Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Sacramento, CA
NWS Sacramento, CA issued this red flag warning at Sep 22, 2014, 1:45 PM PDT. It took effect at Sep 23, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 30 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
- Sep 22, 2014, 1:45 PM PDT (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 23, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2014, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sacramento, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
706 WWUS86 KSTO 222045 RFWSTO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 145 PM PDT MON SEP 22 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER IN THE BURNEY BASIN AND LASSEN FOREST ON WEDNESDAY WITH PRECPITATION POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. CAZ214-221-268-269-231400- /O.NEW.KSTO.FW.W.0013.140923T2100Z-140925T0300Z/ BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP- STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK- BECKWORTH PEAK)- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- 145 PM PDT MON SEP 22 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...221...268 AND 269... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214 BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 268 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 12 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15-25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ON CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO $$
4 follow-up statements
869 WWUS86 KSTO 231154 RFWSTO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 454 AM PDT TUE SEP 23 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... .UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER IN THE BURNEY BASIN AND LASSEN FOREST ON WEDNESDAY WITH PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. CAZ214-221-268-269-232000- /O.CON.KSTO.FW.W.0013.140923T2100Z-140925T0300Z/ BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP- STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK- BECKWORTH PEAK)- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- 454 AM PDT TUE SEP 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...221...268 AND 269... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214 BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 268 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 12 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ON HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15-25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ON CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO $$
737 WWUS86 KSTO 232034 RFWSTO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 134 PM PDT TUE SEP 23 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER IN THE BURNEY BASIN AND LASSEN FOREST ON WEDNESDAY WITH PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. CAZ214-221-268-269-241300- /O.CON.KSTO.FW.W.0013.140923T2100Z-140925T0300Z/ BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP- STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK- BECKWORTH PEAK)- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- 134 PM PDT TUE SEP 23 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214... 221...268 AND 269... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214 BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 268 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-BECKWORTH PEAK) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 12 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ON THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15-25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ON CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO $$
586 WWUS86 KSTO 241231 RFWSTO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 531 AM PDT WED SEP 24 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TODAY... .A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY BRINGING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS. HUMIDITY VALUES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CLIMB MUCH TODAY REMAINING RELATIVELY LOW COMPARED TO AREAS FARTHER WEST. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE TO LOW HUMIDITY WITH BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. RH VALUES WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM DRAWS CLOSER WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN MOST AREAS BY THURSDAY MORNING. CAZ214-221-268-269-250300- /O.CON.KSTO.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140925T0300Z/ BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP- STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK- BECKWORTH PEAK)- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- 531 AM PDT WED SEP 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...221... 268 AND 269... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214 BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 268 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST. * WINDS...SOUTH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 TO 21 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ON CRITICALLY DRY FUELS WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID FIRE SPREAD. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO $$
628 WWUS86 KSTO 250300 RFWSTO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 800 PM PDT WED SEP 24 2014 CAZ214-221-268-269-250400- /O.CAN.KSTO.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140925T0300Z/ BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP- STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK- BECKWORTH PEAK)- NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST- 800 PM PDT WED SEP 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...221...268 AND 269... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO $$
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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.