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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 31, 2015, 3:03 PM PDT for 8 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Aug 1, 2015, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 40 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 31, 2015, 3:03 PM PDT (22:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 1, 2015, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2015, 3:04 AM PDT
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Coos County, OR, Curry County, OR, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Josephine County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR, Lane County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 2860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662 WWUS86 KMFR 312203 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 CAZ282-312315- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY- 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THIS AREA...HOWEVER...FUELS ARE NOT YET RECEPTIVE IN THIS ZONE. $$ ORZ621-623-011015- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0009.150801T1800Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T1800Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. * FIRE WEATHER WATCH INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623 TODAY AND SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * THUNDERSTORMS: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ624-011015- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0009.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS...AND ALSO FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH. * WIND: NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME 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. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-011015- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0009.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND ALSO FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 284. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. * WIND: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ617-011015- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0009.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS TO EXISTING FIRES: VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLUME DOMINATION IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY- GENERATED ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. SPOTTING COULD BE A PROBLEM. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES MAY AFFECT ONGOING FIRES. * IMPACTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY MAY PRODUCE NEW STARTS. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * ONGOING FIRES AFFECTED BY HAINES 6: STOUTS. * AREA AFFECTED BY DRY THUNDERSTORMS: EASTERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: DOUGLAS. * FIRE WEATHER WATCH INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617 ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617. * THUNDERSTORMS: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ616-011015- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0009.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0400Z/ UMPQUA BASIN- 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR A HAINES OF 6 ON EXISTING FIRES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS TO EXISTING FIRES: VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLUME DOMINATION IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY GENERATED ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. SPOTTING COULD BE A PROBLEM. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES MAY AFFECT ONGOING FIRES. * ONGOING FIRES AFFECTED BY HAINES 6: CABLE CROSSING. * FIRE WEATHER ZONES AFFECTED: EASTERN PORTION OF 616. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: DOUGLAS. * FIRE WEATHER WATCH INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616 ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616. * THUNDERSTORMS: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ622-011015- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0009.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS TODAY. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: CURRY...JOSEPHINE...JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME 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. && $$ ORZ615-619-620-011015- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0009.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS TODAY. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 615...619 AND 620. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: CURRY...JOSEPHINE...JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ625-011015- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS...AND ALSO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH. * WIND: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME 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. && $$ CAZ285-011015- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 303 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. * FIRE WEATHER WATCH INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623 ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * WIND: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
10 follow-up statements
720 WWUS86 KMFR 312233 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 333 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ORZ621-623-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T1800Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 333 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. * FIRE WEATHER WATCH INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623 TODAY AND SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * THUNDERSTORMS: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ624-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 333 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS...AND ALSO FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH. * WIND: NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 333 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND ALSO FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 284. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. * WIND: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME 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. && $$ ORZ617-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- 333 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * IMPACTS TO EXISTING FIRES: VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLUME DOMINATION IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY- GENERATED ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. SPOTTING COULD BE A PROBLEM. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES MAY AFFECT ONGOING FIRES. * IMPACTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY MAY PRODUCE NEW STARTS. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * ONGOING FIRES AFFECTED BY HAINES 6: STOUTS. * AREA AFFECTED BY DRY THUNDERSTORMS: EASTERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: DOUGLAS. * FIRE WEATHER WATCH INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617 ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617. * THUNDERSTORMS: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ616-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ UMPQUA BASIN- 333 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * IMPACTS TO EXISTING FIRES: VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLUME DOMINATION IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY GENERATED ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. SPOTTING COULD BE A PROBLEM. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES MAY AFFECT ONGOING FIRES. * ONGOING FIRES AFFECTED BY HAINES 6: CABLE CROSSING. * FIRE WEATHER ZONES AFFECTED: EASTERN PORTION OF 616. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: DOUGLAS. * FIRE WEATHER WATCH INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616 ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616. * THUNDERSTORMS: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ285-ORZ625-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 333 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS...AND ALSO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA FIRE ZONE....285. IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR FIRE ZONE....625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH. * WIND: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ622-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 333 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS TODAY. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: CURRY...JOSEPHINE...JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME 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. && $$ ORZ615-619-620-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 333 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS TODAY. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 615...619 AND 620. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: CURRY...JOSEPHINE...JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
