Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Sacramento, CA

Issued

Sep 5, 2012, 10:13 AM PDT (17:13 UTC)

In effect from

Sep 5, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT

Expired

Sep 6, 2012, 2:51 AM PDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Sacramento, CA

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1013 AM PDT WED SEP 5 2012

......CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN DEVELOPING FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAIN
AND GUSTY WINDS...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH SUBTROPICAL
MOISTURE WILL BRING HIGH BASED ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING IS
POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND SOME STORMS MAY HAVE
LITTLE RAIN. WITH A DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS
...HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO ASSOCIATED
PRECIPITATION AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...BRINGING HIGH FIRE
DANGER TO THE AREA.

CAZ215>221-264-266>269-279-060515-
/O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0007.120906T0000Z-120906T1800Z/
NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY LINE BELOW
1000 FT-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN GLENN, COLUSA, YUBA, NORTHERN
SUTTER, AND BUTTE COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN YOLO-
SACRAMENTO FAR WESTERN PLACER, SOUTHERN SUTTER AND SOLANO COUNTY
BELOW 1000 FT-CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN SAN JOAQUIN AND STANISLAUS
COUNTIES BELOW 1000 FT-
SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-
LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA UNIT-
NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS
OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS-
NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S
WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-
BECKWORTH PEAK)-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE
SIERRA CREST-EASTERN MENDOCINO NF-
1013 AM PDT WED SEP 5 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM
PDT THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216...
217...218...219...220...221...264...266...267...268...269 AND
279...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT THURSDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215 NORTHERN SACRAMENTO 
  VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY LINE BELOW 1000 FT...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 216 CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN GLENN, COLUSA, 
  YUBA, NORTHERN SUTTER, AND BUTTE COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 217 SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN YOLO-SACRAMENTO 
  FAR WESTERN PLACER, SOUTHERN SUTTER AND SOLANO COUNTY BELOW 
  1000 FT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 218 CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA...
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 219 NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN SAN 
  JOAQUIN AND STANISLAUS COUNTIES BELOW 1000 FT...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 220 SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES 
  PORTIONS OF CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 
  STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 264 
  LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA UNIT...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 266 NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. 
  INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 267 NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. 
  INCLUDES PORTIONS OF NEVADA-YUBA- PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO 
  UNITS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 268 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN 
  NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST 
  OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK)... FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S 
  WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 279 EASTERN 
  MENDOCINO NF.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
  BECOMING SCATTERED BY LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.
  PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIMITED WITH THESE STORMS.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS GUSTING LOCALLY TO 45 MPH WITH STORMS.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.

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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

EK

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
251 AM PDT THU SEP 6 2012


CAZ215>221-264-266>269-279-061100-
/O.CAN.KSTO.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120906T1800Z/
NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY LINE BELOW
1000 FT-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN GLENN, COLUSA, YUBA, NORTHERN
SUTTER, AND BUTTE COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN YOLO-
SACRAMENTO FAR WESTERN PLACER, SOUTHERN SUTTER AND SOLANO COUNTY
BELOW 1000 FT-CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN SAN JOAQUIN AND STANISLAUS
COUNTIES BELOW 1000 FT-
SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-
LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA UNIT-
NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS
OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS-
NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S
WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-
BECKWORTH PEAK)-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE
SIERRA CREST-EASTERN MENDOCINO NF-
251 AM PDT THU SEP 6 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 215...216...217...218...219...220...221...264...
266...267...268...269 AND 279...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DECREASING OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...THUS
THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG THE
WEST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA NEVADA.

$$

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