Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this red flag warning at Jul 2, 2013, 10:40 AM PDT. It took effect at Jul 2, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 43 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2013, 10:40 AM PDT (17:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 2, 2013, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2013, 8:36 AM PDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
741 WWUS86 KEKA 021740 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1040 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY... .MONSOONAL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE LAST 36 HOURS. INSTABILITY HAS STEADILY INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA. CONVECTIVE INHIBITION IS FORECAST TO DECREASE OVER THE E PORTIONS OF THE TRINITY AND W MENDOCINO NF FIRE WEATHER ZONES DURING THE AFTERNOON TODAY. IN ADDITION...A WEAK MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE N INTO THE WARNING AREA DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME. THIS FEATURE WILL ACT AS AN ADDITIONAL TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE N AT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THIS WILL DECREASE TO 5 MPH BY WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...STORMS ARE FORECAST TO PRODUCE A BIT MORE RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...COVERAGE MAY BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER ON WEDNESDAY THAN TODAY AS DEEPER MOISTURE IS ENTRAINED INTO THE AREA...AND THIS MAY LEAD TO MORE OVERALL LIGHTNING STRIKES. CAZ277-283-030145- /O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0003.130702T2100Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 1040 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING SCATTERED THIS EVENING. SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED AGAIN WED AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRY STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS ACTIVITY INITIATES. * OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS WILL BE LIGHT AND MOSTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS. * IMPACTS...MARGINALLY DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS NEAR STORMS MAY RESULT IN FIRE SPREAD AWAY FROM RAIN AREAS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CARROLL
6 follow-up statements
574 WWUS86 KEKA 030503 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1003 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283... CAZ277-283-031300- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 1003 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING SCATTERED THIS EVENING. SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED AGAIN WED AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRY STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS ACTIVITY INITIATES. * OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS WILL BE LIGHT AND MOSTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS. * IMPACTS...MARGINALLY DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS NEAR STORMS MAY RESULT IN FIRE SPREAD AWAY FROM RAIN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
541 WWUS86 KEKA 031100 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 400 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283... CAZ277-283-031900- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 400 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THIS AFTERNOON THEN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THIS EVENING. DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS ACTIVITY INITIATES. * OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS WILL BE LIGHT AND MOSTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...MARGINALLY DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN FIRE SPREAD AWAY FROM RAIN AREAS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
551 WWUS86 KEKA 031858 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1158 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283... .MONSOONAL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. INSTABILITY HAS STEADILY INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF INTERIOR NW CALIFORNIA. THUNDERSTORM MOTION WILL BE SLOW AND ERRATIC AND STORMS ARE FORECAST TO PRODUCE MORE LOCALIZED RAINFALL. HOWEVER...LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE NUMEROUS AND FIRE STARTS MAY INITIATE ON THE DRIER PERIPHERY OF STORMS WITH SOME STARTS TEMPORARILY FANNED BY OUTFLOW WINDS. CAZ277-283-040600- /O.EXT.KEKA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 1158 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON THEN SCATTERED THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS WILL BE LIGHT AND MOSTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...MARGINALLY DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN FIRE SPREAD AWAY FROM RAIN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
025 WWUS86 KEKA 040501 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1001 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 CAZ276-041100- /O.EXB.KEKA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T1100Z/ INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.- 1001 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 276... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 276. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON THEN SCATTERED THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS WILL BE LIGHT AND MOSTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...MARGINALLY DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN FIRE SPREAD AWAY FROM RAIN AREAS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CAZ277-283-041100- /O.EXT.KEKA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T1100Z/ WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 1001 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON THEN SCATTERED THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS WILL BE LIGHT AND MOSTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...MARGINALLY DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN FIRE SPREAD AWAY FROM RAIN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
074 WWUS86 KEKA 041040 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 340 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 CAZ276-277-283-041900- /O.EXT.KEKA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T1900Z/ INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.- WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 340 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT TODAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 276...277 AND 283... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 276...277 AND 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED. * OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS WILL BE LIGHT AND MOSTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...MARGINALLY DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN FIRE SPREAD AWAY FROM RAIN AREAS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
292 WWUS86 KEKA 041536 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 836 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...THUNDERSTORM THREAT FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA HAS COME TO AN END... CAZ276-277-283-041645- /O.CAN.KEKA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T1900Z/ INTERIOR MENDOCINO...INTERIOR PORTION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY.- WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 836 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 276...277 AND 283... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO LIFT EASTWARD WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING IN FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST, THERE WILL STILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. WHILE SOME CLOUD BUILD-UPS AND EVEN SOME VIRGA OVER THE YOLLA BOLLY MOUNTAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE, THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAS ENDED FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:42 PM PDT | Gale Warning | EKA | 6 days |
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Sources
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