8-21-13
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 216...220...221...264...267 AND 269... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216 CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN GLENN... COLUSA... YUBA... NORTHERN SUTTER... AND BUTTE COUNTY BELOW 1000 FT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220 SOUTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CALAVERAS- TUOLUMNE UNIT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 264 LAKE COUNTY PORTION OF LAKE-NAPA-SONOMA UNIT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 267 NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF NEVADA- YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 269 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST. * TIMING...THE THREAT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTAIN AT LEAST SOME RAINFALL AND WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME. STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS. LOCALLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FIRES WHICH DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.
