FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS

[G. Alan Ferguson]

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 535 AM PDT TUE JUL 23 2013


.A DISTURBANCE WILL ACCOMPANY A SURGE OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH INSTABILITY TO BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CASCADES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEW WILDFIRE IGNITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO CRITICALLY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS.

CAZ280-281-240045- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0004.130724T1800Z-130725T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- 535 AM PDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FIRE ZONES 280 AND 281...

* AFFECTED AREA: SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FIRE ZONES 280 AND 281

* THUNDERSTORMS: THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. CONFIDENCE IN SCATTERED COVERAGE THOUGH IS ONLY MODERATE AT THIS TIME.

* OUTFLOW WINDS: LOCAL GUSTS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS. DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

If your home is located in a wildfire area, is there adequate defensible space around it? More is better than too little.  This affords firefighters what they need to protect your home.  And please, if using fire outdoors where there's risk, be extra careful.  As dry as the vegetation is, it doesn't take much.

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