RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS

[G. Alan Ferguson]

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 415 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013


.AN UPPER LOW WILL GRADUALLY MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. ASSOCIATED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE INCREASING AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WET. DESPITE THE RAIN...UNTIL FUELS RESPOND TO THE INCREASED MOISTURE...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST.

CAZ280>282-284-285-ORZ616-617-619>625-082315- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130810T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-UMPQUA BASIN- UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU 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- 415 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280... 281...282...284...285...616...617...619...620...621...622...623... 624 AND 625...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...282...284... 285...616...617...619...620...621...622...623...624 AND 625.

* THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY. STORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED DURING THE NIGHT TIME BUT WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE.

* RAINFALL...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WET. WHILE NOT ALL AREAS WILL GET WETTING RAINS...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WETTING RAINS ALONG THEIR PATHS. THE GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE CASCADES.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.

* IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS WILL 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.

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