Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Medford, OR
NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 10, 2015, 3:01 PM PDT for 4 counties in Oregon; Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Aug 11, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Aug 10, 2015, 3:01 PM PDT (22:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 11, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2015, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Medford, OR
Counties Siskiyou County, CA, Douglas County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lane County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
977 WWUS86 KMFR 102201 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 301 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 CAZ281-111215- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150811T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KMFR.FW.A.0013.150811T2000Z-150812T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0021.150811T2100Z-150812T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- 301 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD OF NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281. MOSTLY ALONG A STRIP EXTENDING FROM WEED TO MONTAGUE. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY. MOSTLY ALONG A STRIP EXTENDING FROM WEED TO MONTAGUE. * WIND AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT WITH SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ280-ORZ621-102315- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150811T0600Z/ WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS- 301 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280 AND 621... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ ORZ620-102315- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150811T1500Z/ WESTERN ROGUE BASIN INCLUDING THE ILLINOIS VALLEY- 301 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 620... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ ORZ615-619-102315- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0020.150811T0600Z-150811T1500Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-WESTERN ROGUE RIVER- SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST- 301 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 615 AND 619... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ ORZ617-623-111215- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0021.150812T0000Z-150812T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150811T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 301 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FIRE SPREAD. DESPITE RAINFALL...INITIAL ATTACK RESOURCES COULD BE OVERWHELMED AND HOLDOVER FIRES ARE POSSIBLE. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. MOST OF ZONE 617 IS AFFECTED. ON MONDAY NEARLY ALL OF 623 IS INCLUDING IN THE WARNING. ON TUESDAY THE WARNING AREA WILL EXTEND NORTH FROM AROUND CRATER LAKE. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN SOUTHERN OREGON...FAR EASTERN DOUGLAS...FAR EASTERN JACKSON (MONDAY ONLY)...FAR WESTERN KLAMATH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ616-110600- /O.EXT.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150811T0600Z/ UMPQUA BASIN- 301 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616... * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FIRE SPREAD. DESPITE RAINFALL...INITIAL ATTACK RESOURCES COULD BE OVERWHELMED AND HOLDOVER FIRES ARE POSSIBLE. * AFFECTED AREA: THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 616. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: NORTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ622-624-110600- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150811T0600Z/ EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 301 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 622 AND 624... * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FIRE SPREAD. DESPITE RAINFALL...INITIAL ATTACK RESOURCES COULD BE OVERWHELMED AND HOLDOVER FIRES ARE POSSIBLE. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF FIRE ZONE....624. IN SOUTHWEST OR THE FAR EASTERN PORTION OF FIRE ZONE....622. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: FAR EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY AND FAR WESTERN KLAMATH COUNTY. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
4 follow-up statements
087 WWUS86 KMFR 110039 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 539 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ORZ617-623-111245- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150811T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.150812T0000Z-150812T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 539 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING OVER DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FIRE SPREAD. DESPITE RAINFALL...INITIAL ATTACK RESOURCES COULD BE OVERWHELMED AND HOLDOVER FIRES ARE POSSIBLE. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN SOUTHERN OREGON...FAR EASTERN DOUGLAS... FAR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...FAR NORTHWESTERN KLAMATH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ ORZ616-622-624-110145- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150811T0600Z/ UMPQUA BASIN-EASTERN ROGUE VALLEY-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT- WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- 539 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616...622 AND 624... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ CAZ281-111245- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.150811T2100Z-150812T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- 539 PM PDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281... * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD OF NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281. MOSTLY ALONG A STRIP EXTENDING FROM WEED TO MONTAGUE. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY. MOSTLY ALONG A STRIP EXTENDING FROM WEED TO MONTAGUE. * WIND AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT WITH SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
845 WWUS86 KMFR 111134 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 434 AM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ORZ617-623-112345- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.150812T0000Z-150812T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 434 AM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING OVER DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FIRE SPREAD. DESPITE RAINFALL...INITIAL ATTACK RESOURCES COULD BE OVERWHELMED AND HOLDOVER FIRES ARE POSSIBLE. * AFFECTED AREA: IN SOUTHWEST OR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 617 AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 623. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN SOUTHERN OREGON...FAR EASTERN DOUGLAS... FAR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...FAR NORTHWESTERN KLAMATH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ281-112345- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.150811T2100Z-150812T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- 434 AM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281... * IMPACTS: STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD OF NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281. MOSTLY ALONG A STRIP EXTENDING FROM WEED TO MONTAGUE. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY. MOSTLY ALONG A STRIP EXTENDING FROM WEED TO MONTAGUE. * WIND AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO AROUND 15 PERCENT WITH SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD
892 WWUS86 KMFR 112202 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 302 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ORZ617-623-112315- /O.CAN.KMFR.FW.W.0021.150812T0000Z-150812T0600Z/ UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- 302 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 617 AND 623... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WHILE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NO LONGER APPEARS LIKELY. HAVE THEREFORE CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. $$ CAZ281-121015- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.W.0022.150812T2100Z-150813T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150812T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- 302 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: STRONG, GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD OF NEW AND EXISTING FIRES THIS AFTERNOON. DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...SOUTH CENTRAL FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN NORTHERN CA...THE SHASTA VALLEY OF SISKIYOU COUNTY. * WIND AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: TODAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER TO AROUND 15 PERCENT WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH. WEDNESDAY...HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN DROP TO AROUND 15 PERCENT WITH SOUTH WINDS STRENGTHENING TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE MANY FIRE STARTS MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. && $$ CAZ285-ORZ624-625-121015- /O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0014.150813T1800Z-150814T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 302 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 285...624 AND 625... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: STRONG, GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD OF NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA FIRE ZONE....285. IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR FIRE ZONES...625..EASTERN 624. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN NORTHERN CA...MODOC. IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...HARNEY...LAKE...AN EASTERN KLAMATH. * WIND AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHENING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD BPN
634 WWUS86 KMFR 120300 RFWMFR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 800 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 CAZ281-121500- /O.EXP.KMFR.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150812T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMFR.FW.W.0022.150812T2100Z-150813T0300Z/ CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY- 800 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281... * IMPACTS: STRONG, GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD OF NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 281...IN A STRIP EXTENDING FROM NEAR WEED TO MONTAGUE. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN NORTHERN CA...NORTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU. * WIND AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN DROP TO AROUND 15 PERCENT WITH SOUTH WINDS STRENGTHENING TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ CAZ285-ORZ624-625-121500- /O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0014.150813T1800Z-150814T0600Z/ MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY- KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES- 800 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2015 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 285...624 AND 625... * IMPACTS: STRONG, GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD OF NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NORTHERN CA FIRE ZONE....285. IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR FIRE ZONES...EASTERN 624...625. * COUNTIES AFFECTED: IN NORTHERN CA...MODOC. IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR...FAR WESTERN HARNEY...EASTERN KLAMATH...LAKE. * WIND AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHENING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/HAZARD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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
Nearby
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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.