Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Eureka, CA
NWS Eureka, CA issued this red flag warning at Aug 25, 2017, 2:36 AM PDT. It took effect at Aug 25, 2017, 9:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 44 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Aug 25, 2017, 2:36 AM PDT (09:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2017, 9:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2017, 5:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Eureka, CA
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284 WWUS86 KEKA 250936 RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 236 AM PDT Fri Aug 25 2017 ...A building ridge of high pressure will promote gusty east and northeast winds along elevated portions of the interior during the late night and early morning periods. Beginning Friday night a very dry thermal trough will move over much of NW CA. Single digit afternoon RH values along with extremely poor recoveries are expected through Monday... CAZ203-204-251745- /O.UPG.KEKA.FW.A.0005.170826T0700Z-170828T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEKA.FW.W.0006.170826T0400Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 236 AM PDT Fri Aug 25 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 9 PM this evening to 5 PM PDT Sunday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 203 and 204 for upper slopes and ridges above 2000 feet. This includes much of interior Del Norte county, as well as portions of far northeast Humboldt and far southwest Siskiyou counties. * WIND...East and Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph...with gusts of 15 to 25 mph during the late night and early morning periods....particularly overnight Friday and early Saturday morning. Lighter but occasionally gusty onshore winds during the day Saturday and Sunday. * HUMIDITY...RH recoveries of 15 to 25 percent can be expected during the nighttime periods between Friday night and Monday Night at elevations above 2000 feet. Minimum daytime RH values of 7 to 15 percent across all areas through Monday. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. 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. && $$ CAZ211-212-276-277-283-251745- /O.EXT.KEKA.FW.A.0005.170826T0400Z-170828T0000Z/ Hoopa-Van Duzen/Mad River-Interior Mendocino- W Mendocino NF/E Mendocino Unit-Trinity- 236 AM PDT Fri Aug 25 2017 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA...All interior Fire weather zones for upper slopes and ridges above 2000 feet. This includes zones 211..212...276...277 and 283. * WIND...East and Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph...with gusts of 10 to 20 mph during the late night and early morning periods. Daytime winds will remain diurnally driven. * HUMIDITY...RH recoveries of 15 to 25 percent can be expected during the nighttime periods between Friday night and Monday Night at elevations above 2000 feet. Minimum daytime RH values of 7 to 15 percent across all areas through Monday. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
10 follow-up statements
601 WWUS86 KEKA 251637 RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 937 AM PDT Fri Aug 25 2017 .A building ridge of high pressure will promote gusty northeast and east winds along elevated portions of the interior during the late night and early morning periods. Beginning tonight, a very dry thermal trough will move over much of northwest California. Very low afternoon RH values along with poor recoveries are expected through Monday. CAZ211-212-276-277-283-251745- /O.CAN.KEKA.FW.A.0005.170826T0400Z-170828T0000Z/ Hoopa-Van Duzen/Mad River-Interior Mendocino- W Mendocino NF/E Mendocino Unit-Trinity- 937 AM PDT Fri Aug 25 2017 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Eureka has cancelled the Fire Weather Watch. Very low afternoon relative humidity levels along with fair to poor overnight recoveries are expected to persist for the next several days across this area. However, winds are forecast to remain light with occasional gusty winds to 20 mph over exposed ridgetops. $$ CAZ203-204-260045- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.170826T0400Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 937 AM PDT Fri Aug 25 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM SUNDAY... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 203 and 204 for upper slopes and ridges above 2000 feet. This includes much of interior Del Norte county, as well as portions of far northeast Humboldt and far southwest Siskiyou counties. * WIND...East and northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts of 15 to 25 mph during the late night and early morning periods...particularly tonight and early Saturday morning. Lighter but occasionally gusty onshore winds during the day Saturday and Sunday. * HUMIDITY...RH values as low as 20 to 30 percent can be expected during the nighttime periods between Friday night and Monday Night at elevations above 2000 feet. Minimum daytime RH values as low as 15 percent through Monday. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now,or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity,and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
241 WWUS86 KEKA 260054 RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 554 PM PDT Fri Aug 25 2017 .A building ridge of high pressure will promote gusty northeast and east winds across elevated portions of the Upper Smith Lower Middle Klamath Zones tonight and early Saturday Morning. Although the winds will diminish late Saturday...a very dry air mass will move over much of northwest California...giving way to critically low afternoon RH values along with extremely poor recoveries through Tuesday. CAZ203-204-261300- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.170826T0400Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 554 PM PDT Fri Aug 25 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGES ABOVE 2000 FT ACROSS ZONES 203 AND 204... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zoned 203 and 204. * WIND...East and northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph late night and early Saturday morning. Lighter but occasionally gusty onshore winds during the day Saturday and Sunday. * HUMIDITY...RH values as low as 20 to 30 percent can be expected during the nighttime periods between Friday night and Monday Night along exposed elevations above 2000 feet...with Minimum daytime RH values as low as 7 to 12 percent through Monday. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. 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. $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
408 WWUS86 KEKA 261027 RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 327 AM PDT Sat Aug 26 2017 .A building ridge of high pressure will promote gusty northeast and east winds across elevated portions of the Upper Smith Lower Middle Klamath Zones through Saturday Morning. Although the winds will diminish during the day today...a very dry air mass will move over much of northwest California...giving way to critically low afternoon RH values along with extremely poor recoveries through Tuesday. CAZ203-204-261830- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 327 AM PDT Sat Aug 26 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zoned 203 and 204. * WIND...East and northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph early Saturday morning. Lighter but occasionally gusty onshore winds during the day Saturday and Sunday. * HUMIDITY...RH values as low as 20 to 30 percent can be expected during the nighttime periods between early Saturday morning and Monday Night along exposed elevations above 2000 feet...with Minimum daytime RH values as low as 7 to 12 percent through Monday. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now,or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity,and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
