Fire Weather Watch for Sierra Nevada of Tehama-Butte-Plumas Counties Above 3000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Yuba-Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Between 3000-5000 ft Including Interstate 80; Sierra Nevada of Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Above 5000 ft Including Interstate 80 +4 more
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- Sierra Nevada of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties Between 3000-5000 ft, Sierra Nevada of Calaveras-Tuolumne-Southern Alpine Counties Above 5000 ft, Sierra Nevada of El Dorado and Amador Counties Between 3000-5000 ft Including Highway 50, Sierra Nevada of El Dorado-Amador-Northern Alpine Counties Above 5000 ft Including Highway 50, Sierra Nevada of Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Above 5000 ft Including Interstate 80, Sierra Nevada of Tehama-Butte-Plumas Counties Above 3000 ft, Sierra Nevada of Yuba-Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Between 3000-5000 ft Including Interstate 80
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The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a Fire Weather Watch for thunderstorms and strong outflow winds, which is in effect from late Wednesday night through Thursday evening. * Affected Area...Fire Zone 130 Sierra (Tehama-Plumas) Above 3000 ft, Fire Zone 132 Sierra (Yuba-Placer) 3000-5000 ft, Fire...
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A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
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The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a Fire Weather Watch for thunderstorms and strong outflow winds, which is in effect from late Wednesday night through Thursday evening. * Affected Area...Fire Zone 130 Sierra (Tehama-Plumas) Above 3000 ft, Fire Zone 132 Sierra (Yuba-Placer) 3000-5000 ft, Fire Zone 133 Sierra (Sierra-Placer) Above 5000 ft, Fire Zone 135 Sierra 3000-5000 ft, Fire Zone 136 Sierra (El Dorado-Amador) Above 5000 ft, Fire Zone 138 Sierra (Cal-Tuo) 3000-5000 ft and Fire Zone 139 Sierra (Cal-Tuo) Above 5000 ft. * Thunderstorms...Isolated to scattered coverage of a mix of wet and dry thunderstorms expected. Lightning strikes may also occur outside of main precipitation cores. * Outflow Winds...Gusty and erratic outflow winds could occur near any thunderstorm development. * Impacts...Lightning can create new fire starts and may combine with strong outflow winds to cause a fire to rapidly grow in size and intensity.
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Fire Weather Watch issued August 11 at 9:57AM PDT until August 13 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS Sacramento CA
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Sacramento CA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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