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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 30, 2013, 1:49 PM PDT for 9 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Jul 31, 2013, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 44 hr. 5 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 30, 2013, 1:49 PM PDT (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 31, 2013, 12:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2013, 8:19 PM PDT
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Harney County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR, Lane County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 31, 4:25 PM PDT | HAIL 0.25 | 4 Sw Chiloquin, OR | RAINING HARD WITH SMALL HAIL ON THE DECK, BUT COULD NOT REACH GAUGE. HAIL DURATION 15 MINUTES OBSERVER LOCATION E SHORE OF AGENCY LAKE |
| Jul 31, 5:30 PM PDT | HAIL 0.75 | Chemult, OR | HEAVY RAIN RUNNING DOWN THE STREET. LOTS OF LIGHTNING. 10 MPH WIND. REPORT FROM DAWSON HOUSE LODGE IN CHEMULT. |
| Jul 31, 5:45 PM PDT | HAIL 1 | 12 W Chemult, OR | MILLER LAKE CAMPGROUND. LOTS OF HAIL CAUSED TENTS TO COLLAPSE. |
| Jul 31, 6:31 PM PDT | HEAVY RAIN | Chemult, OR | HEAVY RAIN WITH LOTS OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. WIND ABOUT 10 MPH. NO HAIL. |
| Jul 31, 7:30 PM PDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Crescent Lake, OR | QUARTER-SIZE HAIL FELL IN THUNDERSTORM HAIL DURATION 15 MINUTES |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
435 WWUS86 KMFR 302049 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 149 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 CAZ284-285-302200- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0005.130731T2100Z-130801T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 149 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CAN CELLED FOR THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR PARTS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284 AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CAN CELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL RED FLAG CRITERIA. WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH MAY BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES AROUND 9 TO 12 PERCENT. $$ ORZ616-622-310900- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0005.130731T0600Z-130731T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T0700Z-130801T0600Z/ UMPQUA BASIN-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 149 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616 AND 622... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616 AND 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STORMS MAY BE WET BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ619-620-310900- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0005.130731T0600Z-130731T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T0700Z-130731T2100Z/ WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 149 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 619 AND 620... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 619 AND 620. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE SHIFTS NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ624-310900- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0005.130731T2000Z-130802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T1800Z-130802T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 149 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR NORTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: NORTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ617-623-310900- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0005.130731T0600Z-130802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T0700Z-130802T0300Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 149 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STORMS MAY BE WET BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
9 follow-up statements
203 WWUS86 KMFR 302053 CCA RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 153 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 CAZ284-285-302200- /O.COR.KMFR.FW.A.0005.130731T2100Z-130801T0600Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 153 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR PARTS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284 AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL RED FLAG CRITERIA. WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH MAY BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES AROUND 9 TO 12 PERCENT. $$ ORZ616-622-310915- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0005.130731T0600Z-130731T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T0700Z-130801T0600Z/ UMPQUA BASIN-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 153 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616 AND 622... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616 AND 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STORMS MAY BE WET BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ619-620-310915- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0005.130731T0600Z-130731T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T0700Z-130731T2100Z/ WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 153 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 619 AND 620... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 619 AND 620. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE SHIFTS NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ624-310915- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0005.130731T2000Z-130802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T1800Z-130802T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 153 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR NORTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: NORTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ617-623-310915- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0005.130731T0600Z-130802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T0700Z-130802T0300Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 153 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STORMS MAY BE WET BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
729 WWUS86 KMFR 310008 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 508 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ORZ616-622-311200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T0700Z-130801T0600Z/ UMPQUA BASIN-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 508 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616 AND 622... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616 AND 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STORMS MAY BE WET BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ619-620-311200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T0700Z-130731T2100Z/ WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 508 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 619 AND 620... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 619 AND 620. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE SHIFTS NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ624-311200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T1800Z-130802T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 508 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR NORTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... * AFFECTED AREA: NORTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ617-623-311200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T0700Z-130802T0300Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 508 PM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STORMS MAY BE WET BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
014 WWUS86 KMFR 311209 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 509 AM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ORZ616-622-010015- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130801T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0008.130731T1600Z-130801T0600Z/ UMPQUA BASIN-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 509 AM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616 AND 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STORMS MAY BE WET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ619-620-312100- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130731T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0008.130731T1600Z-130731T2100Z/ WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 509 AM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 619 AND 620. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH AS MOISTURE SHIFTS NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ621-010015- /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T1800Z-130801T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 509 AM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621 AND THE SISKIYOU MTN FIRE ZONE. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ624-010015- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130731T1800Z-130802T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 509 AM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR NORTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... * AFFECTED AREA: NORTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ617-623-010015- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130802T0300Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 509 AM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BY THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY TODAY AND STORMS MAY BE WET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TAPER OFF TONIGHT BUT RE-DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
