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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 29, 2014, 3:30 PM PDT for Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California; 7 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Jul 30, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 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 29, 2014, 3:30 PM PDT (22:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 30, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2014, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, 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), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
472 WWUS86 KMFR 292230 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 330 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 CAZ282-300600- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 330 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...282...284...AND 285... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...282...284...AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. 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>625-301030- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0020.140731T2100Z-140801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ 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- 330 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...621...622...623...624...AND 625... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...621...622...623...624...AND 625... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625 IN OREGON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...621...622...623... 624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT THEN LIKELY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ621-622-301030- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 330 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT THEN LIKELY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-285-301030- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 330 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284 AND 285... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284 AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...282...284... AND 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT THEN LIKELY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
6 follow-up statements
196 WWUS86 KMFR 292256 CCA RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 350 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 CAZ282-300600- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 350 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 282... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...621...622...623...624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. && $$ ORZ617-623>625-301100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0020.140731T2100Z-140801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ 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- 350 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...621...622...623...624...AND 625... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...621...622...623...624...AND 625... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625 IN OREGON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...621...622...623... 624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT THEN LIKELY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ621-622-301100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 350 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621 AND 622... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621 AND 622... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT THEN LIKELY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-285-301100- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 350 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284 AND 285... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284 AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...282...284... AND 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT THEN LIKELY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
013 WWUS86 KMFR 300003 CCB RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 459 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 CAZ282-300100- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 459 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 CORRECTED HEADLINES AND TEXT FOR ZONES INCLUDED IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 282... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 282. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. && $$ ORZ617-623>625-301215- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.A.0020.140731T2100Z-140801T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ 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- 459 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624...AND 625... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617... 623...624...AND 625... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625 IN OREGON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT THEN LIKELY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ621-622-301215- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 459 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621 AND 622... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621 AND 622... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT THEN LIKELY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-285-301215- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0019.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 459 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284 AND 285... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284 AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284...AND 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATE TONIGHT THEN LIKELY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD STOCKTON
506 WWUS86 KMFR 300607 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1107 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ORZ617-623>625-310000- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0020.140731T2100Z-140801T0600Z/ 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- 1107 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625... THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-285-ORZ621-622-310000- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 1107 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 280...281...284...285...621 AND 622... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 280...281...284...285...621 AND 622... THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284...285...621 AND 622 HAS EXPIRED. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284...285...621 AND 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CAZ282-300715- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140730T0600Z/ SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 1107 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONE 282... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ SPILDE VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
968 WWUS86 KMFR 301029 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 329 AM PDT WED JUL 30 2014 ORZ617-623>625-310430- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0020.140731T2100Z-140801T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 329 AM PDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE TONIGHT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-285-ORZ621-622-310430- /O.EXA.KMFR.FW.A.0020.140731T2100Z-140801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0022.140730T2100Z-140731T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 329 AM PDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284...285...621...AND 622... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284...285...621...AND 622... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284...285...621...AND 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE TONIGHT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SK VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
740 WWUS86 KMFR 302207 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 307 PM PDT WED JUL 30 2014 CAZ280-281-284-285-ORZ617-621>625-311015- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0020.140731T2100Z-140801T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0023.140731T2100Z-140801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140731T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 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- 307 PM PDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625 IN OREGON AND 280...281...284 AND 285 IN CALIFORNIA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625 IN OREGON AND 280...281...284 AND 285 IN CALIFORNIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...623...624 AND 625 IN OREGON AND 280...281...284 AND 285 IN CALIFORNIA. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE TONIGHT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SVEN VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
969 WWUS86 KMFR 310609 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1109 PM PDT WED JUL 30 2014 CAZ280-281-284-285-ORZ617-621>625-311815- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140731T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0023.140731T2100Z-140801T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 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- 1109 PM PDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE ZONES 280...281...284...285...617...621...622...623...624 AND 625... THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE ZONES 280...281...284...285...617...621...622... 623...624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREAS: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...284...285...617... 621...622...623...624 AND 625... * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON BOTH DAYS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN MANY FIRE STARTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FIRE SPREAD IS LIKELY IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE WETTING RAIN. * 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SPILDE 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 29, 3:10 PM PDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:10 PM PDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
310 PM PDT TUE JUL 29 2014
.DISCUSSION...