097 WWUS86 KMFR 010205 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 705 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ORZ621-623-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T1800Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 705 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. * RED FLAG WARNING INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623 THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ624-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 705 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS...AND ALSO FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH. * WIND: NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 705 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...AND ALSO FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 284. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. * WIND: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ617-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- 705 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * IMPACTS TO EXISTING FIRES: VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLUME DOMINATION IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY-GENERATED ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. SPOTTING COULD BE A PROBLEM. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES MAY AFFECT ONGOING FIRES. * IMPACTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY MAY PRODUCE NEW STARTS. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * ONGOING FIRES AFFECTED BY HAINES 6: STOUTS. * AREA AFFECTED BY DRY THUNDERSTORMS: EASTERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: DOUGLAS. * RED FLAG WARNING INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617 ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617. * THUNDERSTORMS: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ616-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ UMPQUA BASIN- 705 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * IMPACTS TO EXISTING FIRES: VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLUME DOMINATION IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY GENERATED ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. SPOTTING COULD BE A PROBLEM. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES MAY AFFECT ONGOING FIRES. * ONGOING FIRES AFFECTED BY HAINES 6: CABLE CROSSING. * FIRE WEATHER ZONES AFFECTED: EASTERN PORTION OF 616. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: DOUGLAS. * RED FLAG WARNING INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616 ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ285-ORZ625-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 705 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS...AND ALSO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA FIRE ZONE....285. IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR FIRE ZONE....625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH. * WIND: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ622-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 705 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED TO THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: CURRY...JOSEPHINE...JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ615-619-620-011415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 705 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 615...619 AND 620. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: CURRY...JOSEPHINE...JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
002 WWUS86 KMFR 010355 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 855 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ORZ616-011600- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ UMPQUA BASIN- 855 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS TO EXISTING FIRES: VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLUME DOMINATION IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY GENERATED ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. SPOTTING COULD BE A PROBLEM. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES MAY AFFECT ONGOING FIRES. * ONGOING FIRES AFFECTED BY HAINES 6: CABLE CROSSING. * FIRE WEATHER ZONES AFFECTED: EASTERN PORTION OF 616. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: DOUGLAS. * RED FLAG WARNING INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616 ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ621-623-011600- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T1800Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 855 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. * RED FLAG WARNING INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623 SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ624-011600- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 855 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH. * WIND: NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-011600- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 855 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 284. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. * WIND: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ617-011600- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- 855 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * IMPACTS TO EXISTING FIRES: VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLUME DOMINATION IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY-GENERATED ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. SPOTTING COULD BE A PROBLEM. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES MAY AFFECT ONGOING FIRES. * IMPACTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY MAY PRODUCE NEW STARTS. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * ONGOING FIRES AFFECTED BY HAINES 6: STOUTS. * AREA AFFECTED BY DRY THUNDERSTORMS: EASTERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: DOUGLAS. * RED FLAG WARNING INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617 ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617...INCLUDING THE STOUTS FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ285-ORZ625-011600- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150801T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 855 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA FIRE ZONE....285. IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR FIRE ZONE....625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH. * WIND: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ622-011600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 855 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: CURRY...JOSEPHINE...JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ615-619-620-011600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 855 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 615...619 AND 620. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: CURRY...JOSEPHINE...JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
110 WWUS86 KMFR 010627 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 1127 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ORZ621-623-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T1800Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 1127 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. * RED FLAG WARNING INFORMATION: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623 SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ622-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 1127 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ624-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 1127 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH...LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 1127 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280... 281 AND 284. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ615>617-619-620-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150802T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-UMPQUA BASIN-UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 1127 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 615...616...617...619 AND 620. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: COOS...CURRY...DOUGLAS...JOSEPHINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ285-ORZ625-011400- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 1127 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...AND INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA FIRE ZONE....285. IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR FIRE ZONE....625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: MODOC...LAKE...HARNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ BTL/JRS VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
