Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Sep 7, 2011, 10:05 PM PDT for 4 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Sep 7, 2011, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 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 7, 2011, 10:05 PM PDT (05:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2011, 11:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2011, 6:59 AM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lane County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:06 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 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 4401 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
074 WWUS86 KMFR 080505 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1005 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2011 ORZ617-623-081715- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110908T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0007.110908T0600Z-110909T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1005 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND RECEPTIVE FUELS COULD LEAD TO FIRE STARTS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ CAZ284-285-081715- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T0600Z-110909T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 1005 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 284 AND 285... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 284 AND 285. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 285 AND 284 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR MID SLOPE AND ABOVE WITH MAXIMUM VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT IN MANY AREAS. * IMPACTS...DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. EVEN IF STORMS REMAIN ISOLATED...CONDITIONS REMAIN CRITICAL ENOUGH WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THAT IMPACTS MAY BE SIGNIFICANT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ624-625-081715- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1005 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND RECEPTIVE FUELS MAY LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$ ORZ621-081715- /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110909T0700Z-110910T1800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 1005 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONE 621... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONE 621. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 621 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND...NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY OF 20 TO 40 PERCENT WITH DAYTIME MINIMUMS OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT. THE POOREST RECOVERY IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND RECEPTIVE FUELS MAY LEAD TO HIGH FIRE DANGER. RAPID GROWTH MAY BE POSSIBLE ON ANY ON GOING FIRES OR NEW STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ622-081715- /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 1005 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONE 622... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONE 622. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 622 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING....ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ZONE. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR MAXIMUM VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT IN SOME AREAS. * IMPACTS...DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND RECEPTIVE FUELS MAY LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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. && $$ CAZ281-282-081715- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T0600Z-110909T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 1005 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 281 AND 282... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 281 AND 282. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 281 AND 282 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR MAXIMUM VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT IN SOME AREAS. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ280-081715- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T0600Z-110908T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110909T0700Z-110910T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 1005 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONE 280... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND...OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN FAVORED EAST TO WEST ORIENTED CANYONS. * HUMIDITY...TONIGHT...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR MID SLOPE AND ABOVE WITH MAXIMUM VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT IN MANY AREAS. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY OF 20 TO 40 PERCENT WITH DAYTIME MINIMUMS OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT. THE POOREST RECOVERY IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. EVEN IF STORMS REMAIN ISOLATED...CONDITIONS REMAIN CRITICAL ENOUGH WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THAT IMPACTS MAY BE SIGNIFICANT. IN ADDITION...OFFSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO RAPID GROWTH OF ANY NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ618>620-081715- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110909T0700Z-110910T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 1005 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618...619 AND 620... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...619 AND 620. * WIND...NORTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY OF 20 TO 40 PERCENT WITH DAYTIME MINIMUMS OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT. THE POOREST RECOVERY IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND RECEPTIVE FUELS MAY LEAD TO HIGH FIRE DANGER. RAPID GROWTH MAY BE POSSIBLE ON ANY ON GOING FIRES OR NEW STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SVEN VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
2 follow-up statements
791 WWUS86 KMFR 081251 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 551 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ORZ617-623-090100- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 551 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME AND RAPID INCREASES IN LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IF MOVING FROM KLAMATH INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY. * IMPACTS...HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF NEW FIRE STARTS WITH DRY LIGHTNING ON RECEPTIVE FUELS. INCREASED INITIAL ATTACK LOAD. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. 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. OUTDOOR CREWS PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLY NATURE OF LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR CLOSED-TOP VEHICLE UNTIL STORMS PASS. && $$ CAZ281-282-284-285-090100- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0008.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 551 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 281...282...284 AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 281...285...282 AND 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF NEW FIRE STARTS WITH DRY LIGHTNING ON RECEPTIVE FUELS. INCREASED INITIAL ATTACK LOAD. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR CREWS PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLY NATURE OF LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR CLOSED-TOP VEHICLE UNTIL STORMS PASS. && $$ CAZ280-090100- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110908T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 551 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY LIGHTNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280. * WIND...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY ACROSS THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES. * HUMIDITY...POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS MID SLOPES AND RIDGES WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. DAYTIME MINIMUM HUMIDITY OF 15-25 PERCENT TODAY WILL DECREASE 5-10 PERCENT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER. THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH IN THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ621-090100- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 551 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONE 621... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 621. