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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Eureka, CA

August 14, 2016

NWS Eureka, CA issued this red flag warning at Aug 14, 2016, 3:22 AM PDT. It took effect at Aug 14, 2016, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 5 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 14, 2016, 3:22 AM PDT (10:22 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 14, 2016, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired
Aug 14, 2016, 7:03 PM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

The text

As transmitted.

716 
WWUS86 KEKA 141022
RFWEKA

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
322 AM PDT SUN AUG 14 2016

CAZ204-141830-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0001.160814T2100Z-160815T0300Z/
LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH-
322 AM PDT SUN AUG 14 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
  THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE IS IN SISKIYOU COUNTY. 

* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
  STORMS. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
2 follow-up statements
521 
WWUS86 KEKA 141815
RFWEKA

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1115 AM PDT SUN AUG 14 2016

CAZ204-150215-
/O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0001.160814T2100Z-160815T0300Z/
LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH-
1115 AM PDT SUN AUG 14 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 204...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE IS IN SISKIYOU 
  COUNTY. 

* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE 
  STRONGER STORMS. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

&&

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA
403 
WWUS86 KEKA 150203
RFWEKA

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
703 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2016


CAZ204-150315-
/O.CAN.KEKA.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160815T0300Z/
LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH-
703 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 204...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING. 

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA

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Sources

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