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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Reno, NV
NWS Reno, NV issued this red flag warning at Jun 27, 2008, 4:02 PM PDT for Washoe County, Nevada; 4 counties in California. It took effect at Jun 28, 2008, 9:30 AM PDT. It was in force for 38 hr. 5 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
- Jun 27, 2008, 4:02 PM PDT (23:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2008, 9:30 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2008, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Reno, NV
Counties Lassen County, CA, Modoc County, CA, Plumas County, CA, Sierra County, CA, Washoe County, NV
The radar
The Reno radar (KRGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Wsw Reno, NV | AT 320 PM PDT WINDS REPORTED AT 40 MPH WITH A GUST TO 60 MPH AT PYRAMID LAKE BOAT RAMP. |
| Jun 29, 3:35 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 40 | 2 Se Spanish Springs, NV | STRONG WINDS IN SPANISH SPRINGS. GUSTS ESTIMATED TO 40 MPH BUT NO DAMAGE REPORTED. TOTAL OF 0.02 INCH PRECIPITATION IN ONE HOUR. |
| Jun 29, 5:26 PM PDT | DOWNBURST | 5 N Spanish Springs, NV | WIND GUST OF 50 MPH ESTIMATED. A TOTAL OF 0.25 INCH OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 400 PM AND 500 PM. |
| Jun 29, 5:29 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 44 | Gerlach, NV | WIND GUSTED TO 44 MPH WITH BLOWING DUST ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM. |
| Jun 29, 6:30 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sutcliffe, NV | WINDS GUSTED TO APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH BREAKING OFF A FEW TREE BRANCHES IN SUTCLIFFE. A BOAT WAS SUNK ON PYRAMID LAKE DUE TO WHITECAPS PRODUCED BY THE STRONG WINDS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Reno, NV (KREV), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 3303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KREV 272302 RFWREV RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 402 PM PDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND PARTS OF WESTERN NEVADA... .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL COMBINE WITH AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND. MANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL DUE TO A DRY AIR MASS NEAR THE SURFACE. THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS ALLOWED SOME FUELS...ESPECIALLY GRASS AND FINE DEAD FUELS...TO BECOME CRITICALLY DRY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS. CAZ273-280015- /O.CAN.KREV.FW.A.0001.080628T1800Z-080630T1200Z/ MONO-EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES- 402 PM PDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. HOWEVER...THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF MONO AND EASTERN ALPINE COUNTIES. $$ CAZ271-278-281200- /O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0001.080628T1800Z-080630T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KREV.FW.W.0002.080628T2000Z-080630T1200Z/ WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA- EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- 402 PM PDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA FOR SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY. LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL AND SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE MULTIPLE FIRE STARTS...WHICH COULD BE SPREAD BY ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ CAZ270-NVZ458-281200- /O.EXT.KREV.FW.A.0001.080628T2000Z-080630T1200Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 402 PM PDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST NEVADA AND THE SURPRISE VALLEY FOR POSSIBLE SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED...TO POSSIBLY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH MOST ACTIVITY EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY. THE MOST WIDESPREAD COVERAGE IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...BUT SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST NEVADA AND THE SURPRISE VALLEY. POSSIBLE SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL COULD CAUSE MULTIPLE FIRE STARTS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ CAZ272-NVZ450-281200- /O.EXT.KREV.FW.A.0001.080629T1800Z-080630T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- 402 PM PDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR LAKE TAHOE AND THE SIERRA FRONT FOR POSSIBLE SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY SCATTERED...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. POSSIBLE SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL COULD CAUSE MULTIPLE FIRE STARTS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KREV 281200 RFWREV RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 500 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND PARTS OF WESTERN NEVADA... .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL COMBINE WITH AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND. MANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL DUE TO A DRY AIR MASS NEAR THE SURFACE. THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS ALLOWED SOME FUELS...ESPECIALLY GRASS AND FINE DEAD FUELS...TO BECOME CRITICALLY DRY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS. CAZ271-278-290000- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0002.080628T2000Z-080630T1200Z/ WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA- EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- 500 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA FOR SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY. SOME STORMS WILL CONTAIN LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. BY SUNDAY...INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...WHILE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ CAZ270-NVZ458-290000- /O.CON.KREV.FW.A.0001.080628T2000Z-080630T1200Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 500 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR SURPRISE VALLEY AND NORTHWEST NEVADA FOR POSSIBLE DRY THUNDERSTORMS ... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO FORM OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY...INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SHORT DURATION RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS THIS WEEKEND. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ CAZ272-NVZ450-290000- /O.CON.KREV.FW.A.0001.080629T1800Z-080630T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- 500 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR LAKE TAHOE AND THE WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT FOR POSSIBLE DRY THUNDERSTORMS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SHORT DURATION RAINFALL ESPECIALLY IN LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 WWUS85 KREV 281630 RFWREV RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 930 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND PARTS OF WESTERN NEVADA... .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL COMBINE WITH AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND. MANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL DUE TO A DRY AIR MASS NEAR THE SURFACE. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME WETTER IN SOME AREAS LATER IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS ALLOWED SOME FUELS...ESPECIALLY GRASS AND FINE DEAD FUELS...TO BECOME CRITICALLY DRY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS. CAZ270-290000- /O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0001.080628T2000Z-080630T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KREV.FW.W.0002.080628T2000Z-080630T1200Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA- 930 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO FORM OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY...INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...WHILE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ CAZ271-278-290000- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0002.080628T2000Z-080630T1200Z/ WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA- EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- 930 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY. SOME STORMS WILL CONTAIN LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. BY SUNDAY...INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...WHILE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ NVZ458-290000- /O.EXT.KREV.FW.A.0001.080629T1800Z-080630T1200Z/ NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 930 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO FORM OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY...INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SHORT DURATION RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS THIS WEEKEND. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ CAZ272-NVZ450-290000- /O.CON.KREV.FW.A.0001.080629T1800Z-080630T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- 930 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SHORT DURATION RAINFALL ESPECIALLY IN LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GMCGUIRE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 WWUS85 KREV 281652 RFWREV RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 952 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND PARTS OF WESTERN NEVADA... .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL COMBINE WITH AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND. MANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL DUE TO A DRY AIR MASS NEAR THE SURFACE. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME WETTER IN SOME AREAS LATER IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS ALLOWED SOME FUELS...ESPECIALLY GRASS AND FINE DEAD FUELS...TO BECOME CRITICALLY DRY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS. CAZ270-271-278-290000- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0002.080628T2000Z-080630T1200Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- 952 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE SURPRISE VALLEY FOR SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING EACH DAY. SOME STORMS WILL CONTAIN LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. BY SUNDAY...INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...WHILE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ CAZ272-NVZ450-458-290000- /O.CON.KREV.FW.A.0001.080629T1800Z-080630T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 952 AM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR LAKE TAHOE AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA FOR POSSIBLE DRY THUNDERSTORMS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO FORM OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY...INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SHORT DURATION RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GMCGUIRE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 WWUS85 KREV 282227 RFWREV RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 327 PM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA... .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL COMBINE WITH AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. MANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL DUE TO A DRY AIR MASS NEAR THE SURFACE. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME WETTER IN SOME AREAS LATER IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS ALLOWED SOME FUELS...ESPECIALLY GRASS AND FINE DEAD FUELS...TO BECOME CRITICALLY DRY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS. CAZ270-271-278-290600- /O.EXT.KREV.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080630T0600Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- 327 PM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOST STORMS WILL CONTAIN LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. LATER IN THE DAY SUNDAY...INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WHILE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ CAZ272-NVZ450-458-290600- /O.EXT.KREV.FW.A.0001.080629T1800Z-080630T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 327 PM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO FORM OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. LATER IN THE DAY SUNDAY...INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SHORT DURATION RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ GMCGUIRE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 WWUS85 KREV 290414 RFWREV RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 914 PM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA... .LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL COMBINE WITH AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM TONIGHT OVER FAR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA WILL PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL DUE TO A DRY AIR MASS NEAR THE SURFACE. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME WETTER IN SOME AREAS LATER IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS ALLOWED SOME FUELS...ESPECIALLY GRASS AND FINE DEAD FUELS...TO BECOME CRITICALLY DRY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS. CAZ270-271-278-291500- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080630T0600Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- 914 PM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY OVER NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA FOR SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. MOST STORMS WILL CONTAIN LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING INCREASING MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE THREAT FOR NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WHILE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ CAZ272-NVZ450-458-291500- /O.CON.KREV.FW.A.0001.080629T1800Z-080630T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 914 PM PDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR LAKE TAHOE AND FAR WESTERN NEVADA FOR POSSIBLE DRY THUNDERSTORMS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY...INCREASED MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION FROM DRY THUNDERSTORMS TO WETTER STORMS...BUT A FASTER STORM MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ONLY OCCURRING BRIEFLY IN MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SHORT DURATION RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 WWUS85 KREV 291254 RFWREV RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 554 AM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA... LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL PRODUCE AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS MAY BEGIN TO PRODUCE RAIN LATER IN THE DAY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT DUE TO FAST STORM MOTION AND DRY AIR BELOW CLOUD BASES. THE RISK OF LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS IS HIGHEST IN WESTERN NEVADA AND IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA EAST OF HIGHWAY 395 TODAY. THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS ALLOWED SOME FUELS...ESPECIALLY GRASS AND FINE DEAD FUELS...TO BECOME CRITICALLY DRY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RAPID FIRE SPREAD BY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CAZ272-291400- /O.CAN.KREV.FW.A.0001.080629T1800Z-080630T0600Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 554 AM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED OVER THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN REDUCED RISK OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON. $$ NVZ450-458-300100- /O.UPG.KREV.FW.A.0001.080629T1800Z-080630T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KREV.