Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Jan 7, 2012, 10:01 AM PST for Los Angeles County, California. It took effect at Jan 7, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 20 hr. 4 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
- Jan 7, 2012, 10:01 AM PST (18:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2012, 6:00 PM PST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
County Los Angeles County, CA
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 4:57 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 3 Ssw Woodland Hills, CA | NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 63 MPH AT TOPANGA RAWS...ELEVATION 1600 FEET. |
| Jan 8, 5:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 83 | 33 W Falling Springs, CA | 83 MPH AT CAMP NINE RAWS AT 5 AM |
| Jan 8, 7:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 11 W Falling Springs, CA | 69 MPH AT CHILAO AT 7 AM |
| Jan 8, 9:00 AM PST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 15 Wnw Falling Springs, CA | 65 MPH AT MILL CREEK RAWS AT 9 AM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
174 WWUS86 KLOX 071801 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1001 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING A MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHARPLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESCEND INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OVERNIGHT. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY WITH THE ONSET OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS. WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGITS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. CAZ253-254-081815- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T0600Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T0600Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1001 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY..AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT...WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-081815- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1001 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST ON SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-081815- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 1001 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA VALLEYS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE HILLS. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS ON SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-081815- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1001 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS ON SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-081815- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 1001 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-241-081815- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 1001 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COAST AND LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COAST AND LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ON SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE VENTURA COAST EXTENDING INTO MALIBU AND THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-081815- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 1001 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
5 follow-up statements
888 WWUS86 KLOX 071849 CCA RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING A MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHARPLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESCEND INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OVERNIGHT. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY WITH THE ONSET OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS. WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGITS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. CAZ253-254-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T0600Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T0600Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY..AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT...WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST ON SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA VALLEYS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE HILLS. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS ON SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS ON SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-241-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COAST AND LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COAST AND LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ON SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE VENTURA COAST EXTENDING INTO MALIBU AND THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
803 WWUS86 KLOX 071850 CCB RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING A MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SHARPLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND DESCEND INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OVERNIGHT. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY WITH THE ONSET OF THE OFFSHORE WINDS. WIDESPREAD HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGITS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. CAZ253-254-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T0600Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T0600Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY..AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT...WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...STRONGEST ON SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA VALLEYS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE HILLS. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS ON SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS ON SUNDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...STRONGEST IN THE HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-241-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COAST AND LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COAST AND LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ON SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE VENTURA COAST EXTENDING INTO MALIBU AND THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-081900- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0001.120108T1000Z-120109T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 1048 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST SUNDAY...AND REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE FIRE GROWTH WITH RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
