Weather Alert Detail

Fire Weather Watch for Greater Lake Tahoe Area County, California
Fire Weather Watch issued July 11 at 9:09PM PDT until July 12 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS
Effective: Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 1 p.m.
Expires: Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 9 p.m.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND STRONG OUTFLOW
WINDS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA AND LAHONTAN BASIN OF WESTERN
NEVADA...
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Zone 273 Mono and Eastern Alpine Counties
and Fire Zone 459 Mineral and Southern Lyon Counties.
* Thunderstorms...Thunderstorms have ended this evening, but will
expand northward on Thursday. The north edge of the
thunderstorm activity will have limited rainfall with lightning
caused fires probable.
* Outflow Winds...Gusty and erratic outflow winds of 40 to 50
mph can be expected near thunderstorms.
* 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.

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