Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Los Angeles, CA
NWS Los Angeles, CA issued this red flag warning at Jan 23, 2014, 10:08 AM PST for Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, California. It took effect at Jan 23, 2014, 2:59 PM PST. It was in force for 24 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
- Jan 23, 2014, 10:08 AM PST (18:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 23, 2014, 2:59 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2014, 3:02 PM PST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Los Angeles, CA
The radar
The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Vandenberg AFB, CA (KVBG), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 2130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
520 WWUS86 KLOX 231808 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1008 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IF EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY...WHILE A SURFACE HIGH BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. AS A RESULT...GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHICH AREAS WILL BE MOST AFFECTED BY THE WINDS. MEANWHILE DUE TO THE UNCOMMON PATTERN. MEANWHILE...THE AIRMASS WILL COOL AND MOISTEN SOME...WHICH WILL LEAD TO SOME IMPROVEMENT IN HUMIDITIES. WITH HISTORICALLY DRY VEGETATION HOWEVER...AND HUMIDITIES MOSTLY STAYING BELOW 25 PERCENT...RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE MOST MOUNTAINS AND SELECT VALLEYS. THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THE OFFSHORE WINDS INCREASE...THEN OTHER AREAS WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND LAST INTO FRIDAY EVENING AS THE WIND WEAKEN STARTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ240-241-246-547-231915- /O.CAN.KLOX.FW.A.0003.140124T1200Z-140125T0500Z/ VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- 1008 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COASTAL AREAS AS WELL AS THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WHILE GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THERE IS A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE WIND SPEEDS AS WELL AS THE PRESENCE OF A MARINE LAYER. AS A RESULT...CONDITIONS ARE NOT FAVORABLE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING...BUT AN ELEVATED CONCERN WILL EXIST. $$ CAZ253-254-240215- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0003.140124T1200Z-140125T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140123T2300Z-140125T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1008 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TODAY...BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 10 TO 20 PERCENT TODAY...15 TO 25 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES 20 TO 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-288-240215- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0003.140124T1200Z-140125T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T1200Z-140125T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1008 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES 12 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ252-240215- /O.UPG.KLOX.FW.A.0003.140124T0800Z-140125T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T0800Z-140125T0400Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 1008 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY AROUND NOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ KITTELL
5 follow-up statements
328 WWUS86 KLOX 231901 AAA RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1101 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 UPDATE TO INCLUDE INTERIOR SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IF EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS FOR GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY...WHILE A SURFACE HIGH BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. AS A RESULT...GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHICH AREAS WILL BE MOST AFFECTED BY THE WINDS. MEANWHILE DUE TO THE UNCOMMON PATTERN. MEANWHILE...THE AIRMASS WILL COOL AND MOISTEN SOME...WHICH WILL LEAD TO SOME IMPROVEMENT IN HUMIDITIES. WITH HISTORICALLY DRY VEGETATION HOWEVER...AND HUMIDITIES MOSTLY STAYING BELOW 25 PERCENT...RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR MOST MOUNTAINS AND SELECT VALLEYS. THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THE OFFSHORE WINDS INCREASE...THEN OTHER AREAS WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND LAST INTO FRIDAY EVENING AS THE WIND WEAKEN STARTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CAZ251-240315- /O.EXA.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T0800Z-140125T0400Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- 1101 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ237-238-240315- /O.EXA.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T1200Z-140125T0400Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- 1101 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO INTERIOR AND CUYAMA VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ253-254-240315- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140123T2300Z-140125T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 1101 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TODAY...BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 10 TO 20 PERCENT TODAY...15 TO 25 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES 20 TO 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-288-240315- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T1200Z-140125T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 1101 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 12 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ252-240315- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T0800Z-140125T0400Z/ SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 1101 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ KITTELL
