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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Sep 8, 2011, 2:44 PM PDT for 9 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Sep 9, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 49 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
- Sep 8, 2011, 2:44 PM PDT (21:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 9, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2011, 8:59 PM PDT
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Coos County, OR, 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 7:50 AM PDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Merrill, OR | REPORTED HEAVY PONDING OF ROADWAYS AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40MPH AROUND 5PM SUNDAY EVENING... |
| Sep 11, 5:00 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | Merrill, OR | WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WITH HEAVY PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AROUND 5 PM SUNDAY EVENING. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 2040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290 WWUS86 KMFR 082144 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 244 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ORZ621-091100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 244 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONE 621... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY 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 8 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY...FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * 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 THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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... OUTDOOR CREWS PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLY NATURE OF LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR CLOSED-TOP VEHICLE UNTIL STORMS PASS. 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. && $$ CAZ280-ORZ618>620-091100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0008.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON COAST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 244 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...620 AND 619. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY OF 30 TO 45 PERCENT TONIGHT WILL WORSEN TO 20 TO 35 PERCENT FRIDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME MINIMUMS OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL WORSEN TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT SATURDAY...WITH SOME AREAS INTO SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER. THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH IN THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ617-623-091100- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0010.110910T1800Z-110912T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 244 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR HAINES 6 OVER EXISTING WILDFIRES FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST 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 SOME MAY DRIFT FROM KLAMATH INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY AT WHICH TIME LIGHTNING MAY INCREASE. * HAINES 6...HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HAINES 6 WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXISTING WILDFIRES SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF NEW FIRE STARTS WITH DRY LIGHTNING ON RECEPTIVE FUELS THROUGH THIS EVENING. INCREASED INITIAL ATTACK LOAD. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ622-624-625-090600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 244 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 622...624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 622...624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME...AND SOME MAY DRIFT FROM THE CASCADES INTO JACKSON COUNTY AT WHICH TIME LIGHTNING MAY INCREASE. * IMPACTS...HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF NEW FIRE STARTS WITH DRY LIGHTNING ON RECEPTIVE FUELS. INCREASED INITIAL ATTACK LOAD. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. OUTDOOR CREWS PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLY NATURE OF LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR CLOSED-TOP VEHICLE UNTIL STORMS PASS. && $$ CAZ281-282-284-285-090600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-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- 244 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 281...282...284 AND 285... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 281...282...284 AND 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL INITIALLY BE DRY AND THEN TREND TOWARD WET THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
10 follow-up statements
080 WWUS86 KMFR 090455 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 955 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ORZ621-091700- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 955 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 621. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT RECOVERY FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING OF 30-40 PERCENT AT MID SLOPES AND RIDGES...POSSIBLY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN AREAS. AFTERNOON MINIMUMS DECREASING EACH DAY...RANGING FROM 15-25 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY...DIPPING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER AND THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE AT THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ617-623-091700- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.110910T1800Z-110912T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 955 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR HAINES 6 OVER EXISTING WILDFIRES FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617. * HAINES 6...HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HAINES 6 WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXISTING WILDFIRES SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ ORZ622-624-625-090600- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 955 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 622...624 AND 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ281-282-284-285-090600- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-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- 955 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 281...282...284 AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ280-ORZ618>620-091700- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON COAST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 955 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...620 AND 619. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY OF 30 TO 45 PERCENT TONIGHT WILL WORSEN TO 20 TO 35 PERCENT FRIDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME MINIMUMS OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL WORSEN TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT SATURDAY...WITH SOME AREAS INTO SINGLE DIGITS. * IMPACTS...LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER. THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY ACROSS THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH IN THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
950 WWUS86 KMFR 090532 CCA RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1031 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ORZ621-091800- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 1031 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 621... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 621. * 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...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 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. && $$ ORZ617-623-091800- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.110910T1800Z-110912T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1031 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR HAINES 6 OVER EXISTING WILDFIRES FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617. * HAINES 6...HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HAINES 6 WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXISTING WILDFIRES SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ622-624-625-090645- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-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- 1031 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 622...624 AND 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ281-282-284-285-090645- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110909T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 1031 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 281...282...284 AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ280-ORZ618>620-091800- /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON COAST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 1031 PM PDT THU SEP 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM FRIDAY TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...620 AND 619 IN OREGON AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN CALIFORNIA. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * 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 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
757 WWUS86 KMFR 091200 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 500 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2011 CAZ280-ORZ618>621-100000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON COAST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 500 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 618...619...620...621...AND 280... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...619...620..621 IN OREGON AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN CALIFORNIA. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER RIDGES TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT OF 30-40 PERCENT AT MID SLOPES AND RIDGES...POSSIBLY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN AREAS. AFTERNOON MINIMUMS WILL DECREASE...RANGING FROM 15-25 PERCENT FRIDAY...THEN 10-20 PERCENT SATURDAY. SOME AREAS MAY DROP BELOW 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER AND THE COMBINATION OF EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR AT THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ617-623-100000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.110910T1800Z-110912T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 500 AM PDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR HAINES 6 OVER EXISTING WILDFIRES FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617. * HAINES 6...HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HAINES 6 WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXISTING WILDFIRES SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
