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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Eureka, CA

May 31, 2007

NWS Eureka, CA issued this red flag warning at May 31, 2007, 9:32 AM PDT. It took effect at May 31, 2007, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2007, 9:32 AM PDT (16:32 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2007, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired: May 31, 2007, 5:46 PM PDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Eureka, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS86 KEKA 311632
RFWEKA

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
932 AM PDT THU MAY 31 2007


CAZ277-283-010700-
/O.UPG.KEKA.FW.A.0001.070531T2100Z-070601T0700Z/
/O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0001.070531T2100Z-070601T0700Z/
WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.-
TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-
932 AM PDT THU MAY 31 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
PDT TONIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW BROUGHT AN INCREASE IN DEW POINTS AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO THE VALLEYS AND LOWER SLOPES ON WEDNESDAY.
THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER THE WARNING AREA...INCREASING
THE INSTABILITY OF THE AIRMASS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRY...AND RELATIVELY
DRY FUELS ACROSS MUCH OF THE DISTRICT WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS. 

IN THE VICINITY OF STRONGER CONVECTION AND THEIR DOWNDRAFTS...
LITTLE RAINFALL AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED.  

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.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS86 KEKA 010046
RFWEKA

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
546 PM PDT THU MAY 31 2007

CAZ277-283-010200-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070601T0700Z/
WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.-
TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-
546 PM PDT THU MAY 31 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

A LACK OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS EASTERN TRINITY AND 
MENDOCINO COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAS WARRANTED A
CANCELLATION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING. 


$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.