Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this red flag warning at Aug 5, 2008, 3:22 PM PDT. It took effect at Aug 6, 2008, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Aug 5, 2008, 3:22 PM PDT (22:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2008, 12:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2008, 11:27 AM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KEKA 052222 RFWEKA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 322 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR DRY LIGHTNING POTENTIAL FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 202..203...204...211...212...276...277...AND 283... CAZ203-204-211-212-276-277-283-061445- /O.UPG.KEKA.FW.A.0004.080806T0300Z-080806T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0004.080806T0700Z-080806T1900Z/ UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.- LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.- HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.- WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 322 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. THIS HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL COMBINE FORCES WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BUT THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE WETTER. 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. $$ CAZ202-061445- /O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0004.080806T0700Z-080806T1900Z/ COASTAL MENDOCINO...FROM ROCKPORT TO SONOMA COUNTY AND INLAND TO THE CREST OF THE COAST RANGE. INCLUDES JACKSON STATE FOREST.- 322 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. THIS HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL COMBINE FORCES WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTHEAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS86 KEKA 061204 RFWEKA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 504 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DRY LIGHTNING POTENTIAL UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 202..203...204...211... 212...276...277...AND 283... CAZ202>204-211-212-276-277-283-061900- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080806T1900Z/ COASTAL MENDOCINO...FROM ROCKPORT TO SONOMA COUNTY AND INLAND TO THE CREST OF THE COAST RANGE. INCLUDES JACKSON STATE FOREST.- UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.- LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.- HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.- WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 504 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON AS LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE REMAIN FAIRLY DRY. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME WETTER. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. 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. $$
000 WWUS86 KEKA 061827 RFWEKA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1127 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 202..203...204...211...212...276...277...AND 283 IS CANCELED... CAZ202>204-211-212-276-277-283-061930- /O.CAN.KEKA.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080806T1900Z/ COASTAL MENDOCINO...FROM ROCKPORT TO SONOMA COUNTY AND INLAND TO THE CREST OF THE COAST RANGE. INCLUDES JACKSON STATE FOREST.- UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.- LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.- HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.- WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 1127 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAINS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WETTER. $$
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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.