VOLCANO MADNESS: [californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings

...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO A POSITION OFF THE NORTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST THIS WEEKEND AND CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN FLOW ALOFT. BY SUNDAY, SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL DEEPEN AND MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...THIS IS A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY, THEN MOVE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA. STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH COASTAL LOCATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. BY TUESDAY THE MAIN CORE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD SHIFT TO THE CASCADES AND EASTWARD. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MULTIPLE NEW FIRES. ORZ616-090900- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0023.140810T1800Z-140812T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0026.140811T0000Z-140812T1200Z/ UMPQUA BASIN- 149 PM PDT FRI AUG 8 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 616... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 616 * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY 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. * 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 ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THEN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOISTEN. THUNDERSTORMS FROM 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. && $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 149 PM PDT FRI AUG 8 2014 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO A POSITION OFF THE NORTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST THIS WEEKEND AND CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN FLOW ALOFT. BY SUNDAY, SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL DEEPEN AND MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...THIS IS A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY, THEN MOVE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA. STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH COASTAL LOCATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. BY TUESDAY THE MAIN CORE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD SHIFT TO THE CASCADES AND EASTWARD. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MULTIPLE NEW FIRES. CAZ280>282-ORZ620>622-090900- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0023.140810T1800Z-140812T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0026.140810T1800Z-140812T1200Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 149 PM PDT FRI AUG 8 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 280...281...282...620...621 AND 622... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 280...281...282...620...621 AND 622 * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY 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. * 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 ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THEN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOISTEN. 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. && $$

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 149 PM PDT FRI AUG 8 2014 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO A POSITION OFF THE NORTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST THIS WEEKEND AND CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN FLOW ALOFT. BY SUNDAY, SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL DEEPEN AND MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. WITH SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS...THIS IS A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY, THEN MOVE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA. STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH COASTAL LOCATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. BY TUESDAY THE MAIN CORE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD SHIFT TO THE CASCADES AND EASTWARD. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MULTIPLE NEW FIRES. CAZ284-285-ORZ617-623-624-090900- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0023.140810T1800Z-140812T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0026.140810T1800Z-140813T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 149 PM PDT FRI AUG 8 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 284...285...617...623 AND 624... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 284...285...617...623 AND 624 * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST STEERING WINDS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO INCREASE MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THEN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOISTEN. THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING 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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