Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 5, 2008, 1:45 PM PDT for Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California; 8 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Aug 6, 2008, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 45 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2008, 1:45 PM PDT (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2008, 12:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2008, 8:57 PM PDT
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Harney County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR, Lane County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:18 AM PDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.3 | Wsw Keno, OR | THUNDERSTORM WITH LOTS OF LIGHTNING AT AROUND 330 AM. STILL RAINING. |
| Aug 6, 12:10 PM PDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.25 | 4 N Keno, OR | FROM 2 AM PDT TO 10 AM PDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KMFR 052045 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 145 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 CAZ280>282-284-285-061200- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0006.080806T1900Z-080807T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T0700Z-080806T1900Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 145 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIDELY SCATTERED DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE ONSET OF THE MOISTURE ARRIVES WITH A WEAK SHORT WAVE DISTURBANCE. STORMS WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ ORZ617-620>625-061200- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0006.080806T1900Z-080807T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T1900Z-080807T0700Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 145 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. COVERAGE WILL RANGE FROM SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS. SOME DRY LIGHTNING IS ANTICIPATED EARLY ON AS STORMS DEVELOP...BUT ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET AS RICH MOISTURE ARRIVES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ STAVISH
12 follow-up statements
000 WWUS86 KMFR 052118 CCA RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 209 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 CORRECTED HEADLINE FORMAT CAZ280>282-284-285-061230- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0006.080806T1900Z-080807T1200Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T0700Z-080806T1900Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 209 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 CORRECTED HEADLINE FORMAT ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING OVER THE KLAMATH...SHATA-TRINITY...AND MODOC NATIONAL FORESTS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THIS RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: 280...281...283...284...AND 285. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIDELY SCATTERED DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE ONSET OF THE MOISTURE ARRIVES WITH A WEAK SHORT WAVE DISTURBANCE. STORMS WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ ORZ617-620>625-061200- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0006.080806T1900Z-080807T1200Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T1900Z-080807T0700Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 209 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 CORRECTED HEADLINE FORMAT ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ROGUE-SISKIYOU...UMPQUA..AND FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FORESTS... THIS RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: 617...620...621...622...623..624...AND 625. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. COVERAGE WILL RANGE FROM SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS. SOME DRY LIGHTNING IS ANTICIPATED EARLY ON AS STORMS DEVELOP...BUT ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET AS RICH MOISTURE ARRIVES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ STAVISH
000 WWUS86 KMFR 060612 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1112 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 CAZ280>282-284-285-061345- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T0700Z-080806T1900Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 1112 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280 282 284 AND 285 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL. THIS RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: 280...281...283...284...AND 285. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIDELY SCATTERED DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE ONSET OF THE MOISTURE ARRIVES WITH A WEAK SHORT WAVE DISTURBANCE. STORMS WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ ORZ617-620>625-061345- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T1900Z-080807T0700Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1112 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 620 621 622 624 624 AND 625... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 620 621 622 624 624 AND 625. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. COVERAGE WILL RANGE FROM SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS. SOME DRY LIGHTNING IS ANTICIPATED EARLY ON AS STORMS DEVELOP...BUT ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET AS RICH MOISTURE ARRIVES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ FB
000 WWUS86 KMFR 061016 CCA RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1112 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 CAZ280>282-284-285-061345- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T0700Z-080806T1900Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 1112 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280 282 284 AND 285 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL. THIS RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES: 280...281...282...284...AND 285. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIDELY SCATTERED DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE ONSET OF THE MOISTURE ARRIVES WITH A WEAK SHORT WAVE DISTURBANCE. STORMS WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ ORZ617-620>625-061345- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T1900Z-080807T0700Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1112 PM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 620 621 622 624 624 AND 625... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 620 621 622 624 624 AND 625. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. COVERAGE WILL RANGE FROM SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS. SOME DRY LIGHTNING IS ANTICIPATED EARLY ON AS STORMS DEVELOP...BUT ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET AS RICH MOISTURE ARRIVES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ FB
