Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Elko, NV

000 
WWUS85 KLKN 111000
RFWLKN

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
300 AM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

NVZ452-112300-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0019.070811T1800Z-070812T0400Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.A.0016.070812T1800Z-070813T0400Z/
ELKO COUNTY PLUS LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES NORTH OF I-80-
300 AM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 
ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEVADA...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEVADA...

THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE:

452 - ELKO COUNTY AND NORTH OF I80 IN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES

THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE:

452 - ELKO COUNTY AND NORTH OF I80 IN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SATURDAY.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

DISCUSSION....A DISTURBANCE PASSING OVER NEVADA TODAY WILL PRODUCE
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FROM LATE
MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST ON
SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. THESE
WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.

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.

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

$$

NVZ455-457-112300-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0019.070811T1800Z-070812T0400Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 PLUS NORTHERN NYE
COUNTY-
300 AM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 
ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA...

THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:

455 - WHITE PINE COUNTY 
457 - NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 IN LANDER AND
      EUREKA COUNTIES

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SATURDAY.

DISCUSSION...A DISTURBANCE PASSING OVER NEVADA TODAY WILL PRODUCE
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FROM LATE
MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.

$$

NVZ451-112300-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.A.0016.070812T1800Z-070813T0400Z/
HUMBOLDT COUNTY-
300 AM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NEVADA...

THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE: 

451 - HUMBOLDT COUNTY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO CONTINUES A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST COAST ON SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOUTHWEST WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE
EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY
CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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

$$

JM

000 
WWUS85 KLKN 112226
RFWLKN

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
326 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

NVZ452-120630-
/O.UPG.KLKN.FW.A.0016.070812T1800Z-070813T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KLKN.FW.W.0020.070812T1800Z-070813T0400Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070812T0400Z/
ELKO COUNTY PLUS LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES NORTH OF I-80-
326 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE:

452 - ELKO COUNTY AND NORTH OF I80 IN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES

DISCUSSION....A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.

$$

NVZ451-120630-
/O.UPG.KLKN.FW.A.0016.070812T1800Z-070813T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KLKN.FW.W.0020.070812T1800Z-070813T0400Z/
HUMBOLDT COUNTY-
326 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:

451 - HUMBOLDT COUNTY

DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA FROM LATE SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.

$$

NVZ455-457-120400-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070812T0400Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 PLUS NORTHERN NYE
COUNTY-
326 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES:

455 - WHITE PINE COUNTY

457 - NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 IN LANDER AND
EUREKA COUNTIES

DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35
MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.

$$

CEC

000 
WWUS85 KLKN 120348
RFWLKN

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
848 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

NVZ452-121230-
/O.CAN.KLKN.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070812T0400Z/
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0020.070812T1800Z-070813T0400Z/
ELKO COUNTY PLUS LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES NORTH OF I-80-
848 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMDITIES...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. A RED 
FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY.

THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE:

452 - ELKO COUNTY AND NORTH OF I80 IN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES

DISCUSSION....A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED
THIS EVENING...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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.

$$

NVZ455-457-120500-
/O.CAN.KLKN.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070812T0400Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-
LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 PLUS NORTHERN NYE
COUNTY-
848 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS
HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA THIS EVENING...THUS A RED
FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER NECESSARY.

$$

NVZ451-121230-
/O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0020.070812T1800Z-070813T0400Z/
HUMBOLDT COUNTY-
848 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONE:

451 - HUMBOLDT COUNTY

DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA FROM LATE SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS COMBINED
WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

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.

$$

JM

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
444 PM PDT FRI AUG 10 2007

.SYNOPSIS...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...DRY WEATHER AND NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE
BY MONDAY ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA AND BRING A BETTER POSSIBILITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS TO THAT REGION AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. &&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS
ONLY FEW-SCT CUMULUS OVER HUMBOLDT...ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES
AND MID LEVEL CAP NEAR 450 MB SHOULD INHIBIT ALL CONVECTION
DEVELOPMENT IN THE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. DRY SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES A
FEW DEGREES WARMER EACH DAY. WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO 25-30 MPH ACROSS
ALL ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. WITH APPROACHING H5 SHORT WAVE AND
ASSOCIATED 80-85KT JET OVER NRN NV AS WELL AS PACIFIC NW
LOW/TROUGH...WINDS WILL AGAIN APPROACH RED FLAG CRITERIA ON SAT BUT
WITH DECENT CAP AT 550MB DONT THINK WILL BE ANY HIGHER GUSTS THAN 30
MPH. LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOW H5 WINDS OF 40-50 KTS OVER HUMBOLDT AND
ELKO COUNTIES ON SUN WITH NO CAP SO ISSUED FWW FOR SW WINDS GUSTING
TO 35 MPH. WITH ABOVE-MENTIONED SHORT WAVE/JET OVER NV...LIS 0 TO -1
AND PRECIP H20 VALUES 0.75-0.85 INCHES...EXPECT ISOLATED DRY T-STORMS
TO DEVELOP OVER SERN ELKO AND ERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES ON SUN PM. AWG

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. LARGE UPPER HIGH
STRETCHING ACROSS THE WRN TWO THIRDS OF THE SRN CONUS WILL BRING A
S-SERLY FLOW ALOFT INTO THE GREAT BASIN. SOME MOISTURE CIRCULATING
AROUND THIS HIGH WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY ERN
NV THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT AT THIS TIME DO NOT SEE ANY BIG PUSH OF
MONSOON MOISTURE SO LEFT POPS IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY. TEMPS
WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL THRU THE PERIOD.  CEC
&&

.AVIATION...DRY SWLY FLOW WILL BRING GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS
THE REGION THRU SATURDAY EXPECT FOR A FEW AFTERNOON CUMULUS CLOUDS
OVER NERN NV.  CEC
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
WINDS EXPECTED TO PUSH CRITICAL LEVELS ON SAT IN ALL ZONES WITH GUSTS
NEAR 30 MPH AS NEVADA IS WEDGED BETWEEN UPPER RIDGE TO EAST AND
APPROACHING TROUGH/JET TO NORTHWEST. SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE WINDIEST DAY
SO ISSUED FFW FOR FWZS 451/452 WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. MODELS
CONTINUE TO BRING INCREASING MOISTURE TO EASTERN CWFA BEGINNING ON
SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK LEADING TO INCREASING CHANCE OF WET
THUNDERSTORMS TUES-THURS AFTERNOONS. AWG &&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN
EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITIES IN ZONES 451 AND 452. &&