826 WWUS86 KMFR 311925 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1225 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ORZ619-620-312030- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130731T2100Z/ WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 1225 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 619 AND 620... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 619 AND 620. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONLY EAST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR $$ ORZ616-312030- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130801T0600Z/ UMPQUA BASIN- 1225 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ONLY ON THE EASTERN FRINGES OF THE ZONE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR $$ ORZ625-010730- /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130801T1700Z-130802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1225 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ622-010600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130801T0600Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 1225 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE ZONE. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY. STORMS MAY BE WET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ621-010600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130801T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 1225 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE ZONE. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ624-010730- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130802T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 1225 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE PROBABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ZONE...FROM AROUND CHILOQUIN NORTHWARD. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ617-623-010730- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130802T0300Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1225 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 623 AND 617 * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AND STORMS MAY BE WET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT BUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THE PROBABILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ DW VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
931 WWUS86 KMFR 312305 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 405 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ORZ622-010015- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130801T0600Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 405 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING BUT COVERAGE WILL BE MINIMAL. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR $$ ORZ621-010015- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130801T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 405 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621 * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING BUT COVERAGE WILL BE MINIMAL. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR $$ ORZ617-623-011200- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130801T2200Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 405 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 140. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MODERATE. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT BUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THE PROBABILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ624-011200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130802T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 405 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. COVERAGE WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT BUT SCATTERED COVERAGE IS EXPECTED AGAIN LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE PROBABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ZONE...FROM AROUND CHILOQUIN NORTHWARD. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ625-011200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130801T1700Z-130802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 405 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ DW VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
271 WWUS86 KMFR 011014 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 314 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ORZ624-012215- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0009.130801T1500Z-130802T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 314 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ZONE...FROM AROUND CHILOQUIN NORTHWARD. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ617-623-012200- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130801T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0009.130801T1500Z-130801T2200Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 314 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXPECTED AGAIN LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE CASCADES BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ625-012215- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130801T1700Z-130802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 314 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ZONE...FROM PAISLEY NORTHWARD. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
953 WWUS86 KMFR 011614 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 914 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ORZ625-020415- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0007.130801T1614Z-130802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 914 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ZONE...FROM PAISLEY NORTHWARD THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE OVER MOST THE ZONE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ624-020415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130802T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 914 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ZONE...FROM AROUND CHILOQUIN NORTHWARD IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASE ACROSS THE ZONE IN THE AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ617-623-012200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130801T2200Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 914 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXPECTED AGAIN LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGHEST OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE ZONE FROM THE CASCADES CREST EAST. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE CASCADES BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
168 WWUS86 KMFR 012132 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 232 PM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ORZ617-623-012245- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130801T2200Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 232 PM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 623 AND 617. EXPECT DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS STAYING EAST OF THE AREA. $$ ORZ625-020600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 232 PM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ZONE...FROM PAISLEY NORTHWARD BUT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ZONE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * 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. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ624-020600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130802T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 232 PM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ZONE. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
626 WWUS86 KMFR 020319 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 819 PM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ORZ625-020430- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 819 PM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. $$ ORZ624-020430- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130802T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 819 PM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. $$ 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 30, 9:32 AM PDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 9:32 AM PDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
932 AM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013
.DISCUSSION...THE FORECAST WAS UPDATED THIS MORNING TO INCREASE
THE PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST OREGON LATE THIS EVENING
INTO EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE SLIGHTLY
FASTER ARRIVAL OF A SHORTWAVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST...INDICATED TO
TRACK ACROSS JOSEPHINE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE
WORDING OF THE FIRE WEATHER WATCHES WAS NOT NECESSARY. THE
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING THAN LATE TONIGHT. THE SHORTWAVE LATE TONIGHT WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WEAKER SHORTWAVE BUT ALSO STRONGER UPPER LEVEL
SUPPORT FROM A 700MB JET ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE FOCUS FOR THE NEXT REGULAR ISSUANCE OF THE FORECAST THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE ON THE PROBABILITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.