340 WWUS86 KMFR 092054 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 154 PM PDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ORZ617-623-100900- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0010.110910T1800Z-110912T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110910T1800Z-110912T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 154 PM PDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH HIGH ELEVATION HAINES INDEX OF 6 FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH HIGH ELEVATION HAINES INDEX OF 6...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617. * HAINES INDEX...AS THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVES INLAND...THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRY AND VERY UNSTABLE. HIGH LEVEL HAINES INDEX IS FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 6 SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ280-ORZ618>621-100900- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110910T0300Z-110910T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON COAST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 154 PM PDT FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 618...619...620...621 IN SOUTHERN OREGON...AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...619...620..621 IN OREGON AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN CALIFORNIA. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...RECOVERIES TONIGHT WILL ONLY BE AROUND 30 TO 40 PERCENT AT MIDSLOPES AND RIDGES...POSSIBLY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN THE CHETCO RIVER VALLEYS OF OREGON. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MINIMUMS HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT FRIDAY...THEN 10 TO 20 PERCENT SATURDAY. SOME AREAS MAY DROP BELOW 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL EXACERBATE FIRE DANGER AND THE COMBINATION OF NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR AT THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES. 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
321 WWUS86 KMFR 100900 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 200 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011 CAZ280-ORZ618>621-101800- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110910T1800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON COAST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 200 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 618...619...620...621 IN SOUTHERN OREGON...AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...619...620..621 IN OREGON AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN CALIFORNIA. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * HUMIDITY...RECOVERIES THIS MORNING WILL ONLY BE AROUND 30 TO 40 PERCENT AT MIDSLOPES AND RIDGES...AND POSSIBLY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN THE CHETCO RIVER VALLEYS OF OREGON. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS MAY DROP BELOW 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS MORNING WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR AT THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ617-623-102200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110910T1800Z-110912T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 200 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH HIGH ELEVATION HAINES INDEX OF 6 FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617. * HAINES INDEX...AS THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVES INLAND...THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRY AND UNSTABLE. HIGH LEVEL HAINES INDEX IS FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 6 SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
943 WWUS86 KMFR 101802 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1102 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011 CAZ280-ORZ618>621-102200- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110910T2200Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON COAST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 1102 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 618...619...620...621 IN SOUTHERN OREGON...AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 618...619...620...621 IN SOUTHERN OREGON...AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... . * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 618...619...620..621 IN OREGON AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN CALIFORNIA. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...WITH POOR RECOVERIES THIS MORNING...HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOW FOR THE REST OF TODAY. MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL ONLY BE IN THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE AT MIDSLOPES AND RIDGES. SOME AREAS MAY DROP BELOW 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL SUPPORT ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR AT THE MID SLOPES AND RIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ617-623-110615- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110912T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1102 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH HIGH ELEVATION HAINES INDEX OF 6 FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617. * HAINES INDEX...AS THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVES INLAND...THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRY AND UNSTABLE. HIGH LEVEL HAINES INDEX IS FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 6 THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
175 WWUS86 KMFR 102151 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 251 PM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011 CAZ280-ORZ618>621-102300- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110910T2200Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON COAST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 251 PM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE ZONE 618...619...620... 621 IN SOUTHERN OREGON...AND FIRE ZONE 280 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. HUMIDITY ACROSS THE UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL ONLY BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER...AROUND 35 TO 40 PERCENT. HOWEVER WIND SPEED WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER THAN LAST NIGHT. $$ ORZ617-623-111000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110912T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 251 PM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH HIGH ELEVATION HAINES INDEX OF 6 FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617. * HAINES INDEX...AS THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVES INLAND...THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRY AND UNSTABLE. HIGH LEVEL HAINES INDEX IS FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 6 THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
520 WWUS86 KMFR 110959 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 259 AM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 CAZ285-ORZ624-625-112300- /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0009.110911T2000Z-110912T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 259 AM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 IN OREGON AND ZONE 285 IN CALIFORNIA. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONES 624 AND 625 AND ALL OF ZONE 285. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 624 AND 625. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE WET...BUT STRIKES OUTSIDE OF THE PRECIPITATION COLUMN AND SOME WITH PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CAUSE FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...MANY WILDFIRES MAY BE IGNITED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE WARNING AREA. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ617-623-112300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110912T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 259 AM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH HIGH ELEVATION HAINES INDEX OF 6 FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 623 AND 617 IN OREGON. * HAINES INDEX...THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRY AND UNSTABLE. THE HIGH LEVEL HAINES INDEX WILL BE 6 THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ACTIVE FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
047 WWUS86 KMFR 112252 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 352 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ORZ617-623-120000- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110912T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 352 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR HIGH ELEVATION HAINES OF 6 IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR HAINES OF 6. MOISTURE IS MOVING INTO THE MID LEVEL AND THIS HAS CAUSED THE HAINES INDEX TO DECREASE BELOW 6. THE AIR MASS AT THE LOW LEVEL IS STILL UNSTABLE WITH STEEP LAPSE RATE AND MODERATE COLUMN GROWTH IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$ CAZ285-ORZ624-625-121100- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110912T1300Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 352 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 6 AM PDT MONDAY FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 IN SOUTHERN OREGON...AND FIRE ZONE 285 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624...285 AND 625 * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONES 624 AND 625 AND ALL OF ZONE 285. THESE STORMS COULD GENERATE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 624 AND 625. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE WET AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...MANY WILDFIRES MAY BE IGNITED THIS EVENING IN THE WARNING AREA. * 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
517 WWUS86 KMFR 120359 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 859 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 CAZ285-ORZ624-625-120500- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110912T1300Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 859 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE MOISTURE FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 IN SOUTHERN OREGON... AND FIRE ZONE 285 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA. THERE CAN STILL BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT THESE SHOULD DIMINISH TO SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. $$ SPILDE VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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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 7, 10:05 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane | 9 hr |
| 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, 4:49 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 60 hr | |
| Sep 8, 5:51 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 17 hr |
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Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2011Red Flag Warnings in California, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.