EVENT: Red Flag Warning
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
ONSET: 08-13-26 @ 05:00 am
EXPIRES: 08-13-26 @ 05:00 pm
The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a Red Flag
Warning for thunderstorms and strong outflow winds, which is in
effect from 5 AM to 9 PM PDT Thursday. The Fire Weather Watch is
no longer in effect.

* Affected Area...Fire Zone 136 Sierra (El Dorado-Amador) Above
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.
INSTRUCTIONS:
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.