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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Eureka, CA

July 22, 2014

NWS Eureka, CA issued this red flag warning at Jul 22, 2014, 3:54 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2014, 3:54 PM PDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2014, 8:22 PM PDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

262 
WWUS86 KEKA 222254
RFWEKA

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
354 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2014

CAZ204-283-230400-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0007.140722T2254Z-140723T0400Z/
LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER
DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM
DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-
TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-
354 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 204 AND 283...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT
THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204 AND 283.

* THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
  EARLY THIS EVENING. RAPID STORM MOTIONS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS
  LIGHTNING STRIKES OUTSIDE RAIN CORES.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
  IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

* IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON VERY DRY FUELS HAVE THE 
  POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT COULD 
  SPREAD QUICKLY DUE TO DRY FUEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

&&

$$

MAS
1 follow-up statement
304 
WWUS86 KEKA 230322
RFWEKA

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
822 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2014

CAZ204-283-230430-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140723T0400Z/
LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER
DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM
DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-
TRINITY...WESTERN PORTION OF THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST.-
822 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 204 AND 283...

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

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA THIS EVENING
AND THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 3:46 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity44 min
Jul 22, 3:54 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity36 min
Jul 22, 4:29 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity31 min
Jul 22, 4:35 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKATrinity25 min
Jul 22, 4:56 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementEKATrinity34 min
Jul 22, 4:58 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEKAHumboldt, Trinity32 min

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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.