629 WWUS86 KEKA 261029 CCA RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message...CORRECTED National Weather Service Eureka CA 329 AM PDT Sat Aug 26 2017 .A building ridge of high pressure will promote gusty northeast and east winds across elevated portions of the Upper Smith Lower Middle Klamath Zones through Saturday Morning. Although the winds will diminish during the day today...a very dry air mass will move over much of northwest California...giving way to critically low afternoon RH values along with extremely poor recoveries through Tuesday. CAZ203-204-261830- /O.COR.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 329 AM PDT Sat Aug 26 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 203 and 204. * WIND...East and northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph early Saturday morning. Lighter but occasionally gusty onshore winds during the day Saturday and Sunday. * HUMIDITY...RH values as low as 20 to 30 percent can be expected during the nighttime periods between early Saturday morning and Monday Night along exposed elevations above 2000 feet...with Minimum daytime RH values as low as 7 to 12 percent through Monday. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. 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. $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
114 WWUS86 KEKA 261818 RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 1118 AM PDT Sat Aug 26 2017 .Although the winds will diminish during the day today...a very dry air mass will move over much of northwest California...giving way to critically low afternoon RH values along with extremely poor recoveries through Tuesday. CAZ203-204-270230- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 1118 AM PDT Sat Aug 26 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 203 and 204. * WIND...East and northeast winds 5 to 15 mph with occasionally gusty onshore winds during the day Saturday and Sunday. * HUMIDITY...RH values as low as 20 to 30 percent can be expectedduring the nighttime periods between early Saturday morning and Monday Night along exposed elevations above 2000 feet...with Minimum daytime RH values as low as 7 to 12 percent through Monday. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now,or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity,and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
187 WWUS86 KEKA 262310 RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 410 PM PDT Sat Aug 26 2017 A very dry air mass is currently over much of northwest California...giving way to critically low afternoon RH values along with extremely poor recoveries through Tuesday. CAZ203-204-270715- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 410 PM PDT Sat Aug 26 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 203 and 204. * WIND...East and northeast winds 5 to 10 mph with occasionally gusty onshore winds during the day Saturday and Sunday. * HUMIDITY...RH values as low as 15 to 25 percent can be expected during the nighttime periods Saturday night and Monday night along exposed elevations above 2000 feet...with minimum daytime RH values as low as 5 to 10 percent through Monday. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. 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. $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
534 WWUS86 KEKA 270558 RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 1058 PM PDT Sat Aug 26 2017 A very dry air mass is currently over much of northwest California...giving way to critically low afternoon RH values along with extremely poor recoveries through Tuesday. CAZ203-204-271400- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 1058 PM PDT Sat Aug 26 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 203 and 204.. * WIND...East and northeast winds 5 to 10 mph with occasionally gusty onshore winds during the day Saturday and Sunday. * HUMIDITY...RH values as low as 15 to 25 percent can be expectedduring the nighttime periods Saturday night and Monday night along exposed elevations above 2000 feet...with minimum daytime RH values as low as 5 to 10 percent through Monday. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now,or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity,and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
382 WWUS86 KEKA 271007 RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 307 AM PDT Sun Aug 27 2017 A very dry air mass is currently over much of northwest California...giving way to critically low afternoon RH values along with extremely poor recoveries through Tuesday. Winds will be mostly light but periodically gusty, with onshore/upslope flow during the day and offshore/downslope flow at night. CAZ203-204-271815- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 307 AM PDT Sun Aug 27 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 203 and 204.. * WIND...East 5 to 15 mph early Sunday morning, becoming west 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. * HUMIDITY...RH values as low as 15 to 25 percent can be expected early Sunday morning along exposed elevations above 2000 feet...with minimum daytime RH values as low as 5 to 10 percent through Monday. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. 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. $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
997 WWUS86 KEKA 271734 RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 1034 AM PDT Sun Aug 27 2017 A very dry air mass is currently over much of northwest California...giving way to critically low afternoon RH values along with extremely poor recoveries through Tuesday. Winds will be mostly light but periodically gusty, with onshore/upslope flow during the day and offshore/downslope flow at night. CAZ203-204-280000- /O.CON.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 1034 AM PDT Sun Aug 27 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 203 and 204.. * WIND...East 5 to 15 mph early Sunday morning, becoming west 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. * HUMIDITY...Minimum daytime RH values as low as 5 to 10 percent through Monday, with overnight recoveries of 20 to 30 percent. * IMPACTS...New or current ongoing wild fires will likely see large and rapid growth. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now,or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity,and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
940 WWUS86 KEKA 272353 RFWEKA Urgent - Fire Weather Message National Weather Service Eureka CA 453 PM PDT Sun Aug 27 2017 CAZ203-204-280100- /O.EXP.KEKA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170828T0000Z/ Upper Smith-Lower Middle Klamath- 453 PM PDT Sun Aug 27 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED... Although the region will remain very dry...winds have diminished allowing the warning to end. $$ http://weather.gov/eureka
The office that day
Everything else NWS Eureka, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:46 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | EKA | 13 hr | |
| Aug 25, 2:21 AM PDT | Hazardous Seas Warning | EKA | 24 hr |
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