721 WWUS86 KLOX 232259 AAA RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 259 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA VALLEYS FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING THEN SHIFT TO EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY INTO FRIDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...THE WARM AND DRY AIRMASS WILL COOL AND MOISTEN SOME LEADING TO IMPROVING HUMIDITIES OVER LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WITH LITTLE CHANGE ELSEWHERE. WITH HISTORICALLY DRY VEGETATION HOWEVER...AND HUMIDITIES MOSTLY STAYING BELOW 25 PERCENT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...THOUGH SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS. RED FLAG WARNINGS WILL COVER THE INLAND VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS WHICH HAVE THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF LONG-DURATION GUSTY WINDS. CAZ236-240830- /O.EXB.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T1400Z-140125T0400Z/ SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- 259 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS AROUND NOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ253-254-240830- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140123T2259Z-140125T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 259 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 8 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY...10 TO 20 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES 15 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-288-240830- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140123T2259Z-140125T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 259 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... * WINDS...EAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ237-238-240830- /O.EXT.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T0800Z-140125T0400Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- 259 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO INTERIOR AND CUYAMA VALLEYS... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATER TONIGHT THEN CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING...AND OVER EASTERN VALLEYS AND HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ251-252-240830- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T0800Z-140125T0400Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 259 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ KITTELL
682 WWUS86 KLOX 240532 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 932 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA VALLEYS FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING THEN SHIFT TO EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY INTO FRIDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...THE WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL COOL AND MOISTEN SOME LEADING TO IMPROVING HUMIDITIES OVER LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WITH LITTLE CHANGE ELSEWHERE. WITH HISTORICALLY DRY VEGETATION HOWEVER...AND HUMIDITIES MOSTLY STAYING BELOW 25 PERCENT...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY...THOUGH SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS. RED FLAG WARNINGS WILL COVER THE INLAND VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS WHICH HAVE THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF LONG-DURATION GUSTY WINDS. CAZ253-254-241800- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 932 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 10 TO 20 PERCENT ON FRIDAY. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES 15 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-288-241800- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 932 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... * WINDS...EAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ251-252-241800- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T0800Z-140125T0400Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 932 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ237-238-241800- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T0800Z-140125T0400Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- 932 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO INTERIOR AND CUYAMA VALLEYS... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATER TONIGHT THEN CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS FRIDAY MORNING...AND OVER EASTERN VALLEYS AND HILLS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ236-241800- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.140124T1400Z-140125T0400Z/ SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- 932 PM PST THU JAN 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM PST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON FRIDAY. STRONGEST WINDS AROUND NOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ KITTELL/SIRARD
825 WWUS86 KLOX 241707 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 907 AM PST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA VALLEYS FOR GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .GUSTY NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HISTORICALLY DRY FUELS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. CAZ253-254-250400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- 907 AM PST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * WINDS...AREAS OF NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...MODERATELY LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ244-245-288-250400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 907 AM PST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA CLARITA AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS... * WINDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ251-252-250400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0400Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 907 AM PST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS... * WINDS...AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ237-238-250400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0400Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- 907 AM PST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO INTERIOR AND CUYAMA VALLEYS... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 18 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ CAZ236-250400- /O.CON.KLOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0400Z/ SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- 907 AM PST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ RAT
