Red Flag Warning for Umpqua National Forest; Eastern Rogue Valley; Southern Oregon Cascades
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What you need to know
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- Eastern Rogue Valley, Klamath Basin and the Fremont-Winema National Forest, South Central Oregon Desert including the BLM Land in Eastern Lake and Western Harney Counties, Southern Oregon Cascades, Umpqua National Forest
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What is happening
* AFFECTED AREA...Areas in southern Oregon along the Cascades and along the western foothills and slopes of the Cascades, including Fire Weather Zones 617...622...and 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...Moving roughly north to northeast around 20 mph. Storm mode will be mostly wet thunderstorms, but dry lightning strikes can...
What the bulletin says to do
Follow all fire restrictions. You can find your county's emergency sign up form as well as links to fire restrictions at weather.gov/medford/wildfire. One less spark, one less wildfire.
Full official description
Bulletin details
* AFFECTED AREA...Areas in southern Oregon along the Cascades and along the western foothills and slopes of the Cascades, including Fire Weather Zones 617...622...and 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...Moving roughly north to northeast around 20 mph. Storm mode will be mostly wet thunderstorms, but dry lightning strikes can occur outside of wet cores. Some stronger storms will contain hail. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Isolated gusts up to 45 mph. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Breezy southwest to west winds with lower humidity and unstable conditions will develop each afternoon and evening Thursday through this weekend. Any new fire starts will have the ability to spread rapidly. * DETAILED URL...View the hazard area in detail at https://weather.gov/wrh/hazards?wfo=mfr
Lifecycle record
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Red Flag Warning issued July 22 at 1:07AM PDT until July 22 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Medford OR
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Red Flag Warning issued July 22 at 1:07AM PDT until July 22 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Medford OR
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Red Flag Warning issued July 21 at 4:43PM PDT until July 22 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Medford OR
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Red Flag Warning issued July 21 at 12:12PM PDT until July 22 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS Medford OR
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Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Medford OR. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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