THIS AFTERNOON...INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAK OVER THE SOUTHERN OREGON
CASCADES ACROSS NORTHERN KLAMATH COUNTY INTO FAR NORTHWEST LAKE
COUNTY. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY IS FOR SOME CAPPED CUMULUS CLOUDS
TO DEVELOP BUT A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED. SO, THE FORECAST
OF A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROPRIATE.
COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH AT
LEAST ISOLATED ACTIVITY IN PORTIONS OF OUR AREA THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING.
&&
.AVIATION...
WILDFIRES BURNING IN DOUGLAS AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE PLENTY OF SMOKE ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. THIS SMOKE WILL CAUSE MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS AND REDUCE
VISIBILITIES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE INLAND
WESTSIDE VALLEYS OF OREGON AND AREAS NEAR THE CASCADES AS WINDS AND
MOISTURE INCREASE ALOFT.
ELSEWHERE...AWAY FROM THE FIRES...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
EXCEPT ALONG THE COAST. AT THE COAST...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL
DISSIPATE BY MIDDAY AND THEN REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT WITH A MIX OF
MVFR/IFR CIGS AND PATCHY FOG.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 AM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013/
DISCUSSION...GIVEN THE MAIN WEATHER IMPACTS CONTINUE TO SURROUND
THE ONGOING FIRES...DISCUSSIONS WILL FOCUS MAINLY ON THE EFFECTS
OF WEATHER ON FIRES AND THE SMOKE THAT IS GENERATED BY THESE
FIRES.
THIS MORNING THE MARINE LAYER INLAND EXTENT IS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY
AT THIS TIME...THOUGH CLOUD BASES ARE HIGHER SO CLOUDS COULD
EXTEND A BIT FARTHER INLAND THAN YESTERDAY. THE OVERALL EFFECT OF
THIS PUSH ON FIRES...JUST LIKE YESTERDAY...WILL BE GOOD RH
RECOVERIES THIS MORNING.
AS THE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...THE AIR MASS OVER THE CWA
WILL WARM SOME AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME FROM YESTERDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A FEW DEGREES. ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CASCADES AND JUST EAST TO SUPPORT A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EMPHASIS ON THE WORD SLIGHT.
SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY AND INSTABILITY IS NOT IMPRESSIVE TODAY...BUT
JUST ENOUGH TO MENTION IN THE FORECAST.
TONIGHT THE WEATHER BECOMES MORE INTERESTING AS THE FIRST POTENT
SHORTWAVES ARRIVE IN TANDEM WITH A 90KT JET AND MID AND UPPER
LEVEL INSTABILITY. THE 00Z GFS HAS TRENDED SLIGHTLY LESS FAVORABLE
FOR NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS COMPARED TO ITS 12Z PARTNER BUT NOT
ENOUGH TO ELIMINATE THE CHANCE. THE GFS IS DEFINITELY NOT ALONE IN
ITS DEPICTION OF NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...AS THE NAM
SHOWS HIGH LEVEL TOTAL TOTALS OF 30C+ SPREADING INTO WESTERN
OREGON LATE TONIGHT...ALIGNED WITH THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A 90KT
JET. CONFIDENCE ON NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS IS RARELY HIGH FOR THIS
AREA...AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT. HOWEVER...POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON VERY DRY FUELS WARRANTS INCREASED
AWARENESS...AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH AT
RFWMFR FOR MUCH OF WESTERN OREGON AND THE CASCADES BEGINNING
TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
INSTABILITY AND SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY...AND WITH
PLENTY OF DEEP LEVEL WIND SHEAR TO BOOT...SIGNALING A POTENTIAL
FOR ORGANIZED AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FOR ANY THAT DO DEVELOP. MODELS
PINPOINT THE NORTHERN CASCADES AREA FOR BEST CHANCE OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HIGHLIGHTS THIS
POTENTIAL. MODELS HAVE BEEN STEADY IN SHOWINGS A BULLSEYE OF
INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE IN EASTERN DOUGLAS...NORTHERN
JACKSON...AND WESTERN KLAMATH COUNTIES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE AXIS
OF GREATEST INSTABILITY THEN BASICALLY SHIFTS EASTWARD GRADUALLY
WITH TIME...FOCUSING ON NORTHERN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE WESTERN OREGON COULD TRANSITION TOWARDS
SHOWERS VS. THUNDERSTORMS...AS TEMPERATURES DIP 5 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
DEPOSIT SOME RAINFALL OVER THE FIRES...THOUGH IT IS DIFFICULT TO
SAY HOW MUCH AT THIS TIME AS COVERAGE WILL LIKELY BE SPOTTY.
