From: Office of Emergency Services

FXUS70 KFAT 081648
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
900 AM PDT WED AUG 8 2001 
RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO DRY LIGHTNING 
ABOVE 5000 FEET IN THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM STANISLAUS NF SOUTH TO THE 


KERN COUNTY LINE...NFDRS ZONES 531-534, 540, 551...
THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE TODAY 


WITH THE MID LEVEL DRYING. THIS SITUATION WILL HELP TO PRODUCE 
SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE WARNING


AREA. MOISTURE IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN 
LOW...AND THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD 
OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. 







For more information contact:
For more information contact the Warning Center at OES 916-262-1621

EDIS-08-08-01 1121 PDT


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