/ UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.- LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.- HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 1026 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM TUESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203...204...211 AND 283... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203...204...211 AND 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON VERY DRY FUELS COULD RESULT IN FIRE STARTS. 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 WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. 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. && $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 150 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 CAZ280-281-284-285-ORZ617-620>625-111200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140813T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 150 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284... 285...617...623...624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284...285...617...623...624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH PERSISTENT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST STEERING WINDS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO INCREASE MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION. * OUTFLOW WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING STRIKES ON DRY...DROUGHT STRICKEN VEGETATION WILL LEAD TO MULTIPLE FIRE STARTS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO OVERWHELM INITIAL ATTACK RESOURCES. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS...BUT LITTLE IN OTHERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 150 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 CAZ282-111200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140812T1200Z/ SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 150 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 282... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 282. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST STEERING WINDS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO INCREASE MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING...THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION. * OUTFLOW WINDS: OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING STRIKES ON DRY...DROUGHT STRICKEN VEGETATION WILL LEAD TO MULTIPLE FIRE STARTS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO OVERWHELM INITIAL ATTACK RESOURCES. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS...BUT LITTLE IN OTHERS. * 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. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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