Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this red flag warning at Aug 9, 2013, 2:02 AM PDT. It took effect at Aug 9, 2013, 9:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 14 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
- Aug 9, 2013, 2:02 AM PDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 9, 2013, 9:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2013, 10:39 PM PDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
459 WWUS86 KEKA 090902 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 202 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING EXPECTED TODAY... .AN UPPER LOW SITTING OVER NW CALIFORNIA WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO AREAS OF TRINITY...E HUMBOLDT...NE MENDOCINO AND DEL NORTE COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY. THE GREATEST THREAT ARE THOSE AREAS BORDERING SISKIYOU COUNTY WITH A LESSER THREAT OVER MENDOCINO COUNTY. ONLY A FEW STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY... MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BORDERING SISKIYOU COUNTY. CAZ211-212-277-283-091715- /O.UPG.KEKA.FW.A.0002.130809T1800Z-130810T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0006.130809T1800Z-130810T0600Z/ HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 202 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...277 AND 283... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...277 AND 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. * OUTFLOW WINDS AND HAIL...COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$ CAZ203-204-091715- /O.UPG.KEKA.FW.A.0002.130809T1800Z-130810T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0006.130809T1600Z-130810T0600Z/ UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.- LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.- 202 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203 AND 204... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203 AND 204. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. * OUTFLOW WINDS AND HAIL...COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
908 WWUS86 KEKA 091710 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1010 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING EXPECTED TODAY... .AN UPPER LOW SITTING OVER NW CALIFORNIA WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO AREAS OF TRINITY...E HUMBOLDT...NE MENDOCINO AND DEL NORTE COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY. THE GREATEST THREAT ARE THOSE AREAS BORDERING SISKIYOU COUNTY WITH A LESSER THREAT OVER MENDOCINO COUNTY. ONLY A FEW STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY... MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BORDERING SISKIYOU COUNTY. CAZ211-212-277-283-100115- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.130809T1800Z-130810T0600Z/ HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 1010 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212... 277 AND 283... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...277 AND 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER TRINITY COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. * OUTFLOW WINDS AND HAIL...COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$ CAZ203-204-100115- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130810T0600Z/ UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.- LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.- 1010 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203 AND 204... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203 AND 204. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. * OUTFLOW WINDS AND HAIL...COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
477 WWUS86 KEKA 092222 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 322 PM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING EXPECTED TODAY... .AN UPPER LOW SITTING OVER NW CALIFORNIA WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO AREAS OF TRINITY...E HUMBOLDT...NE MENDOCINO AND DEL NORTE COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE STORMS WILL BRING ABUNDANT LIGHT...BUT ALSO BRING DECENT RAINS. ONLY A FEW STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY... MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BORDERING SISKIYOU COUNTY. CAZ203-204-211-212-277-283-100600- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130810T0600Z/ UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.- LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.- HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 322 PM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212... 277 AND 283... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203...204...211...212... 277 AND 283. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER TRINITY AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE SHOULD DIMINISH ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. * OUTFLOW WINDS AND HAIL...COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. * IMPACTS...DRY FUELS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$
778 WWUS86 KEKA 100539 RFWEKA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1039 PM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 CAZ203-204-211-212-277-283-100645- /O.CAN.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130810T0600Z/ UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NF.- LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.- HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.- WESTERN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST / EASTERN MENDOCINO UNIT.- TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.- 1039 PM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203...204...211...212...277 AND 283... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER LAND FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY... MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BORDERING SISKIYOU COUNTY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:49 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EKA | Trinity | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 2:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Mendocino | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 3:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 3:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Mendocino | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 3:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EKA | Trinity | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 3:46 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EKA | Trinity | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 4:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | 36 min | |
| Aug 9, 4:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | EKA | Trinity | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 4:29 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EKA | Trinity | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 4:53 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EKA | Trinity | 3 hr |
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Sources
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