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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 1, 2014, 4:35 AM PDT for 5 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jul 1, 2014, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 30 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2014, 4:35 AM PDT (11:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2014, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2014, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Douglas County, OR, Harney County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:00 PM PDT | HAIL 0.25 | 9 Ese Grenada, CA | PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED FOR ROUGHLY 5 MINUTES, AROUND 5PM (SPOTTER ESTIMATE). REPORTED A FEW GUSTS, BUT GENERALLY WEAK WINDS. HAIL DURATION 5 MINUTES OBSERVER LOCATION SOUTH CENTRAL YREKA |
| Jul 2, 5:55 PM PDT | HAIL 0.75 | 8 Ese Grenada, CA | PENNY SIZED (3/4 INCH) HAIL FOR AROUND 5 MINUTES AROUND 5:30PM. PEA SIZED HAIL CURRENTLY FALLING. WHOLE YARD IS COVERED IN HAIL. 0.73 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES. LOTS OF THUNDER & LIGHTNING HAIL DURATION 5 MINUTES OBSERVER LOCATION 16.1 MILES SE OF YREKA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 3524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
364 WWUS86 KMFR 011135 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 435 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED LATE TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH A LOW PRESSURE IMPULSE MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. ON WEDNESDAY STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME INCREASINGLY WET. ORZ624-625-020000- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0005.140702T1800Z-140703T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 435 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: MOST OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING COULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED AT TIMES LATE EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...VERY LITTLE...IF ANY...RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN WITH THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY OCCUR IN THE CORES OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING BRINGS WITH IT A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * 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. && $$ CAZ280>282-020000- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0004.140701T2100Z-140702T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140702T1200Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 435 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING WITH VERY DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281... AND 282. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER AND EAST OF THE MARBLE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A THREAT OF ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON VERY DRY FUELS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CAZ284-285-020000- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140702T1200Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 435 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING WITH VERY DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284 AND 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE NORTH OF MOUNT SHASTA DURING THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON DRY FUELS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * 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. && $$ ORZ623-020000- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0006.140702T0000Z-140702T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 435 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A THREAT CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...A WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE IT IS UNCLEAR IF WILDLAND FUELS HAVE DRIED SUFFICIENTLY FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO PRODUCE FIRE SPREAD CONCERNS IN THE OREGON CASCADES. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THESE LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD IN AREAS WHERE FUELS ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BTL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
7 follow-up statements
259 WWUS86 KMFR 011517 CCA RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 816 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED LATE TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH A LOW PRESSURE IMPULSE MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. ON WEDNESDAY STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME INCREASINGLY WET. ORZ624-625-020400- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0005.140702T1800Z-140703T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 816 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: MOST OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING COULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED AT TIMES LATE EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...VERY LITTLE...IF ANY...RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN WITH THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY OCCUR IN THE CORES OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING BRINGS WITH IT A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * 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. && $$ CAZ280>282-020400- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0004.140701T2100Z-140702T0600Z/ /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140702T1200Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 816 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING WITH VERY DRY FUELS IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...AND 282... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281... AND 282. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER AND EAST OF THE MARBLE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A THREAT OF ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON VERY DRY FUELS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CAZ284-285-020400- /O.COR.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140702T1200Z/ SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 816 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING WITH VERY DRY FUELS IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284 AND 285... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 284 AND 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE NORTH OF MOUNT SHASTA DURING THE EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON DRY FUELS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * 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. && $$ ORZ623-020400- /O.COR.KMFR.FW.A.0006.140702T0000Z-140702T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 816 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A THREAT CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...A WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE IT IS UNCLEAR IF WILDLAND FUELS HAVE DRIED SUFFICIENTLY FROM RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO PRODUCE FIRE SPREAD CONCERNS IN THE OREGON CASCADES. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THESE LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD IN AREAS WHERE FUELS ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BTL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
257 WWUS86 KMFR 011552 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 852 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED LATE TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH A LOW PRESSURE IMPULSE MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. ON WEDNESDAY STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME INCREASINGLY WET. ORZ623-020400- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0006.140702T0000Z-140702T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140702T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 852 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING COULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED AT TIMES LATE EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...VERY LITTLE...IF ANY...RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN WITH THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY OCCUR IN THE CORES OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING BRINGS WITH IT A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * 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. && $$ ORZ624-625-020400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 852 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: MOST OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING COULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED AT TIMES LATE EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...VERY LITTLE...IF ANY...RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN WITH THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY OCCUR IN THE CORES OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING BRINGS WITH IT A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CAZ280>282-284-285-020400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140702T1200Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 852 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING WITH VERY DRY FUELS IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...AND 282... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...AND 282. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER AND EAST OF THE MARBLE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A THREAT OF ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON VERY DRY FUELS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * 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. && $$ SK VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
669 WWUS86 KMFR 012209 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 309 PM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH A LOW PRESSURE IMPULSE MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. ON WEDNESDAY STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME INCREASINGLY WET. CAZ280>282-284-021100- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 309 PM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280... 281...282 AND 284... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 281...282...284 AND 280 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER AND EAST OF THE MARBLE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A THREAT OF ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN WITH THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY OCCUR IN THE CORES OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING BRINGS WITH IT A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD * OUTFLOW WINDS...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON VERY DRY FUELS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ624-625-021100- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 309 PM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING COULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED AT TIMES LATE EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...VERY LITTLE...IF ANY...RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN WITH THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY OCCUR IN THE CORES OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING BRINGS WITH IT A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * 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. && $$ CAZ285-021100- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140702T1200Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 309 PM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A THREAT OF ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON VERY DRY FUELS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ623-021100- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.140702T0000Z-140702T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 309 PM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623 * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING COULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED AT TIMES LATE EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...VERY LITTLE...IF ANY...RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN WITH THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY OCCUR IN THE CORES OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING BRINGS WITH IT A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * 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. && $$ PETRUCELLI VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
570 WWUS86 KMFR 021111 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 411 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 CAZ285-022315- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 411 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE COULD REACH SCATTERED OVER NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA, GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF LAVA BEDS NATIONAL PARK ON THE MODOC PLATEAU, WHERE STORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE RAINFALL. * OUTFLOW WINDS...OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES ON VERY DRY FUELS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. THIS, IN ADDITION TO STARTS FROM THE LAST 24 HOURS, WILL BE A CONCERN TODAY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ CAZ280>282-284-ORZ624-625-022315- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 411 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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 DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TODAY, ESPECIALLY OVER AND JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY OCCUR IN THE CORES OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN CORES. * 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. && $$ ORZ623-021800- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140702T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 411 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AREA EXPECTED TODAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING BRINGS WITH IT A SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS THAT CAN SPREAD. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