A COUPLE IMPORTANT WEATHER ELEMENTS NOT TO BE MISSED AMONGST ALL THE
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL ARE WINDS AND THE MARINE LAYER. FIRST...WINDS
EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL BECOME GUSTY WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY...WHICH MAKES SENSE GIVEN THE ANOMALOUSLY STRONG UPPER LOW
NEARING THE COAST. WE HAVE PLACED WIND GUSTS HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR
THE EAST SIDE GIVEN RECENT TENDENCY OF TAPPING INTO 600MB
WINDS...AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN GUSTS IN THE 30S EXPECTED AT LEAST
WEDNESDAY IF NOT THURSDAY AS WELL. YET ANOTHER FIRE WEATHER WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA FOR WIND
POTENTIAL.
NOW FOR THE MARINE LAYER...WHICH WILL BE ANOTHER KEY PLAYER IN FIRE
BEHAVIOR OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD FEATURE A
SIMILAR MARINE PUSH COMPARED TO TODAY. THE MARINE LAYER SHOULD
DEEPEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING TROUGH AND
COOLING TEMPERATURES ALOFT...PROMISING AN INLAND PUSH OF MARINE
CLOUDS FARTHER THAN THE PREVIOUS SEVERAL MORNINGS. WE COULD SEE MOST
OF THE FIRES IN DOUGLAS AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES SHROUDED IN CLOUDS
THURSDAY MORNING. IN ANY CASE...HUMIDITIES SHOULD BUMP UP
SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THURSDAY.
SMOKE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENCE...NEAR THE SURFACE...SHOULD CONTINUE
TO RESIDE AT AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE FIRES THROUGH THE WEEK. A BROAD
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE NORTH WINDS
IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER...PUSHING THE SMOKE SOUTH WITH DIURNAL SLIGHT
VARIATIONS TO THE EAST AND WEST.
AVIATION...WILDFIRES ARE PRODUCING SMOKE ACROSS THE REGION BUT THE
BIGGEST SMOKE PLUME SOURCE IS FROM THE DOUGLAS COUNTY COMPLEX.
THESE FIRES IN SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY ARE SENDING SMOKE TO THE
SOUTH...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN
CURRY...JOSEPHINE...AND JACKSON COUNTIES. VISIBILITY IS POOR FROM
MONTAGUE TO KLAMATH FALLS...TO MEDFORD...AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN
MVFR FOR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE DAY TODAY.
ELSEWHERE...AWAY FROM THE FIRES...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
EXCEPT ALONG THE COAST AND JUST INLAND. MARINE LAYER MVFR CEILINGS
WILL NUDGE INTO ROSEBURG THIS MORNING AND THEN CLEAR BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE COAST...NEAR BROOKINGS...IFR
CONDITIONS IN FOG WILL LIFT TO VFR THIS AFTERNOON.
CLIMATE...IT IS THE HOTTEST JULY SO FAR SINCE OBSERVATIONS
BEGAN IN MEDFORD...ROSEBURG...AND KLAMATH FALLS. THIS HAS
CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE DRY FUELS THAT ARE BURNING IN THE
LOCAL FIRES.
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR ORZ029>031.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR ORZ021-023-024-026.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR ORZ025-027-028.
CA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR CAZ083>085.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...NONE.
DW/CMC/RESIn the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 30, 11:56 AM PDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1156 AM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1153 AM WILDFIRE GLENDALE 42.74N 123.43W
07/30/2013 DOUGLAS OR PUBLIC
VISIBILITY 50 YARDS
&&
IRIS SYSTEMNearby
Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013
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.