National Weather Service Alerts for Myrtle Creek, OR Fire Weather Watch Now - Wednesday, Jul 31, 1:00pm ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH DRY FUELS FOR PARTS OF ZONES 616...619...620...AND 622... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA: PARTS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONES 616...619...620...AND 622. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER CRITICALLY DRY FUELS COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS NEW FIRE IGNITIONS. VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE ANY FIRES THAT DO DEVELOP TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=MFR PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:59:16 +0000