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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Red Flag Warning: San Bernardino County/Owens Valley - 11AM to 9PM

[EDIS] a Red Flag Warning will be in effect from 11 am pdt this morning through 9 pm pdt this evening for the mountains and deserts of San Bernardino county due to relative humidity below 15 percent and winds gusting over 35 mph

MUCH DRIER AIR AND STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL BE AFFECTING THE DESERT VALLEYS AND DESERT SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS AFTER THE INVERSION BREAKS THIS MORNING.
WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING AND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH AND BELOW CANYONS AND PASSES. SURFACE WINDS OVER THE DESERT VALLEYS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 8 PM WHEN THE NIGHT TIME INVERSIONS BEGIN TO FORM. OVER THE MOUNTAINS THE WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO GUST OVER 35 MPH AFTER 8 PM BUT COOLING TEMPERATURES SHOULD RAISE THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ABOVE 15 PERCENT. THE COASTAL SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RED FLAG WARNING. ..

RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING	Actual/Immediate/Severe/Observed
LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-AZ SIDE-NORTHWEST DESERTS/NORTHWEST PLATEAU-OWENS VALLEY/SOUTHERN INYO FOREST-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-MOJAVE DESERT-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-CLARK AND SW LINCOLN COUNTY DESERTS/LAS VEGAS DISPATCH-LAKE MEAD NRA/COLORADO RIVER-NV SIDE-
Alert sent at 09:08 PDT on 2009-08-06

A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH	Actual/Immediate/Severe/Observed
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND FRONT COUNTRY RANGER DISTRICTS OFTHE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST-VICTOR VALLEY-APPLE VALLEY-LUCERNE VALLEY-YUCCA VALLEY-MORONGO VALLEY-
Alert sent at 08:51 PDT on 2009-08-06

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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Red Flag Warning: San Bernardino County/Owens Valley - 11AM to 9PM

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