Red Flag Warning URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 211 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND FRIDAY... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY. THIS FEATURE WILL COMBINE WITH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...RESULTING IN SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN NEVADA. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. .RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 454...455...457...467...468...469 AND 470... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 454 CENTRAL LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 455 WHITE PINE COUNTY... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 457 LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 PLUS NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 467 CENTRAL AND WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 468 EASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 469 SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 470 EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. * THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...25 TO 35 PERCENT. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING THEN INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS MAY REACH 55 MPH FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. * IMPACTS...LIGHTNING MAY CREATE NEW FIRE STARTS AND COMBINE WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO PRODUCE RAPID FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 13:28:17 +0000
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