Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Sep 1, 2011, 1:31 PM PDT for Siskiyou County, California; 6 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Sep 1, 2011, 9:00 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 1, 2011, 1:31 PM PDT (20:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2011, 9:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
889 WWUS86 KMFR 012031 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 131 PM PDT THU SEP 1 2011 .A SIGNIFICANT THERMAL TROUGH OVER NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA WILL GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES DURING THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS OVER WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY HIGH TERRAIN. CAZ280-020845- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0005.110902T0400Z-110902T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0007.110903T0400Z-110903T1500Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 131 PM PDT THU SEP 1 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT BOTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * ELEVATION...CRITICAL HUMDITIES AND WINDS WILL EXIST ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SK VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
7 follow-up statements
058 WWUS86 KMFR 021215 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 515 AM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 CAZ280-030015- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0007.110903T0400Z-110903T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 515 AM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE BETWEEN 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGES BOTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH MIN HUMIDITIES 5 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY. * ELEVATION...CRITICAL HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL EXIST ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
617 WWUS86 KMFR 021659 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 959 AM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ORZ618-619-030500- /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1700Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- 959 AM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618 AND 619... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618 AND 619 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 30 PERCENT. THE LOWEST HUMDITIES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ280-030500- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 959 AM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED EARLY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST TONIGHT. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * ELEVATION...CRITICAL HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL EXIST ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ SK VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
870 WWUS86 KMFR 022113 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 213 PM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ORZ620-030915- /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0005.110903T0700Z-110903T1700Z/ WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 213 PM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 620... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 620 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT ON OR NEAR THE RIDGES TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * ELEVATION...CRITICAL HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL EXIST ABOVE 2500 FEET...WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ623-030915- /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0005.110903T1200Z-110903T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 213 PM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 623 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...CRITICAL WINDS AND HUMIDITIES WILL EXIST SOUTH OF MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ280-030915- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 213 PM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST TONIGHT. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * ELEVATION...CRITICAL HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL EXIST ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORTRAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ618-619-030915- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1700Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- 213 PM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618 AND 619... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618 AND 619 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 30 PERCENT. THE LOWEST HUMDITIES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ SK VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
482 WWUS86 KMFR 030519 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1019 PM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 CAZ280-031700- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 1019 PM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST TONIGHT. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. * ELEVATION...CRITICAL HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL EXIST ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ618-619-031700- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1700Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- 1019 PM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618 AND 619... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618 AND 619 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 30 PERCENT. THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ620-031700- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.110903T0700Z-110903T1700Z/ WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 1019 PM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 620... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 620 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT ON OR NEAR THE RIDGES TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * ELEVATION...CRITICAL HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL EXIST ABOVE 2500 FEET...WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ623-031700- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.110903T1200Z-110903T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1019 PM PDT FRI SEP 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 623 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...CRITICAL WINDS AND HUMIDITIES WILL EXIST SOUTH OF MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
913 WWUS86 KMFR 031103 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 403 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 CAZ280-031800- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 403 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST TONIGHT. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGES THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. * ELEVATION...CRITICAL HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL EXIST ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ618-619-031700- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1700Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- 403 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618 AND 619... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618 AND 619 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 30 PERCENT. THE LOWEST HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY AND INTO THIS MORNING WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ620-031700- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1700Z/ WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 403 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 620... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 620 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT ON OR NEAR THE RIDGES TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. * ELEVATION...CRITICAL HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL EXIST ABOVE 2500 FEET...WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ623-031800- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.110903T1200Z-110903T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 403 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 623 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGES THROUGH THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...CRITICAL WINDS AND HUMIDITIES WILL EXIST SOUTH OF MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
066 WWUS86 KMFR 031653 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 953 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ORZ618-619-031800- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1700Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- 953 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618 AND 619... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618 AND 619 * CRITICAL WINDS AND HUMIDITY HAVE ENDED FOR THIS AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH DURING THE DAY. $$ ORZ620-031800- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1700Z/ WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 953 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 620... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 620 * CRITICAL WINDS AND HUMIDITY HAVE ENDED FOR THIS AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH DURING THE DAY. $$ CAZ280-031800- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 953 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST TONIGHT. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGES THROUGH THIS MORNING. * ELEVATION...CRITICAL HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL EXIST ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ623-031800- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 953 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 623 * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT ON THE RIDGES THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ SK VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
074 WWUS86 KMFR 031751 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1051 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 CAZ280-031900- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 1051 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * CRITICAL WINDS AND HUMIDITY ARE ENDING FOR THIS AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH DURING THE DAY. $$ ORZ623-031900- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110903T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1051 AM PDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 623... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * CRITICAL WINDS AND HUMIDITY ARE ENDING FOR THIS AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH DURING THE DAY. $$ SK VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:31 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Siskiyou | 16 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:18 PM PDT | Gale Warning | MFR | 52 hr | |
| Aug 31, 11:18 PM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 60 hr | |
| Aug 31, 11:18 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 66 hr | |
| Aug 31, 11:18 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 3 days |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.