286 WWUS86 KLOX 242302 RFWLOX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 302 PM PST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED... .THE LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT THE OFFSHORE WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA. WITH THE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...ALL RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO THE LOCALLY GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE TEENS. CAZ236>238-244-245-251>254-288-250015- /O.CAN.KLOX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140125T0400Z/ SANTA YNEZ VALLEY-SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- CUYAMA VALLEY-VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS- VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS / LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST- SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- 302 PM PST FRI JAN 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY EAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ RAT
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 Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jan 23, 9:50 AM PST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 9:50 AM PST, 18 minutes before
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 950 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AND ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING COOLING TO THE REGION TODAY. GUSTY NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS LINGERING INTO SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A WARMING TREND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES BACK TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY-SAT)...TRICKY FORECAST NEXT COUPLE DAYS. DEFINTELY LOW CONFIDENCE. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPPING INTO NEVADA IS SPLITTING WITH SOME ENERGY GOING WEST OVER NRN CALIFORNIA AND THE REST GOING SOUTH INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL UPPER LEVEL PATTERN AND ONE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF HISTORICAL DATA ON. THE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING A SCENARIO THAT FAVORS MORE OF AN EASTERLY WIND AS OPPOSED TO THE TRADITIONAL NORTHEAST SANTA ANAS. WINDS THEN SHIFT TO SOUTHEAST AS THEY MOVE INTO SBA/SLO COUNTIES AND INCREASE. IT'S PERHAPS THIS REGION THAT WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS AND WIND ADVISORIES IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THERE LOOK REASONABLE. HOW MUCH OF THIS WIND SURFACES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS REMAINS TO BE SEEN BUT BEST GUESS IS THAT WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. GIVEN THE WIND DIRECTION, WINDS ACROSS LA/VENTURA COUNTIES WILL NOT BE YOUR TYPICAL SANTA ANA VARIETY AND DO NOT HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OR WHETHER THEY WILL REACH ADVISORY LEVELS. STARTING TO GET SOME 40 MPH GUSTS THIS MORNING IN THE FAVORED MTN AREAS (WARM SPRINGS), BUT AS THE WINDS ALOFT SHIFT TO EAST AND THEN SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS WILL LIKELY DECREASE. MARINE LYR A TRICKY CALL TOO. SATELLITE SHOWS IT PULLING AWAY PRETTY RAPIDLY ALREADY THIS MORNING AND I EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY INTO TONIGHT. SO PROBABLY NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF LOW CLOUDS TONIGHT EXCEPT THE FAR OUTER WATERS AND NORTH OF PT CONCEPTION. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE COOLER IN ALL AREAS WITH COOLER AIR MOVING IN AND THE MARINE LYR PRESENCE. THEN WARMER FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS FRI WITH THE EASTERLY FLOW GENERATING DOWNSLOPE WARMING. GRADIENTS TREND ONSHORE SAT AND THE NAM ACTUALLY SHOWS SOME MARINE LYR RETURNING TO COASTAL AREAS SO HIGHS MAY DROP A FEW DEGREES, THOUGH MOS GUIDANCE NUMBERS ALL TRENDING HIGHER. ***FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION*** .LONG TERM (SUN-WED)....ALL MODELS CONT TO SHOW A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER RIDGE ALONG OR JUST OFF THE WEST COAST FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAK UPPER LOW MOVING UNDER THE RIDGE WILL APPROACH THE REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY MON. THIS...IN CONJUNCTION WITH WEAK ONSHORE FLOW MAY BRING A BIT OF COOLING TO AREAS WEST OF THE MTNS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. RISING HEIGHTS AND A RETURN TO OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD BRING WARMING TO MOST AREAS TUE AND WED. && .AVIATION...23/1735Z OVERALL...LOW TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF PACKAGE. STRATUS CLEARING NICELY LATE THIS MORNING...AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AT MOST SITES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT...LOW CONFIDENCE IN STRATUS FORECAST AS EAST/SOUTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA. WILL GO WITH IDEA OF SOUTHEAST FLOW KEEPING MOST SITES CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS KLAX/KLGB WHICH COULD GET SOME IFR CIG/VSBYS RESTRICTIONS THIS EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY...OFFSHORE WINDS SHOULD START SURFACING AT USUAL LOCATIONS (KOXR/KVNY). KLAX...OVERALL...MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. LOW CONFIDENCE IN FORECAST RETURN OF IFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN EAST WINDS (AROUND 7 KNOTS) DEVELOPING AFTER 15Z. KBUR...HIGH CONFIDENCE IN 18Z TAF. THERE IS A 30% OF LLWS/TURBULENCE DEVELOPING AFTER 12Z. .MARINE...23/0409Z. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS GENERATED A LARGE LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL THAT WILL BUILD ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD MAJOR SWELL EVENT OF THE WEEK AND IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THE HIGHEST SURF OF THE THREE EVENTS. SURF IS EXPECTED TO PEAK ON FRIDAY...HOWEVER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. MARINE MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWING FAVORABLE 270-280 DEGREE DIRECTION OF THIS LARGE SWELL RELATIVE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTLINE...WITH VERY LONG PERIODS OF 20 SECONDS OR GREATER AT THE INITIAL PORTION OF THIS EVENT. AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST FACING BEACHES. ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST...BREAKERS OF 10 TO 15 FEET WILL BE COMMON WITH MAX SETS UP TO 19 FEET POSSIBLE. FOR WEST FACING BEACHES OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...BREAKERS OF 7 TO 10 FEET ARE EXPECTED WITH MAX SETS UP TO 12 FEET POSSIBLE. THE VERY LONG WAVE PERIOD WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR MORE WAVE ENERGY TO REFRACT AND IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST...WHERE LOCAL BREAKERS UP TO 8 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. MAJOR IMPACTS OF THIS HIGH SURF EVENT INCLUDE STRONG RIP CURRENT...SNEAKER WAVES...AND POSSIBLE MINOR BEACH EROSION. && .FIRE WEATHER...22/2320Z. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS...THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND THE VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS DUE TO LOCAL GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. AN INCREASE IN OFFSHORE FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING FRIDAY. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT MUCH OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES. HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THESE AREAS MAINLY ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOWERING HUMIDITY WILL ALSO BRING ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES ON FRIDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AS WEAKER OFFSHORE FLOW PREVAILS. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ALONG THE AND OFF WEST COAST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES... GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND CONTINUED LOW HUMIDITIES OVER THE FIRE WEATHER DISTRICT. && .LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH (SEE LAXRFWLOX). WIND ADVISORY (SEE LAXNPWLOX). HIGH SURF ADVISORY (SEE LAXCFWLOX). HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK (SEE LAXSRFLOX). && PUBLIC...MW/DB AVIATION...ASR MARINE...GOMBERG FIRE WEATHER...SIRARD WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 6:00 AM PST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 600 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-241400- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 600 AM PST THU JAN 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. WFO LOX PLANS TO DISCONTINUE THIS PRODUCT IN 2014. PLEASE DIRECT ANY COMMENTS TO ERIC BOLDT AT 805-988-6623. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR THROUGH MID MORNING ON THE CENTRAL COAST. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON ALL AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH SURF WILL DEVELOP ON CENTRAL COAST BEACHES THIS EVENING...THEN ON WEST FACING BEACHES SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION LATE TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA COUNTY...THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST TONIGHT. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY...THE CUYAMA VALLEY AND THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES MAY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. * FIRE WEATHER WATCH.........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HIGHS SURF WILL AFFECT ALL WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEIGHT. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON ALL BEACHES FRIDAY THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY NIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS...MANY VALLEY AREAS AND THE VENTURA COUNTY COAST FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. GUSTY NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES MAY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WITH WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * FIRE WEATHER WATCH.........SEE WWUS86 KLOX - RFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * WIND ADVISORY..............SEE WWUS76 KLOX - NPWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH SURF ADVISORY.........SEE WHUS46 KLOX - CFWLOX FOR DETAILS * * HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK......SEE FZUS56 KLOX - SRFLOX FOR DETAILS * .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Los Angeles, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 6:39 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOX | 8 hr | |
| Jan 22, 7:52 PM PST | Beach Hazards Statement | LOX | Los Angeles | 5 days |
| Jan 22, 7:52 PM PST | High Surf Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles | 3 days |
| Jan 23, 3:09 AM PST | Wind Advisory | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara | 34 hr |
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Red Flag Warnings in California, 2014Every red flag warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.