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT RECOVERY FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING OF 30-40 PERCENT AT MID SLOPES AND RIDGES...POSSIBLY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN AREAS. AFTERNOON MINIMUMS DECREASING EACH DAY...RANGING FROM 15-25 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...DIPPING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF NEW FIRE STARTS WITH DRY LIGHTNING ON RECEPTIVE FUELS. INCREASED INITIAL ATTACK LOAD. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER AND THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE AT THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. OUTDOOR CREWS PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLY NATURE OF LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR CLOSED-TOP VEHICLE UNTIL STORMS PASS. && $$ ORZ622-624-625-090100- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 551 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 622...624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 622...624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME...AND ESPECIALLY IF MOVING FROM THE CASCADES INTO JACKSON COUNTY. THE DRIER STORMS WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE CASCADES. RAPID INCREASES IN LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IF STORMS MIGRATE FROM KLAMATH INTO JACKSON COUNTY. * IMPACTS...HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF NEW FIRE STARTS WITH DRY LIGHTNING ON RECEPTIVE FUELS. INCREASED INITIAL ATTACK LOAD. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. 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. OUTDOOR CREWS PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLY NATURE OF LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR CLOSED-TOP VEHICLE UNTIL STORMS PASS. && $$ ORZ618>620-090100- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 551 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618...619 AND 620... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...620 AND 619. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY OF 30 TO 45 PERCENT TONIGHT WILL WORSEN TO 20 TO 35 PERCENT FRIDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME MINIMUMS OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL WORSEN TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT SATURDAY...WITH SOME AREAS INTO SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER. THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH IN THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ STAVISH VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
079 WWUS86 KMFR 081400 CCA RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 659 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ORZ617-623-090215- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 659 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME AND RAPID INCREASES IN LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IF MOVING FROM KLAMATH INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY. * IMPACTS...HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF NEW FIRE STARTS WITH DRY LIGHTNING ON RECEPTIVE FUELS. INCREASED INITIAL ATTACK LOAD. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. 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. OUTDOOR CREWS PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLY NATURE OF LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR CLOSED-TOP VEHICLE UNTIL STORMS PASS. && $$ CAZ281-282-284-285-090215- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0008.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 659 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 281...282...284 AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 281...285...282 AND 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF NEW FIRE STARTS WITH DRY LIGHTNING ON RECEPTIVE FUELS. INCREASED INITIAL ATTACK LOAD. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR CREWS PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLY NATURE OF LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR CLOSED-TOP VEHICLE UNTIL STORMS PASS. && $$ CAZ280-090215- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110908T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 659 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 280... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY LIGHTNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280. * WIND...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY ACROSS THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES. * HUMIDITY...POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS MID SLOPES AND RIDGES WILL BE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT. DAYTIME MINIMUM HUMIDITY OF 15-25 PERCENT TODAY WILL DECREASE 5-10 PERCENT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER. THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH IN THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ621-090215- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 659 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONE 621... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 621. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT RECOVERY FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING OF 30-40 PERCENT AT MID SLOPES AND RIDGES...POSSIBLY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN AREAS. AFTERNOON MINIMUMS DECREASING EACH DAY...RANGING FROM 15-25 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...DIPPING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF NEW FIRE STARTS WITH DRY LIGHTNING ON RECEPTIVE FUELS. INCREASED INITIAL ATTACK LOAD. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER AND THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE AT THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. OUTDOOR CREWS PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLY NATURE OF LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR CLOSED-TOP VEHICLE UNTIL STORMS PASS. && $$ ORZ622-624-625-090215- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.110908T1800Z-110909T0600Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 659 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 622...624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 622...624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME...AND ESPECIALLY IF MOVING FROM THE CASCADES INTO JACKSON COUNTY. THE DRIER STORMS WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE CASCADES. RAPID INCREASES IN LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IF STORMS MIGRATE FROM KLAMATH INTO JACKSON COUNTY. * IMPACTS...HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF NEW FIRE STARTS WITH DRY LIGHTNING ON RECEPTIVE FUELS. INCREASED INITIAL ATTACK LOAD. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. 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. OUTDOOR CREWS PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLY NATURE OF LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR CLOSED-TOP VEHICLE UNTIL STORMS PASS. && $$ ORZ618>620-090215- /O.COR.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 659 AM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONES 618...619 AND 620... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...620 AND 619. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY OF 30 TO 45 PERCENT TONIGHT WILL WORSEN TO 20 TO 35 PERCENT FRIDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME MINIMUMS OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL WORSEN TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT SATURDAY...WITH SOME AREAS INTO SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER. THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH IN THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ STAVISH 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 7, 5:11 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 3 days | |
| Sep 7, 5:11 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 42 hr | |
| Sep 7, 7:19 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFR | Klamath | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 3:46 AM PDT | Gale Warning | MFR | 46 hr | |
| Sep 8, 3:46 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | MFR | 58 hr | |
| Sep 8, 2:44 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane | 23 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:44 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Harney, Jackson, Josephine and 3 more | 3 days |
| Sep 8, 4:49 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 60 hr |
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