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WWUS86 KMFR 222047  
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  
147 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025  
 
CAZ280>282-284-285-ORZ621-623>625-231200-  
/O.NEW.KMFR.FW.A.0005.250724T2000Z-250725T0600Z/  
WESTERN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST-  
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY INCLUDING SHASTA VALLEY-SHASTA-  
TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST IN SISKIYOU COUNTY-  
SISKIYOU COUNTY FROM THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS EAST AND SOUTH TO MT  
SHASTA-MODOC COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE SURPRISE VALLEY-  
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-  
KLAMATH BASIN AND THE FREMONT-WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST-  
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON DESERT INCLUDING THE BLM LAND IN EASTERN  
LAKE AND WESTERN HARNEY COUNTIES-  
147 PM PDT TUE JUL 22 2025  
 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
THURSDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE  
WEATHER ZONES 280, 281, 282, 284, 285, 621, 623, 624, AND 625...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER  
WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS RESULTING IN THE  
POTENTIAL FOR NUMEROUS NEW FIRE STARTS. ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP  
WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.  
 
* AFFECTED AREA...IN CALIFORNIA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280, 281,  
282, 284, AND 285. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF SISKIYOU AND MODOC  
COUNTIES. IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 621, 623, 624, AND 625.  
THIS INCLUDES FREMONT AND WINEMA NATIONAL FOREST, AND THE ROGUE  
RIVER SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST.  
 
* THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY  
WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING.  
 
* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS AROUND 40 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY  
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.  
 
* DETAILED URL...VIEW THE HAZARD AREA IN DETAIL AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=MFR  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOLLOW ALL FIRE RESTRICTIONS. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD CAUSE  
SPARKS. VISIT WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD/WILDFIRE FOR LINKS TO FIRE  
RESTRICTIONS IN YOUR AREA.  
 
IF YOU HAVE NOT PACKET YOUR GO KIT YET, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO.  
THIS INCLUDES ITEMS LIKE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND ESSENTIALS YOU  
CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT. FILL YOUR VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK. VISIT  
READY.GOV/KIT FOR MORE INFORMATION.  
 
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS  
ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE VALID WATCH TIME. THESE CONDITIONS COULD  
PROMOTE THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES WHICH COULD BECOME LIFE-  
THREATENING. CHECK WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD FOR FORECAST UPDATES AND A  
POSSIBLE UPGRADE OF THE THIS WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING.  
 

 
 

 
 
VISIT US AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDFORD  
 
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