Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 4, 2012, 3:12 AM PDT for Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California; 7 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Aug 4, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 34 hr. 18 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
- Aug 4, 2012, 3:12 AM PDT (10:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 4, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 2:36 AM PDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Harney County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 4:49 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | Basque Hills, OR | THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THE WSW 31G45. TEMPERATURE DROPPED 20F/1R. NO RAIN BUT RH UP FROM 13 TO 49 PERCENT. |
| Aug 5, 4:54 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | 7 Wnw Coyote Gap, OR | THUNDERSTORM WITH 0.04 INCHES OF PRECIP AND SSW WINDS 25G40 MPH. TEMPERATURE DROPPED 17F/1HR. |
| Aug 5, 5:40 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | Ssw Silver Lake, OR | |
| Aug 5, 5:45 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | Wsw Silver Lake, OR | CREATING BLOWING DUST AND LOWERING VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. |
| Aug 5, 5:45 PM PDT | HAIL 0.25 | W Seiad Valley, CA | |
| Aug 5, 5:47 PM PDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 Ne Seiad Valley, CA | |
| Aug 5, 6:15 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 Sw La Pine, OR | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES TO QUARTERS WITH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 TO 60 MPH. |
| Aug 5, 6:20 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Happy Camp, CA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN |
| Aug 5, 7:25 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 36 | 5 Nw Ashland, OR | MEASURED REPORTS OF WIND SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 36 MPH. THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW. |
| Aug 5, 7:27 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | 1 Sse Ruch, OR | THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW. WINDS GUSTING 40MPH OR HIGHER. SMALL BRANCHES COMING DOWN. |
| Aug 5, 7:39 PM PDT | DOWNBURST | 5 E Applegate, OR | SQUAW PEAK RAWS WEATHER STATION REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH PEAK GUSTS 53 TO 75 MPH IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. |
| Aug 5, 7:39 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Ashland, OR | 2 TO 3 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED BY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS. A COUPLE OF ROLLS OF THUNDER, TOO. |
| Aug 5, 8:00 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 3 Ne Applegate, OR | OUTFLOW PRODUCING FREQUENT WIND GUSTS 50 MPH. SMALL BRANCHES COMING DOWN. |
| Aug 5, 8:05 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | 3 Sse Klamath Falls, OR | ALSO BLOWING DUST AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ALSO NOTED A FEW SHINGLES BLOWING OFF OF ROOFS. |
| Aug 5, 8:08 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 43 | 3 Sse Klamath Falls, OR | OFFICIAL KLAMATH FALLS AIRPORT CONTRACT OBSERVER. |
| Aug 5, 8:21 PM PDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 3 E Klamath Falls, OR | 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS OUT OF THE NORTH PREVIOUSLY, NOW OUT OF THE SOUTH AND APPEAR TO BE INCREASING. MODERATE RAIN. LIGHTING ABOUT 3 TO 4 STRIKES PER 10 SECONDS. |
| Aug 5, 8:23 PM PDT | FLOOD | 2 N Klamath Falls, OR | MINOR URBAN STREET FLOODING. DOWNBURST WINDS, BUT NO TREE DAMAGE. |
| Aug 5, 8:53 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | Medford, OR | TERESA FROM THE MAIL TRIBUNE. TALL TREE DOWN ACROSS ONE LANE OF THE ROADWAY NEAR 1ST STREET AND IVY STREET. |
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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 3647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
181 WWUS86 KMFR 041012 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 312 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... WHILE THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE DETAILS...THERE IS SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING OVER MANY AREAS WITH DRY FUELS STARTING THIS EVENING AND ENDING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. CAZ280-042300- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T0600Z-120806T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T0000Z-120806T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 312 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS IN FIRE ZONE 280... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THIS WARNING UPGRADES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 280. * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER OR NEAR THE TRINITY ALPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE DRY INITIALLY, AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN SCATTERED LIGHTNING SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. ABUNDANT SCATTERED LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START NEW FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT NEW FIRES COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. * ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...STORMS WILL HAVE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRODUCING RAIN LATER IN THE TIME PERIOD, PARTICULARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL MAY BE ENOUGH TO SLOW FIRE SPREAD RATES. 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. && $$ CAZ281-ORZ621-042300- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T0600Z-120806T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T0600Z-120806T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 312 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 281 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND 621 IN SOUTHERN OREGON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THIS WARNING UPGRADES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 281 AND 621. * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN SPREAD AND DEVELOP OVER THE SISKIYOUS AND SHASTA VALLEY. THESE STORMS WILL BE DRY INITIALLY, AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN SCATTERED LIGHTNING LATE SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. ABUNDANT SCATTERED LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THESE FIRES COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. * ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...STORMS WILL HAVE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRODUCING RAIN LATER IN THE TIME PERIOD, PARTICULARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL MAY BE ENOUGH TO SLOW FIRE SPREAD RATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ623-042300- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1200Z-120806T1200Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 312 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 623... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY ON SUNDAY. LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE ON SUNDAY. STORMS WILL BE DRY INITIALLY...AND THEN WILL HAVE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THESE FIRES COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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. && $$ CAZ282-ORZ620-042300- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1200Z-120806T0600Z/ SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 312 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 282 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND FIRE ZONE 620 IN SOUTHERN OREGON... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 282 AND 620. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECT TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING, INCREASING TO SCATTERED IN COVERAGE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THESE FIRES COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ625-042300- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1800Z-120806T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 312 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 625... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MAY INCREASE TO SCATTERED...