538 WWUS86 KMFR 011042 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 342 AM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .AN UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE AND CONTINUE TO PUMP MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY OVER OUR AREA THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVING OVER THE AREA AS WELL. THE RESULT WILL BE A PERSISTENT THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE LOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN VERY DRY SO ANY STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRY AND PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAIN AT THE GROUND. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR STORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, HOWEVER, STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN MANY LOCATIONS. ORZ621-623-020000- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T1800Z-150803T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 342 AM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623 THIS WEEKEND. STORMS MAY BECOME ISOLATED AT NIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN DRY. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS NEW STARTS. LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, HOWEVER, STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ622-020000- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150803T0600Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 342 AM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622 THIS WEEKEND WITH ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE VALLEYS. WHILE STORMS MAY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AT NIGHT, THEY WILL REMAIN DRY. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS NEW STARTS. LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, HOWEVER, STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ624-020000- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150803T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 342 AM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624 THIS WEEKEND. STORMS MAY BECOME ISOLATED AT NIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN DRY. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS NEW STARTS. LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, HOWEVER, STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH...LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-020000- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150803T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 342 AM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280, 281, AND 284 THIS WEEKEND. STORMS MAY BECOME ISOLATED AT NIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN DRY. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS NEW STARTS. LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, HOWEVER, STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280... 281 AND 284. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ625-020000- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0016.150802T1800Z-150803T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 342 AM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY AND BECOME SCATTERED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS NEW STARTS. LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: LAKE AND HARNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ285-020000- /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0010.150802T2100Z-150803T0800Z/ /O.EXB.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150803T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 342 AM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY HAS BEEN UPGRADED. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 THIS WEEKEND. STORMS MAY BECOME ISOLATED AT NIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN DRY. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS NEW STARTS. LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, HOWEVER, STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA FIRE ZONE....285. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: MODOC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ615>617-619-620-020000- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0015.150801T2100Z-150803T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-UMPQUA BASIN-UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 342 AM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED STORMS IN THE VALLEYS. * IMPACTS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS NEW STARTS. LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES AND NEW FIRE STARTS. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, HOWEVER, STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 615... 616...617...619 AND 620. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: COOS...CURRY...DOUGLAS...JOSEPHINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ WRIGHT VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
684 WWUS86 KMFR 012212 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 312 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .AN UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE AND CONTINUE TO PUMP MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY OVER OUR AREA THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVING OVER THE AREA AS WELL AND THE LOW LEVELS ARE STILL VERY DRY, SO MOST BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ONLY LIGHT RAIN. ALL OF THIS WILL RESULT IN A PERSISTENT CHANCE FOR MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF OUR AREA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORMS BECOME WETTER SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR STORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER...STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN MANY LOCATIONS. ORZ621-623-021415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 312 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623 THIS WEEKEND. STORMS MAY BECOME ISOLATED AT NIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN DRY. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS... HOWEVER... STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ615>617-619-620-622-021415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-UMPQUA BASIN-UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 312 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 622 THIS WEEKEND WITH ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE VALLEYS. WHILE STORMS MAY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AT NIGHT... THEY WILL REMAIN DRY. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS... HOWEVER... STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN FIRE ZONE....616. IN SOUTHWEST OR FIRE ZONES...615...617...619...620...622. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JACKSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ624-021415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 312 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624 THIS WEEKEND. STORMS MAY BECOME ISOLATED AT NIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN DRY. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS... HOWEVER... STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH...LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-021415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 312 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280... 281... AND 284 THIS WEEKEND. STORMS MAY BECOME ISOLATED AT NIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN DRY. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS... HOWEVER... STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 284. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ285-021415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 312 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285 THIS WEEKEND. STORMS MAY BECOME ISOLATED AT NIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN DRY. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS... HOWEVER... STORMS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: MODOC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ625-021415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0016.150802T1800Z-150803T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 312 PM PDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY AND BECOME SCATTERED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: LAKE AND HARNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
403 WWUS86 KMFR 021015 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 315 AM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ORZ617-621-623-030000- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 315 AM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY, THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617...621 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ285-030000- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 315 AM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY, THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: MODOC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ615-616-619-620-622-030000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-UMPQUA BASIN-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 315 AM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY, THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * TIMING AND LOCATIONS: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER, STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OVER THE VALLEYS AT TIMES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR FIRE ZONES... 615... 616... 619...620...622. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JACKSON, JOSEPHINE, DOUGLAS, CURRY, AND COOS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ624-030000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 315 AM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY, THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH...LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-030000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 315 AM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY, THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * TIMING AND LOCATIONS: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER, STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OVER THE VALLEYS AT TIMES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 284. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ625-030000- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0016.150802T1800Z-150803T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 315 AM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...THEN BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT DRY, THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: LAKE AND HARNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