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LIGHTNING DETECTION HAD INDICATED ABOUT
100 LIGHTNING STRIKES SCATTERED ABOUT THE FORECAST AREA AS OF 246
PM PDT. WHILE STORM MOVEMENT HAS BEEN GENERALLY SLOW TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR, MANY LIGHTNING STRIKES APPEAR TO
BE FALLING OUTSIDE OF RAIN CORES, LIKELY BECAUSE THE ANVILS OF THE
STORMS ARE BEING BLOWN AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD AT A FASTER SPEED
THAN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE STORMS, AROUND 30 KNOTS. ALSO,
STORMS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY PULSEY, IN THAT INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE
COLLAPSING WITHIN ABOUT A HALF HOUR OF FORMING.
FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING EXPECT SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE ACROSS SISKIYOU COUNTY AND FROM THE
CASCADES EASTWARD. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE
MOUNT SHASTA AREA AND OVER THE SISKIYOUS AND JACKSON COUNTY, THEY
ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN ISOLATED IF THEY DO INDEED OCCUR.
ADDITIONALLY, WHILE ISOLATED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE,
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FIRE STARTS
FROM LIGHTNING.
FIRE WEATHER WATCHES FOR WEDNESDAY HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO WARNINGS
IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE MOUNT SHASTA FIRE WEATHER ZONE, WHERE
SOUTH FLOW IS LIKELY TO CAUSE STORM FORMATION TO BE DOWNWIND OF
THE VOLCANO AND OTHER PEAKS. A 500MB TROUGH, THOUGH SUBTLE, WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE SOUTH AROUND THE TIME OF MAXIMUM
HEATING. DUE TO A BIT OF A JOG WESTWARD IN THE MID-LEVEL FLOW,
EXPECT THAT WEDNESDAY IS THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
ROGUE VALLEY.
WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY, BUT ONLY IN AREAS WHERE
MODEL LIFTED INDICES ARE -3C OR LOWER. ALTOGETHER, SOME GUIDANCE
SUGGESTS THE THREAT OF STORMS WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EASTWARD, THOUGH
THE EUROPEAN MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES A THREAT MAY STILL EXIST ON
THE WEST SIDE THROUGH SATURDAY.
ALTOGETHER, IT APPEARS THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN THE BROAD SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL
BEGIN TO DRIFT EASTWARD THIS WEEKEND. HOWEVER, DETAILS ARE STILL
UNCERTAIN. DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD, TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY COOL
SLIGHTLY. IN OTHER WORDS, DAY TO DAY CHANGES WILL BE SUBTLE. BTL
&&
.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 29/18Z TAFS...
AREAS OF LIFR CONDITIONS ARE BEING OBSERVED ALL ALONG THE COAST AND
IN THE COASTAL WATERS EXCEPT DOWNWIND OF CAPE BLANCO. THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE FORMED THIS AFTERNOON...FOCUSED MAINLY FROM THE CASCADES EAST AND
OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS. STORMS DIMINISH TONIGHT AND STRATUS WILL RETURN TO
COASTAL TERMINALS...WITH ABOUT THE SAME OR A BIT LESS INLAND EXTENT
AS THIS MORNING...REACHING INTO THE COQUILLE VALLEY LATE TONIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 300 AM PDT 29 JULY 2014...
MODELS REMAIN IN AGREEMENT THAT THE CURRENT PATTERN...WITH SOME
SLIGHT DAY-TO-DAY VARIATION...WILL PERSIST THIS WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE
IS CENTERED OFFSHORE AND A THERMAL TROUGH IS OVER NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...WHICH WILL MAINTAIN STEEP WIND WAVE DOMINATED SEAS AND
AREAS OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS. THROUGH MID-WEEK, THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE OUTER WATERS SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO AND
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. MODELS INDICATE THAT WINDS
WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN MORESO ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. CONDITIONS MAY INCREASE TO GALES WITH VERY STEEP SEAS LATE
IN THE WEEK FOR AREAS SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO, WITH MODERATE NORTH
WINDS AND STEEP SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO NORTH.
/SK
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
ORZ617-621>625.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
ORZ617-621>625.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR ORZ617-623>625.
CA...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
CAZ280-281-284-285.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
CAZ280>282-284-285.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR
PZZ356-376.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY
FOR PZZ356-376.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY
FOR PZZ350-370.
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT
THURSDAY FOR PZZ350-370.
BTL/SBNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 10:39 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 18 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:39 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 24 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:50 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 23 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:30 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 54 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.