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. STORMS WILL BE DRY INITIALLY...TRENDING WETTER SUNDAY NIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THESE FIRES COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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. && $$ CAZ285-042300- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1800Z-120806T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 312 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 285... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MAY INCREASE TO SCATTERED...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. STORMS WILL BE DRY INITIALLY...TRENDING WETTER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE ENDING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THESE FIRES COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ624-042300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1200Z-120806T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 312 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 624... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 624. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECT TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING, INCREASING TO SCATTERED IN COVERAGE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THESE FIRES COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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. && $$ CAZ284-ORZ622-042300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1200Z-120806T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 312 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 284 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND FIRE ZONE 622 IN SOUTHERN OREGON... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 284 AND 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECT TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING, INCREASING TO SCATTERED IN COVERAGE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THESE FIRES COULD POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BTL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
5 follow-up statements
546 WWUS86 KMFR 042000 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 100 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .MONSOONAL MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. INSTABILITY WILL ALSO INCREASE AS A STRONG DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. THIS COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA AND FAR SOUTHWEST OREGON TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE REGION AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE SUNDAY. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE CASCADES AND OREGON EAST SIDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER EVEN ISOLATED STORMS MAY POSE PROBLEMS IN OTHER AREAS GIVEN THE DRYNESS OF FUELS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END SUNDAY NIGHT AS MOISTURE MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA. CAZ282-284-051100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1200Z-120806T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T1200Z-120806T0600Z/ SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 100 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 282 AND 284... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 282 AND 284 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECT TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING... INCREASING TO SCATTERED IN COVERAGE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL TREND WETTER AND THEN MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ285-051100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1800Z-120806T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T1200Z-120806T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 100 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECT TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING... INCREASING TO SCATTERED IN COVERAGE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOSTLY BE DRY BUT TREND WETTER AND THEN MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. * HAINES INDEX...THE AIRMASS WILL BE VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A HAINES INDEX OF 6. HIGH HAINES COULD PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH OF ANY NEW STARTS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ623-051100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1200Z-120806T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T1200Z-120806T0600Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 100 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 623 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN WILL SPREAD INTO THE CASCADES EARLY ON SUNDAY. LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE ON SUNDAY. STORMS WILL BE DRY INITIALLY...AND THEN TREND WETTER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ620-622-051100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1200Z-120806T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T1200Z-120806T0600Z/ WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 100 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 620 AND 622... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 622 AND 620...ESPECIALLY THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WHERE FUELS ARE DRIER. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECT TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE AREA AND IN THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE AND STORMS MAY BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OVER THE VALLEYS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY BE DRY BUT TREND WETTER LATE SUNDAY AND THEN MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ625-051100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1800Z-120806T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T1200Z-120806T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 100 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 625 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE ZONE. STORMS WILL BE MOSTLY DRY AND THEN TREND WETTER SUNDAY NIGHT AND MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * HAINES INDEX...THE AIRMASS WILL BE VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A HAINES INDEX OF 6. HIGH HAINES COULD PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH OF ANY NEW STARTS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ624-051100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0004.120805T1200Z-120806T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T1200Z-120806T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 100 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 624... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 624 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL BE MOSTLY DRY AND THEN TREND WETTER SUNDAY NIGHT AND MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * HAINES INDEX...THE AIRMASS WILL BE VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH A HAINES INDEX OF 6. HIGH HAINES COULD PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH OF ANY NEW STARTS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ281-ORZ621-051100- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T0000Z-120806T0600Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 100 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 281 AND 621... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 281 AND 621 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY SPREAD OUT OVER THE VALLEYS. STORMS WILL BE DRY MUCH OF THE TIME...BUT TREND WETTER BY SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE MOVING NORTH OF THE AREA. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ280-051100- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T0000Z-120806T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 100 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 280... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 280 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING. STORMS WILL BE DRY MUCH OF THE TIME...BUT TREND WETTER BY SUNDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