141 WWUS86 KMFR 022214 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 314 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ORZ617-623-031015- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 314 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. SKIES WILL CLEAR EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ624-031015- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 314 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. SKIES WILL CLEAR EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH...LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ625-031015- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 314 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SCATTERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. SKIES WILL CLEAR EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: LAKE AND HARNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ621-031015- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 314 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY... THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ615-616-619-620-622-030600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-UMPQUA BASIN-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 314 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING AND LOCATIONS: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER... STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OVER THE VALLEYS AT TIMES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN FIRE ZONE....616. IN SOUTHWEST OR FIRE ZONES...615...619...620...622. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JACKSON... JOSEPHINE... DOUGLAS... CURRY... AND COOS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ280-281-284-030600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA- 314 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING AND LOCATIONS: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER... STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OVER THE VALLEYS AT TIMES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280...281 AND 284. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ285-031015- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 314 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: MODOC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
978 WWUS86 KMFR 030203 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 703 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 CAZ280-281-284-ORZ615-616-619-620-622-030315- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT SHASTA-SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-UMPQUA BASIN- WESTERN ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY- 703 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONES 281...622...284...615... 616...280...620 AND 619 $$ ORZ617-623-031415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 703 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. SKIES WILL CLEAR EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ624-031415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 703 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. SKIES WILL CLEAR EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH...LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ625-031415- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 703 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. SKIES WILL CLEAR EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: LAKE AND HARNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON EXISTING VERY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ621-031200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 703 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...KLAMATH...SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ285-031200- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 703 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY... * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE STORMS WILL START OUT MOSTLY DRY...THEY WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. * TIMING: THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 285. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: MODOC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
081 WWUS86 KMFR 031004 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 304 AM PDT MON AUG 3 2015 ORZ625-040000- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 304 AM PDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS MORNING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: LAKE AND HARNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ624-040000- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 304 AM PDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS MORNING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...THE NORTHERN PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: KLAMATH...LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ617-623-040000- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 304 AM PDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS MORNING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: DOUGLAS...JACKSON...AND KLAMATH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ ORZ621-040000- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 304 AM PDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS MORNING. A NEW RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 621. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: JOSEPHINE...JACKSON...AND SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ CAZ285-031115- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- 304 AM PDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS MORNING AND THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ISOLATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. $$ CAZ280-040000- /O.EXA.KMFR.FW.W.0017.150803T2100Z-150804T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST- 304 AM PDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS AND WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 280. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: SISKIYOU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. && $$ 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 31, 2:46 PM PDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 2:46 PM PDT, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
246 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2015
.DISCUSSION...AIR MASS OVER THE FORECAST AREA HAS BECOME QUITE
UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION IS POPPING OVER ALL OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES. THE 12Z NAM
MODEL SOUNDING FOR MEDFORD AT 21Z GIVES ABOUT 1000 CAPE WITH A
CONDENSATION LEVEL AT 12000 FT AGL. JUST NOW STARTING TO SEE
CONVECTION NORTH OF THE SISKIYOUS. LOOKING FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS
TO BE PRETTY MUCH DRY EVERYWHERE. BIG ITEM OF CONCERN IS A SHORT
WAVE MOVING NORTH ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. GFS AND NAM BOTH
SHOW IT WELL. THIS WILL COME TO SISKIYOU/MODOC COUNTIES THIS
EVENING. LOOKING FOR NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS FROM IT AND THEY
SHOULD ALSO BE PRETTY DRY. THE SHORT WAVE RUNS INTO A BIT OF A
DEFORMATION ZONE AROUND THE OR/CA BORDER WHICH SLOWS IT DOWN AND
STRETCHES IT. THE SHORT WAVE WILL STILL CROSS INTO SOUTHERN OREGON
TOWARDS MORNING SATURDAY. COULD BE ENOUGH OF A TRIGGER FOR
THUNDERSTORMS.
THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN AND SHIFT EAST
MONDAY. AS IT BREAKS DOWN, THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT DECREASES IN SW
OREGON BUT REMAINS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EAST OF THE
CASCADES INTO TUESDAY. LATER IN THE WEEK, THE UPPER FLOW TURNS
SOUTHWEST AND TAKES THE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TO THE EAST OF THE
AREA. THE SOLUTIONS FROM THE GFS AND EC MODELS HAVE SOME
DIFFERENCES FROM MIDWEEK ON. THE GFS PUTS THE AREA UNDER A VERY
WEAK FLOW BETWEEN A CUTOFF LOW WEST OF 130W AND A SHORTWAVE IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE EC HAS A MORE SUBSTANTIAL LOW ALONG THE
PACNW COAST. THE END RESULT IS PRETTY SIMILAR...COOLER DRY
WEATHER.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 31/18Z TAF CYCLE...STRATUS SHOULD BURN OFF TO
VFR ALONG THE COAST BY LATE MORNING. INLAND, EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS
THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD EXCEPT FOR AREAS OF SMOKE FROM TWO WILDFIRES
IN DOUGLAS COUNTY...WHICH WILL BRING MVFR VISIBILITIES IN HAZE AND
SMOKE THIS MORNING IN THE UMPQUA VALLEY, INCLUDING KRBG. AREAS OF
MVFR VISIBILITIES IN HAZE MAY ALSO AFFECT THE ROGUE VALLEY,
INCLUDING KMFR, IN THE AFTERNOON. IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING,
EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE CASCADES...NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND PORTIONS EAST OF THE CASCADES WITH POSSIBLE GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS.
