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Red Flag Warning 25, NWS Medford, OR

September 4, 20256 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this red flag warning at Sep 4, 2025, 7:01 PM PDT for 6 counties in Oregon; Modoc County, California. It took effect at Sep 5, 2025, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 4, 2025, 7:01 PM PDT (02:01 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 5, 2025, 1:00 PM PDT
Expired: Sep 5, 2025, 8:22 PM PDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR

Counties Modoc County, CA, Douglas County, OR, Harney County, OR, Jackson County, OR, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR, Lane County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 4, 2:10 PM PDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 2:10 PM PDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 4:12 PM PDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 4, 5:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR		44 min
Sep 4, 6:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MFR	Jackson	37 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2025 Red Flag Warnings in California, 2025 Every red flag warning in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.