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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 1, 2013, 4:28 PM PDT for 5 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jul 2, 2013, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 62 hr. 2 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
- Jul 1, 2013, 4:28 PM PDT (23:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 2, 2013, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2013, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 62 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Douglas County, OR, Harney County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:02 PM PDT | HEAVY RAIN 1 | 2 Ssw Etna, CA | HEAVY RAIN DURATION 1 HOUR |
| Jul 3, 6:50 PM PDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 2 Ssw Etna, CA | RESTAURANT FLOODED IN ETNA HEAVY RAIN DURATION 24 HOURS |
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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1422 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
242 WWUS86 KMFR 012328 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 428 PM PDT MON JUL 1 2013 .ANOTHER SURGE OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON UNDER A BROAD MONSOONAL FLOW FROM THE SOUTH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW WILDFIRE IGNITIONS ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO DRY RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS. CAZ284-285-021330- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0002.130702T1200Z-130704T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0003.130702T1200Z-130704T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 428 PM PDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AS EARLY AS TUESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ280-281-ORZ623-021330- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0002.130702T1200Z-130704T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0003.130702T1800Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 428 PM PDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ624-625-021330- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0002.130702T1200Z-130704T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0003.130702T1800Z-130704T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 428 PM PDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW FIRE STARTS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ SPILDE VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
10 follow-up statements
027 WWUS86 KMFR 021322 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 622 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 .A SURGE OF MONSOON MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH TODAY AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON UNDER A BROAD MONSOONAL FLOW FROM THE SOUTH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW WILDFIRE IGNITIONS ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO DRY RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS. CAZ284-285-030130- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 622 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AS EARLY AS THIS MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ280-281-ORZ623-030130- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.130702T1800Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 622 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ624-625-030130- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.130702T1800Z-130704T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 622 AM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW FIRE STARTS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
305 WWUS86 KMFR 022235 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 335 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 CAZ284-285-030545- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 335 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ280-281-ORZ623-030545- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 335 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ624-625-030545- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 335 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW FIRE STARTS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
520 WWUS86 KMFR 030537 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1037 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 CAZ284-285-032000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 1037 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ280-281-ORZ623-032000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1037 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ624-625-032000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1037 PM PDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW FIRE STARTS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
205 WWUS86 KMFR 032025 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 125 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 CAZ284-285-040600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 125 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE DOES REMAIN THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ280-281-ORZ623-040300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 125 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, PRIMARILY SOUTH AND EAST OF MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CELLS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ624-625-040600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 125 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEY WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT, BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE HIGH POTENTIAL OF NEW FIRE STARTS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ BTL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
346 WWUS86 KMFR 032136 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 236 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 CAZ285-040600- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 236 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 AND THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE DOES REMAIN THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ624-625-040600- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0000Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 236 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET... THE RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEY WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT...BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF NEW FIRE STARTS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ284-040600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 236 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284... * AFFECTED AREA: THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE THERE DOES REMAIN THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING, ANY SCATTERED COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ280-281-ORZ623-040300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 236 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRIMARILY FROM THE MARBLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH AND EASTWARD IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280 AND 281...AND POSSIBLY SOUTH AND EAST OF MOUNT MC LOUGHLIN IN FIRE ZONE 623. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CELLS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ BTL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
570 WWUS86 KMFR 032156 CCA RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 255 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 CORRECTED TO REMOVE MENTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 284 FROM 285 SECTION CAZ285-040630- /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 255 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE DOES REMAIN THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ624-625-040630- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0000Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 255 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET... THE RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEY WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT...BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF NEW FIRE STARTS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ284-040600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 255 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284... * AFFECTED AREA: THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE THERE DOES REMAIN THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING, ANY SCATTERED COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ280-281-ORZ623-040300- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 255 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRIMARILY FROM THE MARBLE MOUNTAINS SOUTH AND EASTWARD IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280 AND 281...AND POSSIBLY SOUTH AND EAST OF MOUNT MC LOUGHLIN IN FIRE ZONE 623. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CELLS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ BTL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
765 WWUS86 KMFR 040303 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 803 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 CAZ280-281-ORZ623-040415- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0300Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 803 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 623... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 281...623 AND 280 * THUNDERSTORMS...CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED AND IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR $$ CAZ284-040600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 803 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284... * AFFECTED AREA: THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE THERE DOES REMAIN THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...ANY SCATTERED COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ285-041515- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 803 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE DOES REMAIN THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ624-625-041515- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0000Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 803 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THEY WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT...BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF NEW FIRE STARTS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
990 WWUS86 KMFR 040600 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1100 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 CAZ284-040700- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 1100 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR THE MODOC NATIONAL FOREST PORTION OF 284... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 284 * THUNDERSTORMS...LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED AND IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A THREAT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR $$ CAZ285-041800- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0000Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 1100 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING...BUT THERE DOES REMAIN THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ624-625-041800- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0000Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1100 PM PDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING...BUT THERE DOES REMAIN THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF NEW FIRE STARTS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
851 WWUS86 KMFR 041128 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 428 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 CAZ285-050200- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0200Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 428 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. THEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRES AND SOME FIRE GROWTH. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ624-625-050200- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 428 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET... THE RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624 AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625 BELOW 6000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. THEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...RECEPTIVE FUEL CONDITIONS IN GRASS AND BRUSH FUEL TYPES BELOW 6000 FEET WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF NEW FIRE STARTS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
360 WWUS86 KMFR 050200 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 700 PM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS HAS EXPIRED... .THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED...AND IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A THREAT. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK. CAZ285-050300- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0200Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 700 PM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A THREAT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR $$ ORZ624-625-050300- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130705T0200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 700 PM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 BELOW 6000 FEET AND 625 BELOW 6000 FEET * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED A THREAT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
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 Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jul 1, 2:36 PM PDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:36 PM PDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
236 PM PDT MON JUL 1 2013
.DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FOR THIS
FORECAST PERIOD.