000 WWUS86 KMFR 061056 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 356 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ORZ620>623-062000- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T1300Z-080807T0700Z/ WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 356 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR ZONES 620 621 622 AND 623... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR ZONES 620 621 622 AND 623. THE STARTING TIME FOR THE WARNING HAS BEEN MOVED UP FROM THE PREVIOUS WARNING. THE RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO SISKIYOU COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AFFECTED FIRE WEATHER ZONES AROUND DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TODAY. COVERAGE WILL RANGE FROM SCATTERED THIS MORNING TO NUMEROUS BY AFTERNOON. SOME DRY LIGHTNING IS ANTICIPATED EARLY ON AS STORMS DEVELOP...BUT ACTIVITIES WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET AS RICH MOISTURE ARRIVES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ ORZ624-625-062000- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T1056Z-080807T0700Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 356 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR ZONES 624 AND 625... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR ZONES 624 AND 625. THE STARTING TIME FOR THE WARNING HAS BEEN MOVED UP FROM THE PREVIOUS WARNING. THE RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN KLAMATH COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS BOTH ZONES 624 AND 625 THROUGHOUT TODAY. COVERAGE WILL RANGE FROM SCATTERED THIS MORNING TO NUMEROUS BY AFTERNOON. SOME DRY LIGHTNING IS ANTICIPATED EARLY ON AS STORMS DEVELOP...BUT ACTIVITIES WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET AS RICH MOISTURE ARRIVES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ CAZ280>282-284-285-061900- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080806T1900Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 356 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR ZONES 280 282 284 285... THE RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR ZONES 280 282 284 285. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ZONES THIS MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIDELY SCATTERED DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE ONSET OF THE MOISTURE ARRIVES WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE. STORMS WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET BY THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ ORZ617-062000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T1900Z-080807T0700Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- 356 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR ZONE 617... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL FOR ZONE 617. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH EARLY THIS MORNING WITH DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. COVERAGE WILL RANGE FROM SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS. SOME DRY LIGHTNING IS ANTICIPATED EARLY ON AS STORMS DEVELOP...BUT ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO WET AS RICH MOISTURE ARRIVES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ FB
000 WWUS86 KMFR 061853 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1153 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 CAZ280>282-284-285-062000- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080806T1900Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 1153 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER STORMS WILL CARRY ENOUGH MOISTURE TO BE CONSIDERED WET. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ORZ620>623-070700- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080807T0700Z/ WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1153 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 620 621 622 AND 623... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 620 621 622 AND 623. THE FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTH AND EAST THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE HEATS UP AND DESTABILIZES. ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE BY LATE EVENING...BUT THE THREAT FOR THUNDER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ ORZ617-070700- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.080806T1900Z-080807T0700Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- 1153 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617. THE FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTH AND EAST THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE HEATS UP AND DESTABILIZES. ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE BY LATE EVENING...BUT THE THREAT FOR THUNDER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ ORZ624-625-070700- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080807T0700Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1153 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625. THE FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTH AND EAST THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE HEATS UP AND DESTABILIZES. ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE BY LATE EVENING...BUT THE THREAT FOR THUNDER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ STAVISH
000 WWUS86 KMFR 062157 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 257 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ORZ617-620>625-070600- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 257 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 620 621 622 623 624 AND 625... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 620 621 622 623 624 AND 625. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EVENING AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES. SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY FROM THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE IS MOIST ENOUGH FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE AMPLE RAINFALL...STORM MOTION WILL BE RATHER FAST FROM THE SOUTH AND THIS WILL CAUSE INDIVIDUAL STORM AMOUNTS TO BE ONLY BETWEEN ABOUT ONE TENTH AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ STAVISH
000 WWUS86 KMFR 062314 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 414 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ORZ617-620>625-071500- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 414 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 620 621 623 624 AND 625... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 620 621 623 624 AND 625. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EVENING AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES. SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY FROM THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE IS MOIST ENOUGH FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE AMPLE RAINFALL...STORM MOTION WILL BE RATHER FAST FROM THE SOUTH AND THIS WILL CAUSE INDIVIDUAL STORM AMOUNTS TO BE ONLY BETWEEN ABOUT ONE TENTH AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$
000 WWUS86 KMFR 070413 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 913 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ORZ617-620>622-070515- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 913 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ZONES 617 620 621 AND 622. THE THREAT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY...HOWEVER...ZONES 623 624 AND 625 WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. $$ ORZ623>625-071400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 913 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY IN ZONES 623 624 AND 625 FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY IN ZONES 623 624 AND 625 FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT EAST OF THE CASCADES THIS EVENING...REDEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF ZONES 623 624 AND 625. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ RH
