From: Office of Emergency Services

FIRE WEATHER WATCH 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
900 AM PDT TUE AUG 7 2001 

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH AFTERNOONS/EVENINGS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY 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...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING 
HOURS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY IN THE WATCH 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH. NOTE THAT THE WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO 


INCLUDE THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST. 

MENDENHALL


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

EDIS-08-07-01 1054 PDT


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