-SVEN
&&
.MARINE...UPDATED 245 AM PDT FRIDAY 31 JULY 2015...A THERMAL TROUGH
NEAR THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS
AND CHOPPY WIND-DRIVEN SEAS REACHING ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW BORDERLINE SMALL CRAFT FOR
WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY FOR THE OUTER WATERS, BUT SUSPECT IT MAY
BE OVERDONE. FOR NOW WE'LL GO WITH THE IDEA OF WINDS AND SEAS
LOWERING TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY GIVEN THE THERMAL TROUGH IS EXPECTED
TO WEAKEN AND MOVE INLAND. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
LOWER THIS WEEKEND...BUT WILL REMAIN MODERATE THROUGH NEXT
WEEK...WITH A POSSIBLE RETURN TO ADVISORY CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN
OUTER WATERS AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY. -PETRUCELLI
&&
FIRE WEATHER...UPDATED 1030 AM PDT FRIDAY 31 JULY 2015...RED FLAG
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR HAINES 6 ON EXISTING FIRES FOR BOTH
THE CABLE CROSSING FIRE (FIRE WX ZONES 616) AND THE STOUTS FIRE
(STRADDLING THE BORDER OF 616/617). TO COMPLICATE MATTERS MORE,
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN
PORTION OF 617 THIS AFTERNOON WHICH PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR THAT ALSO.
ALL PARAMETERS LOOK SUFFICIENT TO KICK OFF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS THIS AFTERNOON, AND
BASES WILL LIKELY BE QUITE HIGH AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE LITTLE RAIN.
IN ADDITION EXTENSIVE ACCAS FIELD IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH A
SHORT WAVE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
AROUND MAX HEATING...HAVE ADDED THAT AREA TO THE RED FLAG WARNING
FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DRY NATURE OF THE STORMS AS
WELL AS THE ANTECIDENT FUEL CONDITIONS CAUSED US TO UPGRADE THE
WATCH TO A WARNING DESPITE THE POSSIBILITY OF LESS THAN SCATTERED
COVERAGE. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ANCHORED IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND NOT DRIFT OUT OVER THE VALLEYS WHERE CONDITIONS
SHOULD REMAIN LARGELY CAPPED TODAY. FIRE WEATHER WATCHES FOR TODAY
WERE CANCELED ON THE WEST SIDE AS A RESULT. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR A STORM TO DRIFT OFF THE MOUNTAINS, IT'S JUST
NOT VERY LIKELY TODAY.
AS IF ALL THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH, IT WILL BE VERY DRY, HOT, AND BREEZY
OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST SIDE THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS FROM FAR
EASTERN LAKE COUNTY THROUGH MODOC COUNTY WILL BE NEAR CRITICAL WIND
AND HUMIDITY, BUT WE FELT IT WASN'T WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT A
WARNING TODAY. WE WILL BE HEADLINING IT IN THE FIRE WEATHER
FORECAST.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER A MUCH WIDER AREA
SATURDAY, OWING TO INCREASING MOISTURE, INSTABILITY, AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF A GOOD TRIGGER ARRIVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW
ALOFT. STORMS WILL LIKELY START OFF DRY AND THEN TEND TO GET WETTER
THROUGH THE EVENING, ESPECIALLY OVER CALIFORNIA. FIRE WEATHER
WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED OVER MUCH OF OUR FORECAST AREA TO HIGHLIGHT
THIS POTENTIAL. IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT SOME GUIDANCE SHOWS THESE
STORMS CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE WEST SIDE OREGON
ZONES. -WRIGHT/SVEN
&&
.MFR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
ORZ621-623>625.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR ORZ624.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR ORZ621>625.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
ORZ615>617-619-620-622.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ORZ616.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR ORZ023.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 500 FEET FOR
FOR ORZ617.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
ORZ621-623.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR ORZ024-026.
CA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
CAZ280-281-284-285.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR CAZ280>282-284-285.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
CAZ280-281-284.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR CAZ080-081.
PACIFIC COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
PZZ356-370-376.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR PZZ350-356-370-376.
JBL/MND/SBNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:00 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MFR | 20 hr | |
| Jul 31, 3:03 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MFR | Douglas, Harney, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake | 13 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.