000 WWUS86 KMFR 071356 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 656 AM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ORZ623>625-072200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 656 AM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORM WITH LITTLE RAIN FOR ZONES 623 624 AND 625... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORM WITH LITTLE RAIN FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 623 624 AND 625 IN SOUTHERN OREGON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO RE-DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF ZONES 623 624 AND 625. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY BUT THE AREAL COVERAGE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ FB
000 WWUS86 KMFR 071727 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1027 AM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ORZ617-621-622-080130- /O.EXA.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 1027 AM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN ZONES 617...621 AND 622... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...621 AND 622 IN SOUTHWEST OREGON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO RE-DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS OVER THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES AND OVER THE SISKIYOUS IN ZONES 617...621 AND 622. ISOLATED ACTIVITY MAY CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON THEN CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF OVER NIGHT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ ORZ623>625-080130- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1027 AM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR ZONES 623 624 AND 625... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 623 624 AND 625 IN SOUTHERN OREGON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH OUT OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING ACTIVITY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR ZONES 623 624 AND 625. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY BUT THE AREAL COVERAGE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS AND WILL BE LIMITED TO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ CC
000 WWUS86 KMFR 072337 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 437 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ORZ617-621-622-080600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 437 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN ZONES 617 621 AND 622... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN ZONES 617 621 AND 622. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO RE-DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS OVER THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES AND OVER THE SISKIYOUS IN ZONES 617...621 AND 622. ISOLATED ACTIVITY MAY CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON THEN CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF OVER NIGHT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$ ORZ623>625-080600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 437 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN ZONES 623 624 AND 625... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN ZONES 623 624 AND 625. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH OUT OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING ACTIVITY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR ZONES 623 624 AND 625. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY BUT THE AREAL COVERAGE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS AND WILL BE LIMITED TO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. $$
000 WWUS86 KMFR 080357 RFWMFR RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 857 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ORZ617-621>625-080500- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080808T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 857 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ZONES 617 621 622 623 624 AND 625. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE HAS DECREASED TO ISOLATED THIS EVENING...AND ONLY ISOLATED ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT. A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION FRIDAY. $$ RH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Aug 5, 9:01 AM PDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 9:01 AM PDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
901 AM PDT TUE AUG 5 2008
.DISCUSSION...CURRENT VIS SATELLITE IMAGE IS SHOWING THE LEADING
EDGE OF THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE WORKING ITS WAY INTO SOUTHEAST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST IDAHO. AT THE SAME TIME AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
WILL START TO TAKE SHAPE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WHICH WILL ALLOW
THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO WORK ITS WAY WESTWARD. CURRENT
THINKING IS TO KEEP CONDITIONS DRY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INTRODUCE
THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WITH STORMS BECOMING WET OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN QUESTION WILL BE THE AMOUNT AND EXTENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MOISTURE
WORKING ITS WAY UP FROM THE SOUTH. AT THE SAME TIME...THE GFS
DOES SHOW A SHORTWAVE RIDING UP ALONG THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WHICH
COULD BE ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN THE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL BE LOOKED
AT IN MORE DETAIL AND ANY CHANGES MADE WILL BE ISSUED IN THE
AFTERNOON PACKAGE.
&&
.AVIATION...LIFR CONDITIONS AT THE COAST WITH MARINE STRATUS
EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE MARINE LAYER
SHOULD BREAK UP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON LEADING TO VFR CONDITIONS.
VFR INLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF SMOKE OVER THE SISKIYOUS
MAY CAUSE SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ORZ617-ORZ620-ORZ621-ORZ622-ORZ623-
ORZ624-ORZ625.
CA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR CAZ280-CAZ281-CAZ282-CAZ284-CAZ285.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...NONE.
99/99/99Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 2:15 PM PDT, 23 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 215 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2008 CAZ080>085-ORZ026>031-052115- WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- JACKSON COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- 215 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON AND SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ORZ023-025-052115- CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY-EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS- 215 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SUGDEN
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.