THUNDERSTORMS: THE PRECIPITABLE WATER FOR THE MEDFORD SOUNDING WAS
1.25 INCHES THIS MORNING. THIS IS VERY UNUSUALLY MOIST...PLACING
IT IN THE 97-98TH PERCENTILE...SO THE MOISTURE IS IN PLACE. THE
FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW PLENTY OF INSTABILITY...BUT THERE IS A
WARM LAYER TO OVERCOME IN THE MID LEVELS (CAP) DUE TO THE LARGE
HIGH PRESSURE AREA APPROACHING. A TRIGGER IS NEEDED TO FOCUS THE
EXTREME HEAT AND MOISTURE AND OVERCOME THE CAP. AT THIS TIME...THE
NEAREST THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL NV...THE CENTRAL
SIERRA MTNS...AND NEAR THE OR-ID BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORM
SPECIFICS ARE VERY CHALLENGING. HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE FAVORED TO
BREAK THE CAP AND WEAK DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THE HIGH WILL
FOCUS THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE DIFFICULTY IS TRYING TO PINPOINT
THESE DISTURBANCES. THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES CLOSER TO
THE REGION SO ANY STORMS WILL HAVE A SLOWER MOTION ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY COMPARED WITH TODAY. THESE STORMS COULD HAVE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. OVERALL...HAVE RAISED POPS A
LITTLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND INTRODUCED POPS TO MORE
AREAS. HAVE KEPT POPS AT CHANCE LEVELS OR BELOW DUE TO
UNCERTAINTIES. THE GREATER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE CASCADES.
ON THE 4TH OF JULY THE TIMING OF A PACIFIC TROUGH WILL BE KEY.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED NEAR AND JUST AHEAD OF THIS
TROUGH WITH A SLIGHT MARINE PUSH AND MORE STABILITY BEHIND THIS
TROUGH.
TEMPERATURES: A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ROGUE VALLEY
AND SOME VALLEYS SOUTH OF THE AREA IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS ONE OF THE
MOST HUMID DAYS IN A WHILE IN MEDFORD WITH A DEWPOINT OF 61
DEGREES AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A CHALLENGE DUE TO
CLOUD COVER AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. LESS CLOUD COVER DURING
THE AFTERNOONS WILL MEAN WARMER TEMPERATURES. NIGHT-TIME CLOUDS
AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD KEEP LOWS HIGHER. HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO
GUIDANCE AND EXPECT MORE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES EAST OF THE
CASCADES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY.
IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST A MORE TYPICAL WESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL
BE OVER THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE
NORMAL...BUT NOT THE HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH DEWPOINTS WE ARE
EXPERIENCING.
&&
.AVIATION...AREAS OF MVFR CIGS LINGERS ALONG THE COASTAL STRIPS
THIS AFTERNOON WITH VFR INLAND. SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET LOW CLOUDS
WILL QUICKLY MOVE INLAND WITH CIGS LOWERING TO IFR FROM AROUND
04Z. WIDSPREAD IFR CIGS WILL BE THE NORMS AGAIN AT THE COAST WITH
MVFR CIGS SPREADING INTO THE COQUILLE RIVER VALLEY OF COOS COUNTY.
THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FAR EAST
SIDE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE
ISOLATED. FB
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
BELOW 6000 FEET FOR FOR ORZ027>031.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ORZ025-026.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ORZ024-026-028.
CA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CAZ080-081.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR CAZ080>083-085.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CAZ083>085.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM
PDT THURSDAY FOR PZZ356.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR PZZ356.
GALE WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR
PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM
PDT TUESDAY FOR PZZ376.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR PZZ376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR PZZ376.
SANDLER/FBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | 35 min | |
| Jun 30, 6:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MFR | 34 min | |
| Jul 1, 2:49 AM PDT | Gale Watch | MFR | 25 hr | |
| Jul 1, 2:49 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Watch | MFR | 25 hr | |
| Jul 1, 2:49 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 15 days | |
| Jul 1, 2:49 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 59 hr | |
| Jul 1, 2:49 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 59 hr | |
| Jul 1, 3:03 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | MFR | Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 68 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:54 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Douglas, Harney, Jackson, Klamath, Lake | 5 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.