824 WWUS86 KMFR 021135 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 435 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 ORZ623-021245- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140702T1800Z/ SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 435 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SINCE LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO BE ONLY ISOLATED AND ANY STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BRING WITH THEM MEASURABLE RAINFALL...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 $$ CAZ280>282-284-285-ORZ624-625-030000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 435 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 IN OREGON...AND FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...282...284...AND 285 IN CALIFORNIA.... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 IN OREGON...AND FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...282...284...AND 285 IN CALIFORNIA. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE ONLY ISOLATED FROM MOUNT SHASTA SOUTHWARD...SOUTHEAST OF LAVA BEDS NATIONAL PARK...AND SOUTHEAST OF BLY...BUT STORMS IN THESE AREAS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LITTLE...IF ANY...RAINFALL. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TODAY... ESPECIALLY OVER AND JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE MOUNTAINS FROM THE MOUNT SHASTA AND MEDICINE LAKE HIGHLANDS NORTHWARD AND NORTH OF THE WARNER MOUNTAINS. WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY OCCUR IN SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING AREA TODAY THE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN CORES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ BTL VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
922 WWUS86 KMFR 030447 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 947 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 CAZ280>282-284-285-ORZ624-030600- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA- TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 947 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624 IN OREGON...AND FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...282...284...AND 285 IN CALIFORNIA.... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED FOR THE NIGHT FOR THOSE FIRE WEATHER ZONES. $$ ORZ625-030600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 947 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 625 IN OREGON... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 624 AND 625 IN OREGON...AND FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281...282...284...AND 285 IN CALIFORNIA. * THUNDERSTORMS...DECREASING IN COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING. BY 2300 EXPECT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO DECREASE TO ISOLATED WITH LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL DECREASING TO 2. * IMPACTS...WHILE WETTING RAIN MAY OCCUR IN SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORM AREA...LIGHTNING IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN MULTIPLE NEW FIRE STARTS OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN CORES. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/ZYV5 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
293 WWUS86 KMFR 030549 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1049 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 ORZ625-030700- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140703T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1049 PM PDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. $$ 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 1, 3:34 AM PDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:34 AM PDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
334 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2014
.DISCUSSION... MODELS STILL INDICATE A DRY START TOP THE
CONVECTION THAT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...BUT A
FEW INTERESTING CHANGES ARE INDICATED. THE 00Z RUNS INDICATE A DRY
MID LEVEL LAYER THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...CURRENT WATER VAPOR
IMAGES ARE SHOWING MID LEVEL MOISTURE ABOUT TO ENTER THE
REGION. THIS COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 50S JUST TO THE
SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA IN RED BLUFF AND SOUTHERLY FLOW TO KICK
IN BY LATE MORNING...I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE 12Z RUNS WILL NOT
BE AS DRY. WITH THIS HAVE LIMITED THE DRY THUNDERSTORM MENTION TO
MAINLY PORTIONS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY....ALTHOUGH THE STORMS THAT
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE INITIALLY DRY. ANOTHER CONCERN WAS
THE CONVECTIVE TEMP AS SHOWN BY THE MODELS SOUNDINGS THAT ARE
CLOSE TO THE PREDICTED MAX TEMPS...BUT WITH GREATER MOISTURE THAN
SHOWN BY THE MODELS AS INDICATED THE CONVECTIVE TEMPS SHOULD BE
LOWER ALSO. THE NEXT BIG MODEL CHANGE IS CONTINUED ELEVATED
INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION AS A STRONG SHORT WAVE MOVES
THROUGH OVERNIGHT. WITH THE DECREASED CONVERGENCE POST
AFTERNOON/EVENING UPVALLEY FLOW AND SURFACE COOLING NOT PROVIDING
AS STRONG OF A LOW LEVEL ADDITION TO THE CONVECTION HAVE ADDED
SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. ALSO
WITH THE STEERING WINDS INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST ANY
STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP IN WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY WILL LIKELY BE
ADVECTED INTO JACKSON COUNTY. THIS AREA OF INSTABILITY REMAINS
OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY AS THE STEERING FLOW SLOWLY BECOMES MORE
WESTERLY. THIS WILL RESULT IN GENERALLY THE SAME AREA OF POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WITH CONTINUED MOISTURE FEEDING INTO THE
REGION THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND CARRY
GREATER AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE AND PRECIP. THE NUMBER OF LIGHTNING
STRIKES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE GREATER AS WELL...AND NUMEROUS
BOLTS SHOULD FALL OUTSIDE OF THE CORE OF THE RAIN SHAFTS AS WELL.
&&
.AVIATION...BASED ON THE 01/06Z TAFS...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT
IFR FOG/STRATUS FORMS OVER THE COOS COAST INCLUDING KOTH AROUND DAWN
TUESDAY, BUT THE STRENGTH OF THE OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO
PREVENT IT. OTHERWISE, VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR CUMULUS
BUILDUPS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY EVENING OVER THE
MOUNTAINS, BUT CONDITIONS AT THE TERMINALS SHOULD REMAIN VFR EVEN IF
THIS OCCURS. -WRIGHT
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED MON 30 JUNE 230 PM PDT...A THERMAL TROUGH ALONG
THE COAST WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND BRING MODERATE TO STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WITH STEEP TO VERY STEEP SEAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH
GALES AND HAZARDOUS SEAS FOR AREAS SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO THROUGH
TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE AS THE THERMAL WEAKENS
AND MOVES INLAND ON TUESDAY...WITH LIGHTER WINDS AND LOWER SEAS
PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY. THEN...THE THERMAL TROUGH MAY RETURN LATE
IN THE WEEK WITH SMALL CRAFT WINDS AND SEAS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS SOUTH
OF CAPE BLANCO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. /CC
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR ORZ027-030.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR ORZ031.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR ORZ028-029.
CA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING FOR CAZ080>082.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY
THIS MORNING FOR PZZ356-376.
SBN/SBN/SBNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:35 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Klamath | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:07 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 69 hr | |
| Jul 1, 2:07 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 9 hr | |
| Jul 1, 2:07 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MFR | 3 days |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.