018 WWUS86 KMFR 051054 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 354 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 .MONSOONAL MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. INSTABILITY WILL ALSO INCREASE AS A STRONG DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. THIS COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA AND FAR SOUTHWEST OREGON THIS MORNING...THEN SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE REGION AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE CASCADES AND OREGON EAST SIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER EVEN ISOLATED STORMS MAY POSE PROBLEMS IN OTHER AREAS GIVEN THE DRYNESS OF FUELS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END TONIGHT AS MOISTURE MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA. ORZ624-625-052300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T1200Z-120806T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 354 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 625 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE EXPECTED SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE ZONE. INITIAL STORMS WILL BE MOSTLY DRY AND THEN TREND WETTER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS STORMS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * HAINES INDEX...THE AIRMASS WILL BE VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HAINES INDEX OF 6. HIGH HAINES COULD PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH OF ANY NEW STARTS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ282-284-285-ORZ620-622-623-052300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.120805T1200Z-120806T0600Z/ SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 354 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 623 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL SPREAD INTO THE CASCADES AROUND MID MORNING. LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE ON THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL BE DRY INITIALLY...AND THEN TREND WETTER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ280-281-ORZ621-052300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120806T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 354 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 281 AND 621... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 281 AND 621 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF SISKIYOU COUNTY THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA AROUND SUNRISE. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY SPREAD OUT OVER THE VALLEYS. STORMS WILL BE DRY INITIALLY...BUT TREND WETTER BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE MOVING NORTH OF THE AREA. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
730 WWUS86 KMFR 051940 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1240 PM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 .THUNDERSTORMS FORMED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH AN INITIAL SURGE OF MOISTURE THIS MORNING. THIS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHWARD...AND AS SKIES CLEAR SUNSHINE IS DESTABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL FORM THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS A SECOND BATCH OF MOISTURE MOVES THROUGH. MOST AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE ISOLATED STORMS BUT INCREASED COVERAGE IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN AREAS. HOWEVER...GIVEN DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS...EVEN ISOLATED STORMS MAY START PROBLEMATIC FIRES. IN ADDITION...HOT DRY CONDITIONS WITH HAINES INDICES OF 6 ARE PRESENT IN MANY AREAS WHICH MAY PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH OF ANY NEW FIRE STARTS. ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TONIGHT. ORZ624-625-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120806T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1240 PM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING. STORMS WILL INITIALLY BE DRY AND THEN TREND WETTER DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * HAINES INDEX...THE AIRMASS WILL BE VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HAINES INDEX OF 6. HIGH HAINES COULD PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH OF ANY NEW STARTS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ280-281-ORZ621-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120806T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 1240 PM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 280...281 AND 621... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 281...621 AND 280 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. STORMS WILL INITIALLY BE DRY AND THEN TREND WETTER THIS EVENING AND END AFTER SUNSET. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ CAZ282-284-285-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120806T0600Z/ SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 1240 PM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 282...284 AND 285... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 285...282 AND 284 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND MODOC. STORMS WILL INITIALLY BE DRY AND THEN TREND WETTER THIS EVENING AND END AFTER SUNSET. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * HAINES INDEX...THE AIRMASS WILL BE VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HAINES INDEX OF 6 OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. HIGH HAINES COULD PROMOTE RAPID GROWTH OF ANY NEW STARTS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ ORZ620-622-623-060600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120806T0600Z/ WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1240 PM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 620...622 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 622...623 AND 620 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND A FEW MAY DRIFT OUT OVER THE VALLEYS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. WHILE THE GREATEST STORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS...EVEN ISOLATED LIGHTNING MAY START FIRES IN THE VALLEYS WHERE FUELS ARE DRIER. 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. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
480 WWUS86 KMFR 060553 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1053 PM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 CAZ280>282-284-285-ORZ620>623-060700- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120806T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1053 PM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 280...281...282...284...AND 285 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND FIRE ZONES 620...621...622...AND 623 IN SOUTHERN OREGON... ... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * EXPIRATION...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS THE IMPULSE THAT AIDED IN DEVELOPMENT OF TODAY'S THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED NORTH OF THESE FIRE ZONES. $$ ORZ624-625-061200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120806T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1053 PM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 FOR SOUTHERN OREGON... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT, PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA. HOWEVER, DIMINISHING MOISTURE WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL AND COVERAGE THE LATER WE GO IN THE WARNING PERIOD. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS IS LIKELY TO START FIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AND POSE 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ BTL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
574 WWUS86 KMFR 060936 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 236 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ORZ624-625-061045- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120806T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 236 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625 FOR SOUTHERN OREGON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNINGS. * CANCELLATION...THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS HAS ENDED. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625. $$ BTL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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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.