EDIS: Fire weather and Thunderstorms

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

EDIS: Fire weather and Thunderstorms

STRONG STORMS OVER EASTERN PLUMAS COUNTY	Actual/Future/Unknown/Possible
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-
Alert sent at 17:23 PDT on 2009-04-21

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - NWS RENO NV	Actual/Future/Unknown/Possible
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-AT 445 PM PDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER LASSEN...PLUMAS AND SIERRA COUNTIES. STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 89 NORTH OF SIERRAVILLE... HIGHWAY 70 EAST OF BECKWOURTH AND HIGHWAY 395 FROM THE NEVADA STATE LINE TO JANESVILLE. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN LASSEN COUNTY NORTH OF EAGLE LAKE AND RAVENDALE. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. TRAVELERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS RAIN WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS.
Alert sent at 16:48 PDT on 2009-04-21

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING	Actual/Future/Severe/Possible
LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE-NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-LINCOLN COUNTY/ELY DISPATCH-NYE COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH-LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE-
Alert sent at 15:47 PDT on 2009-04-21

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How fires get their names

Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usually named for the area in which they start – a geographical location, local landmark, street, lake, mountain, peak, etc. Quickly naming the fire provides responding fire resources with an additional locater, and allows fire officials to track and prioritize incidents by name. For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, which burned during the same time period in San Bernardino County, was named after the road along which it started - Old Waterman Canyon Road.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009