Monday, September 29, 2008

Red Flags - Dry lightning - Modoc, Siskiyou

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING
for dry lightning in Modoc, Siskiyou, Counties...

RED FLAG WARNING: IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE IN ZONES 624 284 AND 285.
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND INCREASED MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED AND MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE INCREASED AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS.

Instruction:
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR NEW STARTS.

Area: SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MTSHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-

Affected Counties or parts of: Modoc, Siskiyou, Counties

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

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