…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY FOR FOR
ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280, 281,
AND 284…
…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280, 281, AND 284…
The National Weather Service in Medford has upgraded the Fire
Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 2 PM
to 8 PM PDT Monday. Another Fire Weather Watch has also been
issued. This Fire Weather Watch is in effect from Tuesday
afternoon through Tuesday evening.
* IMPACTS…Given the long stretch of dry and hot and very
conditions, lightning efficiency will be high to very high for
fire starts. Any fires that develop will likely spread
rapidly.
* AFFECTED AREA…All of Fire Weather Zones 280, 281, and 284.
* THUNDERSTORMS…Isolated to scattered thunderstorms.
Lightning strikes outside of precipitation cores are
possible, and cause for concern.
* OUTFLOW WINDS…Gust up to 35 mph. These outflow winds can
travel up to 50 miles away from the thunderstorm that caused
it.
* ADDITIONAL INFORMATION…Storms will tend to be isolated to
start then increasing during the afternoon into the early
evening hours both Monday and Tuesday. Thunderstorms are
expected to trend wetter later in the afternoon and early
evening both Monday and Tuesday, but remain a mix of wet and
dry storms.
* DETAILED URL…View the hazard area in detail at
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr