RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT WED

[G. Alan Ferguson]

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 253 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013

.AN UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THEN GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTHWARD AND INLAND WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THIS LOW...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS WITH STORMS BY TUESDAY. AS RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS INCREASE OVER THE AREA, IMPACTS FROM LIGHTNING MAY LESSEN BY THURSDAY.

CAZ280-281-191000- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0009.130819T2100Z-130822T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0013.130819T2100Z-130822T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- 253 PM PDT SUN AUG 18 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280 AND 281...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280 AND 281.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON IN SISKIYOU COUNTY, BECOMING A MIX OF ISOLATED AND SCATTERED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE FURTHER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SCATTERED STORMS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHTTIME.

* RAINFALL...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY ON MONDAY. THEN AS THE ATMOSPHERE MOISTENS...EXPECT INCREASING CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CAUSE NEW FIRES TO SPREAD.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

Be sure you know your local area and the roads which may become an escape route.  If law enforcement or fire evacuates you, they may be too busy to direct you.  Wear protective clothing-sturdy shoes, cotton or wool long pants and long-sleeved shirt, and gloves. Bring a handkerchief to protect your face.  And remember prescription medications

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