791 WWUS86 KLOX 081758 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 958 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN IS GENERATING A MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOCUSED THROUGH THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY...WITH ISOLATED SINGLE DIGITS. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY...EXCEPT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS. CAZ253-254-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 958 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 958 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 958 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA VALLEYS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...EXCEPT ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE HILLS. WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 958 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ548-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 958 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS IN THE HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ240-241-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- 958 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA COAST AND LOS ANGELES COAST FROM MALIBU TO HOLLYWOOD HILLS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS THE VENTURA COAST EXTENDING INTO MALIBU AND THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 958 AM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG/HALL FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
193 WWUS86 KLOX 082215 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 215 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED FOR COASTAL AREAS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY .OFFSHORE WINDS ARE GRADUALLY BEGINNING TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. HOWEVER...BREEZY OFFSHORE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED EARLY FOR THE COASTAL AREAS AS WELL AS THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AS WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW CRITICAL RED FLAG THRESHOLDS. HOWEVER...THE REMAINING AREAS WILL REMAIN UNDER A RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL AT LEAST 6 PM DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS. HUMIDITIES HAVE FALLEN INTO SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY...WITH POOR RECOVERIES EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE FOOTHILLS AND WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. CAZ240-241-548-082315- /O.CAN.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 215 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. OFFSHORE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW CRITICAL RED FLAG THRESHOLDS ALLOWING FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. HOWEVER...LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. $$ CAZ253-254-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 215 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ288-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 215 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... DIMINISHING LATER THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- 215 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE VENTURA VALLEYS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ547-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 215 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH... DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. STRONGEST WINDS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ246-090200- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- 215 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS THERE COULD BE RAPID FIRE SPREAD...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS COULD CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND/OR FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GOMBERG FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
991 WWUS86 KLOX 090200 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 CAZ244>246-253-254-288-547-090300- /O.EXP.KLOX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120109T0200Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 600 PM PST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS EXPIRED... FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE MODERATED ACROSS THE AREA AND ONLY NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BE MET IN SOME LOCATIONS THIS EVENING. $$ HALL FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES (ALL LOWER CASE)
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jan 7, 9:35 AM PST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 9:35 AM PST, 26 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 935 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A HIGH WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND BRING GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS TO SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A HIGH WILL NOSE INTO THE SOUTHLAND ON MONDAY FOR FAIR SKIES WITH BREEZY WINDS. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED BY MIDWEEK FOR AN INCREASE IN THE MARINE LAYER. THE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD ARE PREDICTED TO BE ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. && .UPDATE... PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND DENSE FOG CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...MOST WIDESPREAD OVER THE LA COASTAL PLAIN AND VALLEYS AND OVER THE VENTURA COASTAL PLAIN. SOME OF THE FOG IS DENSE WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1/4 MILE. EXPECT TO SEE THE LAYER BREAKING UP BY LATE MORNING WITH SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH BREEZY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS. AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LOWER HEIGHTS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND THIS ALONG WITH THE MARINE LAYER PRESENCE WILL PRODUCE THE COOLEST DAY OF THE WEEK FOR THE COASTS AND VALLEYS. THE NAM12 SHOWS A GOOD NORTHERLY GRADIENT ALOFT THIS MORNING...WITH NE SURFACE FLOW DEVELOPING AS A COLD UPPER LOW PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. THE MODELS SHOW THE UPPER LOW ACROSS CENTRAL UT/NV THIS MORNING WITH 500 MB TEMPERATURES NEAR -29 DEG C. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO PUSH FURTHER SOUTH INTO N ARIZONA TONIGHT. WHILE THE UPPER LOW IS NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG...BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE IN ITS WAKE ALONG WITH GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION AND NORTHEAST FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL PRODUCE A FAIRLY STRONG SANTA ANA EVENT. HIGH WIND WARNINGS WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE IN PLACE FOR THE LA AND VTA MTNS...THE SANTA CLARITA VLY...AND THE SANTA MONICAS. WIND ADVISORIES FOR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE COASTS AND ERN VLY SECTIONS OF VTA COUNTY AS WELL AS THE SAN FERNANDO VLY. THE OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD REMOVE ANY TRACES OF MARINE LAYER CLOUDS OVERNIGHT AND COLD AIR ADVECTION UNDER CLEAR SKIES WILL PRODUCE A COLD NIGHT. HIGH SURF ADVISORIES CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AS A LARGE LONG PERIOD WEST SWELL PERSISTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SUNDAY WILL BE WINDY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. BY MID AFTERNOON THE ADVISORY AREAS WILL ONLY SEE 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS. THE AREAS UNDER WARNINGS COULD WELL HAVE ADVISORY LEVEL GUSTS OF 45 MPH LAST THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY. COMPRESSIONAL HEATING WILL WARM THE COASTS AND VLYS...BUT THE COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL COOL THE INTERIOR SECTIONS. MONDAY WILL DAWN SUNNY EVERYWHERE. IT WILL BE BREEZY BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS BUT AGAIN MUCH LESS THAN SUNDAY AS THE COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL BE GONE AND THE UPPER SUPPORT WILL BE MUCH DIMINISHED. IT WILL BE WARMER EVERYWHERE WITH PLENTY OF UPPER 70S ACROSS THE COASTS AND VLYS AND CANNOT EVEN RULE OUT A FEW 80S IN THE WARMEST SPOTS. .LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)... ZERO AGREEMENT IN THE LONG RANGE MODELS FOR THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD. DESPITE ALL THE DIFFERENCES TUESDAY SHOULD BE A PRETTY DECENT DAY COOLER IF THE EC'S WESTWARD MOVING TROF COMES TRUE COOLER IF SHARPER GFS SOLN HOLDS SWAY AND SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN WITH THE CANADIAN MDL COMES TRUE. WEDNESDAY IS THE BIG CONFUSION DAY. EC MOVES A LARGE CUTOFF LOW A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES OFF OUR COAST...THE GFS MOVES IT RIGHT OVER THE STATE ALONG WITH A LITTLE RAIN...AND THE CANADIAN MOVES A GENTLE TROF WELL TO OUR EAST. WITH THIS KIND OF AGREEMENT OR LACK THEREOF DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. THE MDLS CONTINUE TO DIVERGE AFTER THAT AND REALLY ITS JUST BETTER TO MAKE LIKE RAY GUY AND PUNT. WILL HOPE FOR SOME SORT AGREEMENT AT THIS TIME TOMORROW. && .AVIATION... 07/1130Z LATEST SATELLITE SHOWS RATHER WIDESPREAD STRATUS ACROSS THE LAX COASTAL PLAIN...AND A PATCH IN THE SBA CHANNEL. BASED ON OBS...THIS STRATUS IS GENERALLY IFR WITH SOME PATCHY VLIFR/LIFR. KLAX/KLGB WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CIG/VSBYS RESTRICTIONS THROUGH SUNRISE...BUT THINGS SHOULD IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING. FOR KSBA/KOXR...WITH NORTHERLY FLOW...EXPECT THE CHANNEL STRATUS TO REMAIN OUT OF THE AIRFIELDS (ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH). OTHERWISE...MAIN STORY FOR TAF PACKAGE WILL BE DEVELOPING SANTA ANA WIND EVENT TONIGHT/SUNDAY. THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL KEEP ALL TAF SITES VFR TONIGHT. ALSO...SOME SIGNIFICANT TURBULENCE/LLWS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PASSES AND ACROSS THE VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. KLAX...OVERALL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF. LOW TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE THAT CURRENT VLIFR CONDS SHOULD FOLLOW SAME TREND AS AIRPORTS TO THE SOUTH...WITH CONDS IMPROVING TO IFR LEVELS AROUND SUNRISE. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR CONDS TONIGHT AS OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS. KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 12Z TAF. TURBULENCE/LLWS COULD BE SIGNIFICANT LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING (SEE LAXNPWLOX). FIRE WEATHER WATCH (SEE LAXRFWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY (SEE LAXMWWLOX). HIGH SURF ADVISORY (SEE LAXCFWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). && PUBLIC...RORKE/SMITH AVIATION...RAT SYNOPSIS...SETO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 6:00 AM PST, 4 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-081400- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 600 AM PST SAT JAN 7 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT DENSE EARLY MORNING FOG WILL CREATE LOCAL DRIVING HAZARDS THIS MORNING. HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE MULTIPLE HAZARDS FOR BEACH GOERS IN OR NEAR THE SURF ZONE. * HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * * MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR IN THE L.A. AND VENTURA MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH ALREADY DRY CONDITIONS TO CREATE A HEIGHTENED FOREST FIRE RISK. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE LOCAL GALE FORCE WINDS AND CHOPPY SEAS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE INNER WATERS. * HIGH WIND WARNING..........SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * FIRE WEATHER WATCH.........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...SEE FZUS76 KLOX - MWSLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. RORKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:31 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | LOX | 36 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:14 AM PST | High Wind Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 36 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.