URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
330 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013
...POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH SUBSTANTIAL LIGHTNING FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN IS SPREADING MOISTURE
NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. THIS ALONG WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS
SHOULD GENERATE MAINLY MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS STARTING MID DAY
TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY SPREAD INTO THE VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
OR EVENING. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE
WET BUT SUBSTANTIAL LIGHTNING WILL LAND SOME STRIKES OUTSIDE OF
RAINFALL AREAS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY MOST
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER OVER
THE MOUNTAINS INTO EARLY THURSDAY.
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EASTERN PORTION OF SHASTA/TRINITY NF-
BURNEY BASIN AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU IN SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING
NORTHWEST LASSEN NF NORTH OF LASSEN NP-
NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN TEHAMA COUNTY LINE BELOW
1000 FT-
SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
CALAVERAS-TUOLUMNE UNIT-STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-
SOUTHEAST EDGE SHASTA-TRINITY NF AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TEHAMA-
GLENN UNIT-
NORTHERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS
OF SHASTA-TRINITY AND BUTTE UNITS-
NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING LASSEN NP AND PLUMAS AND LASSEN NF/S
WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST (WEST OF EVANS PEAK-GRIZZLY PEAK-
BECKWORTH PEAK)-
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE
SIERRA CREST-EASTERN MENDOCINO NF-
330 AM PDT WED JUL 3 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213...214...
215...220...221...263...266...267...268...269 AND 279...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE INTERIOR
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY.
* THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID DAY TODAY AND
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
GENERALLY WET BUT SOME STRIKES ARE LIKELY OUTSIDE OF RAIN AREAS.
THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS THEN EXTEND
INTO THE NORTHERN VALLEY BY EVENING.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCALLY GUSTY TO 35 MPH NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH DEVELOP.
* IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS. DRY
CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE FIRES THAT
DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY.
* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. THE COMBINATION OF
DRYING FUELS AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL INCREASE FIRE
DANGER SIGNIFICANTLY. WATCH FOR FUTURE UPDATES REGARDING THIS TIME OF
INCREASED FIRE DANGER.