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080630T0600Z/ WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 554 AM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING OVER NORTHWEST AND FAR WESTERN NEVADA FOR SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE SIERRA FRONT OF WESTERN NEVADA AND SPREAD INTO NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS BY EARLY THIS EVENING...FAST STORM MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN LIMITED AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME FIRES MAY BE SPREAD RAPIDLY BY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE STORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ NVZ453-459-300100- /O.EXA.KREV.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080630T0600Z/ WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 554 AM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING OVER WEST CENTRAL NEVADA FOR SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER MINERAL AND LYON COUNTIES AND SPREAD NORTH ACROSS CHURCHILL AND PERSHING COUNTIES THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS BY EARLY THIS EVENING...FAST STORM MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN LIMITED AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME FIRES MAY BE SPREAD RAPIDLY BY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE STORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ CAZ270-271-278-300100- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080630T0600Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA-EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- 554 AM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA FOR SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...WITH MOST ACTIVITY LIKELY TO OCCUR EAST OF HIGHWAY 395 BY THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS BY EARLY THIS EVENING...FAST STORM MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN LIMITED AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME FIRES MAY BE SPREAD RAPIDLY BY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE STORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ MJD/KM HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 WWUS85 KREV 292118 RFWREV RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 218 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA... LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL PRODUCE AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS MAY BEGIN TO PRODUCE RAIN THIS EVENING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT DUE TO FAST STORM MOTION AND DRY AIR BELOW CLOUD BASES. THE RISK OF LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS IS HIGHEST IN WESTERN NEVADA AND IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA EAST OF HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS ALLOWED SOME FUELS...ESPECIALLY GRASS AND FINE DEAD FUELS...TO BECOME CRITICALLY DRY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RAPID FIRE SPREAD BY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CAZ271-300300- /O.EXT.KREV.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080630T0300Z/ WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA- EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES- 218 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...WITH MOST ACTIVITY LIKELY TO OCCUR EAST OF HIGHWAY 395 BY THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS BY EARLY THIS EVENING...FAST STORM MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN LIMITED AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME FIRES MAY BE SPREAD RAPIDLY BY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS NEAR THE STORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ CAZ270-278-NVZ450-453-458-459-300600- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080630T0600Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 218 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON OVER MINERAL AND LYON COUNTIES AND ALONG THE SIERRA FRONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AND SPREAD NORTH THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS BY EARLY THIS EVENING...FAST STORM MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN LIMITED AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME FIRES MAY BE SPREAD RAPIDLY BY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS NEAR THE STORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ GMCGUIRE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 WWUS85 KREV 300321 RFWREV RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 821 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA... LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL PRODUCE AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS MAY BEGIN TO PRODUCE RAIN LATE THIS EVENING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT DUE TO FAST STORM MOTION AND DRY AIR BELOW CLOUD BASES. THE RISK OF LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS IS HIGHEST IN WESTERN NEVADA AND IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA EAST OF HIGHWAY 395 THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE RECENT WARM WEATHER HAS ALLOWED SOME FUELS...ESPECIALLY GRASS AND FINE DEAD FUELS...TO BECOME CRITICALLY DRY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RAPID FIRE SPREAD BY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CAZ271-300430- /O.EXP.KREV.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080630T0300Z/ WESTERN LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA- EASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES- 821 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED OVER WESTERN LASSEN...EASTER PLUMAS AND EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ CAZ270-278-NVZ450-453-458-459-300600- /O.CON.KREV.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080630T0600Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 821 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NEVADA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND FAR NORTHEAST LASSEN COUNTIES INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO WETTER STORMS BY LATE THIS EVENING...FAST STORM MOVEMENT WILL RESULT IN LIMITED AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER MOST LOCATIONS. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD LEAD TO SOME FIRE STARTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME FIRES MAY BE SPREAD RAPIDLY BY GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS NEAR THE STORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. CONTINUE TO CHECK WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE FOR UPDATES. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
000 WWUS85 KREV 300603 RFWREV RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1103 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 CAZ270-278-NVZ450-453-458-459-300715- /O.EXP.KREV.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080630T0600Z/ SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY- WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES- 1103 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED OVER ALL BUT FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE ANY REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY ISOLATED AND TRANSITION FROM DRY TO WET. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO/FIRE
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in California, 2008Red Flag Warnings in Nevada, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008
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.