SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 407 AM PDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284...285...624 AND 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624...285...284 AND 625 * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN CORES OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING FROM INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CAUSE NEW FIRE STARTS OUTSIDE RAIN CORES. OUTFLOW WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AND MAY LEAD TO ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STORM CORES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SVEN VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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