Red Flag Warning For Eastern Lassen Co.(5/27/07)

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Red Flag Warning For Eastern Lassen Co.(5/27/07)

Red Flag Warning For Eastern Lassen Co :

RED FLAG WARNING
EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY SOUTH OF SUSANVILLE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
620 AM PDT SUN MAY 27 2007

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EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY-WESTERN NEVADA SIERRA FRONT-
WEST CENTRAL NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
620 AM PDT SUN MAY 27 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH AND HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT..

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT
THIS EVENING.

...THIS RED FLAG WARNING EFFECTS THE FOLLOWING AREAS..
IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA
FIRE ZONE 278. ..EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY SOUTH OF SUSANVILLE

IN WESTERN NEVADA
FIRE ZONE 458. ..NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY SOUTH OF GERLACH
FIRE ZONE 450. ..THE RENO, CARSON CITY, MINDEN AREA
FIRE ZONE 453. ..PERSHING, CHURCHILL AND NORTHERN LYON COUNTIES
WEST OF HIGHWAY 95

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY AND PUSH
A FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDS IN THE
WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH MOST OF
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRY AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT PRODUCED
POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY THIS MORNING AND WILL ALLOW HUMIDITY TO
DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL OCCUR. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS TODAY USE CAUTION NEAR DRY
FUELS.

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Sunday, May 27, 2007