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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Medford, OR

July 12, 20146 counties in Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 12, 2014, 2:37 PM PDT for 6 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Jul 13, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 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 12, 2014, 2:37 PM PDT (21:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 13, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jul 13, 2014, 7:13 PM PDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Douglas County, OR, Harney County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR, Lane County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2014-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2014-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-434 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

052 
WWUS86 KMFR 122137
RFWMFR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
237 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

ORZ616-122245-
/O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0011.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA BASIN-
237 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH
DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616...617...623...624 AND 625...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH. 

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616 

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE IN
  THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE GENERALLY LIGHT, BUT
  COULD GUST TO 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...SINCE STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED AND ALSO WILL CONTAIN
  RAIN, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 

$$

ORZ617-623>625-131400-
/O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0011.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0013.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
237 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11
AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY.


* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624...625...623...616 AND 
  617

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. LATE SUNDAY MORNING
  THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED
  TO BECOME SCATTERED IN THE WARNING AREA.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH
  SUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
  STRONGER STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH
  DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS ARE EXPECTED
  IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5


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.

&&

$$

BTL

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8 follow-up statements
483 
WWUS86 KMFR 130407 CCA
RFWMFR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
903 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

CORRECTED ZONES INCLUDED IN THE RED FLAG WARNING

ORZ616-130515-
/O.COR.KMFR.FW.A.0011.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA BASIN-
903 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH
DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH. 

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE IN
  THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE GENERALLY LIGHT, BUT
  COULD GUST TO 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...SINCE STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED AND ALSO WILL CONTAIN
  RAIN, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 

$$

ORZ617-623>625-132045-
/O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0011.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
/O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0013.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
903 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
617...623...624 AND 625...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11
AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624...AND 625.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. LATE SUNDAY MORNING
  THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED
  TO BECOME SCATTERED IN THE WARNING AREA.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH
  SUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
  STRONGER STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH
  DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS ARE EXPECTED
  IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5

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.

&&

$$

BTL/MAS

VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
516 
WWUS86 KMFR 130520
RFWMFR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1020 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

ORZ617-623>625-131730-
/O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0013.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
1020 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624...AND 625.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. LATE SUNDAY 
  MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS 
  EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN THE WARNING AREA.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT 
  THROUGHSUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE 
  POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY 
  SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER 
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED 
  WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS ARE 
  EXPECTED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5

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.

&&

$$

SPILDE

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869 
WWUS86 KMFR 130643
RFWMFR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1143 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

ORZ617-623>625-130745-
/O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0013.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
1143 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624...AND 625.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. LATE SUNDAY 
  MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS 
  EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN THE WARNING AREA.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT 
  THROUGHSUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE 
  POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY 
  SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER 
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED 
  WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS ARE 
  EXPECTED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5

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.

&&

$$

ORZ616-130745-
/O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0012.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA BASIN-
1143 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT SUNDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 616...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING. 

* THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORING INTO EARLY
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS COULD
  CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS ARE EXPECTED IN A SHORT
  PERIOD OF TIME.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.

&&

$$


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473 
WWUS86 KMFR 130645
RFWMFR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1145 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

ORZ616-130745-
/O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0012.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA BASIN-
1145 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY
FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 616...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 

$$

ORZ617-623>625-131845-
/O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0013.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
1145 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624...AND 625.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. LATE SUNDAY 
  MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS 
  EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN THE WARNING AREA.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT 
  THROUGHSUNDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE 
  POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY 
  SUNDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER 
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED 
  WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS ARE 
  EXPECTED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5

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
486 
WWUS86 KMFR 131143
RFWMFR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
443 AM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014

ORZ617-623>625-132345-
/O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0013.140713T1800Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
443 AM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624...AND 625.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR THIS MORNING.
  BETWEEN MIDDAY AND THIS EVENING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED
  TO BECOME SCATTERED IN THE WARNING AREA.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
  STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER 
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED 
  WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS ARE 
  EXPECTED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5

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.

&&

$$


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919 
WWUS86 KMFR 132117
RFWMFR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
217 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014

ORZ617-623>625-140300-
/O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
217 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
617...623...624 AND 625...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624...AND 625.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE
  EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED IN THE WARNING AREA.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH 
  STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH
  DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS ARE LIKELY IN
  A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5

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.

&&

$$

BTL

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766 
WWUS86 KMFR 140013
RFWMFR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
513 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014

ORZ617-623-140115-
/O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140714T0300Z/
UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
513 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014

...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. 

$$

ORZ624-625-140300-
/O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140714T0300Z/
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
513 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING
   FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
   624 AND 625...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625.

* THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL END THIS EVENING.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
  STRONGER STORMS INTO THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER 
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED 
  WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS ARE 
  LIKELY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

* VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5

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.

&&

$$

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STOCKTON
867 
WWUS86 KMFR 140213
RFWMFR

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
713 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014

ORZ624-625-140315-
/O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140714T0300Z/
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-
713 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY
FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 624 AND 625...

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

$$

SPILDE

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 4:31 AM PDTFire Weather WatchMFRCoos, Douglas, Harney, Jackson, Klamath, Lake and 1 more39 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 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.