VOLCANO MADNESS: [californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings

Thursday, July 31, 2014

[californiadisasters] Red Flag Warnings - NorCal (7/31/14-AM)

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-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- 511 AM PDT THU JUL 31 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284...285...617...621...622... 623...624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284...285... 617...621...622...623...624 AND 625... * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SK VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD

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