Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this red flag warning at Sep 3, 2008, 10:33 AM PDT. It took effect at Sep 3, 2008, 3:17 PM PDT. It was in force for 38 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
- Sep 3, 2008, 10:33 AM PDT (17:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 3, 2008, 3:17 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2008, 4:47 AM PDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KEKA 031733 RFWEKA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1033 AM PDT WED SEP 3 2008 CAZ203-204-040015- /O.UPG.KEKA.FW.A.0006.080904T0700Z-080905T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0006.080904T0700Z-080905T1800Z/ 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.- 1033 AM PDT WED SEP 3 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 203 AND 204. A STRONG RIDGE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE...COUPLED WITH A BUILDING THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS TO THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES AND SLOPES. THE EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MORNING ON THURSDAY...BUT SHOULD DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE EAST WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN ABATE TO MODERATE LEVELS ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE TEENS AND 20S IN WIND PRONE AREAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 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. $$ CAZ201-211-212-283-040015- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.A.0006.080904T0700Z-080905T1800Z/ NORTH COAST STRIP...FROM OREGON BORDER TO ROCKPORT CONSISTING OF COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND A SMALL PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CA NPS AND REDWOOD PARKS.- HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 1033 AM PDT WED SEP 3 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS... A STRONG RIDGE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE...COUPLED WITH A THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS TO THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES AND SLOPES OF HUMBOLDT AND FAR NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF TRINITY COUNTY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND FAR NORTHWESTERN TRINITY COUNTY. THE IMMEDIATE COAST SHOULD SEE LIGHT EAST WINDS...BUT THE FAR EASTERN AREAS OF THE NORTH COAST STRIP MAY SEE GUSTY EAST WINDS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO MODERATE LEVELS ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE TEENS AND 20S IN THE WIND PRONE UPPER ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
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000 WWUS86 KEKA 032248 RFWEKA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 317 PM PDT WED SEP 3 2008 CAZ211-283-041800- /O.UPG.KEKA.FW.A.0006.080904T0700Z-080905T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KEKA.FW.W.0006.080904T0700Z-080905T1800Z/ HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 317 PM PDT WED SEP 3 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 211 AND 283. A STRONG RIDGE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE...COUPLED WITH A BUILDING THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS TO THE UPPER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES AND UPPER ELEVATIONS. THE EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE EARLY MORNING ON THURSDAY...BUT SHOULD DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE EAST WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN ABATE TO MODERATE LEVELS ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE 20S AND 30S IN WIND PRONE AREAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 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. $$ CAZ203-204-041800- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.080904T0700Z-080905T1800Z/ UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.- LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.- 317 PM PDT WED SEP 3 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG EAST WINDS... A STRONG RIDGE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE...COUPLED WITH A BUILDING THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS TO THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY AND FAR NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES AND UPPER ELEVATIONS. THE EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MORNING ON THURSDAY...BUT SHOULD DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE EAST WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN ABATE TO MODERATE LEVELS ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE TEENS AND 20S IN WIND PRONE AREAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ CAZ201-212-041800- /O.EXT.KEKA.FW.A.0006.080905T0600Z-080905T1800Z/ NORTH COAST STRIP...FROM OREGON BORDER TO ROCKPORT CONSISTING OF COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND A SMALL PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CA NPS AND REDWOOD PARKS.- VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- 317 PM PDT WED SEP 3 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY EAST WINDS... A STRONG RIDGE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE...COUPLED WITH A BUILDING THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE OFFSHORE WINDS SHOULD INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO OREGON AND A THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST INTENSIFIES. EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE RIDGES AND UPPER ELEVATIONS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE EAST WINDS WILL LIKELY ABATE TO MODERATE LEVELS ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE 20S AND 30S IN THE WIND PRONE UPPER ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS86 KEKA 041644 RFWEKA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 944 AM PDT THU SEP 4 2008 CAZ201-212-041745- /O.CAN.KEKA.FW.A.0006.080905T0600Z-080905T1800Z/ NORTH COAST STRIP...FROM OREGON BORDER TO ROCKPORT CONSISTING OF COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEL NORTE...HUMBOLDT...AND A SMALL PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CA NPS AND REDWOOD PARKS.- VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- 944 AM PDT THU SEP 4 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. LOCALLY GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE UPPER ELEVATIONS AND RIDGE TOPS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED IN WIND PRONE AREAS. HOWEVER...WINDS SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT FOR MOST AREAS AND OVERNIGHT HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL WARNING LEVELS AND THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ CAZ203-204-211-283-050045- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080905T1800Z/ 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.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 944 AM PDT THU SEP 4 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... A STRONG RIDGE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE...COUPLED WITH A BUILDING THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS TO THE UPPER ELEVATIONS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES AND UPPER ELEVATIONS. EASTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN ABATE TO MODERATE LEVELS ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE 20S AND 30S IN WIND PRONE AREAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. 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. $$
000 WWUS86 KEKA 042103 RFWEKA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 203 PM PDT THU SEP 4 2008 CAZ203-204-211-283-051200- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080905T1800Z/ UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.- LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.- HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 203 PM PDT THU SEP 4 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY... A STRONG RIDGE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE...COUPLED WITH A BUILDING THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS TO THE UPPER ELEVATIONS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES AND UPPER ELEVATIONS. EASTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN ABATE TO MODERATE LEVELS ON SATURDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE 20S AND 30S IN WIND PRONE AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KEKA 051147 RFWEKA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 447 AM PDT FRI SEP 5 2008 CAZ203-204-211-283-051300- /O.CAN.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080905T1800Z/ 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.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 447 AM PDT FRI SEP 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... ALTHOUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAIRLY WARM AND DRY...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THUS WARRANTING A CANCELATION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. VERY LOCALIZED DRY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN WEAKENING OFFSHORE FLOW. $$
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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.