URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
935 PM PDT Mon Jul 18 2022

...Gusty Winds and Low Humidity...

.Gusty afternoon and evening winds combined with very dry humidity
levels will result in critical fire weather conditions in portions
of Siskiyou and Modoc counties Tuesday, likely on Wednesday, and
possibly on Thursday also.

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Western Klamath National Forest-
Central Siskiyou County Including Shasta Valley-
935 PM PDT Mon Jul 18 2022

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 280 AND 281...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH LOW RH FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 280 AND 281...

The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Red Flag
Warning...which is in effect from 2 PM to 8 PM PDT Tuesday. A Fire
Weather Watch has also been issued. This Fire Weather Watch is in
effect from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening.

* Impacts:  Strong, gusty wind with low relative humidity and
  critically dry vegetation will greatly increase the spread
  potential of any new and existing fires.

* Affected area:
  In Northern CA...Fire Weather Zones 280 and 281, including Seiad
  Valley, Scott Bar, Klamath River, Yreka, Weed, Fort Jones, and
  Etna.

* Wind: South 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the southern
  Shasta Valley near Weed, otherwise west to northwest 10 to 15
  mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* Humidity: As low as 7 to 12 percent.

* View the hazard area in detail at:
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD

* View the hazard area in detail at:
  https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD

From C Heden in Cottonwood:

Thanks to the great support from our firefighters, there’s encouraging news about the Peter Fire early this a.m.; after growing to 300 acres, CalFIre reports the forward progress has been halted with 25% containment.
From my my deck I cannot see any smoke, though my vantage point does not extend to ground level, so smoke must be ground-hugging due to overnight inversion.
Light winds and similar temps to yesterday are expected later on…and hopes are they can begin mop-up operations without another breakout.
No injuries have been reported, although several buildings and cars were lost. Evacs are still in place, though…but I suspect they will be changing to a warning instead of being mandatory.

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. 4:52 P.M. UPDATE – The Peter Fire burning west of Anderson has now burned 200 acres after it broke out Thursday afternoon, according to CAL FIRE Shasta Unit. 

Evacuation orders

At 4:52 p.m., the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders for Third Street at Highway 273 and all roads west of Highway 273 to the northwest to Anna Road and Spring Gulch Road. 

At 3:30 p.m., SHASCOM issued evacuations for La Colina Terrace at Beacon Drive, Peter Pan Gulch Road at Olinda Road and the streets between Peter Pan Gulch Road west to Twyla Road.

Evacuation warnings

An evacuation warning was issued at 4:52 p.m. for all streets off Parallel Road and Jacqueline Street. 

CAL FIRE said multiple structures were involved in the fire just before 3:30 p.m.

The Anderson Walmart is a temporary public collection point. 

Evacuation Center

An evacuation center was set up at the West Valley High School.

The Peter Fire in the western section of Anderson now over 30 acres.
There is a heavy mix of black and grey smoke, so more structures or other machinery is likely still going up. No sign of pyro-Cu, though.
Not a lot of other info yet…local news is onsite and they are reporting evacs are in progress near Peter Pan Gulch…as well as Anderson HIgh School which is less than a mile away.

#RedFlagWarning in effect for Modoc County and Siskiyou County from Tuesday 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. due to strong gusty wind with low humidity. This is #CriticalFireWeather so use caution outdoors. More tips: https://www.fire.ca.gov/…/red-flag-warnings-fire…/

Jay Perkins

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We are wrapping up our journey through Cal Fire’s “Ready for Wildfire” series with this week’s posting….but we will continue to message on Wildfire Readiness and Disaster Preparedness because we believe that it a key to citizen safety and wellbeing: from home hardening and defensible space to Go Bags and evacuation preparedness. Nationally, there are over 4.6 million acres burned from wildfire which is more than double the national 10-year average. There have been over 35,000 fire starts with 32,000 of those being human caused; that’s over 91% of all fires this year have been caused by humans!! We absolutely have to do better than that!!

Yes, we had rain that knocked fire season back, however, fire season is still upon us. We will hit triple digit temperatures by the end of the weekend. We still have most of July, August and September ahead of us; with August and September as our two driest months. Please be careful with fires. It only takes one spark!

Are you ready for wildfire?

211 Norcal: https://211norcal.org/siskiyou/

All 18 Ready for Wildfire messages: https://211norcal.org/wildfire-preparedness/

Ready For Wildfire: https://www.readyforwildfire.org/

One Less Spark: https://www.readyforwildfire.org/…/one-less-spark…/

From the Guardian:

Favorable weather is aiding the fight against a wildfire in California’s Gold Country that has forced evacuations in two counties.

The size of the Electra fire remained unchanged on Wednesday morning at about 6.1 sq miles (15.8 sq km), but containment doubled to 10%, the California department of forestry and fire protection (CalFire) said in a daily report.

“Humidity recovery in the early morning hours moderated fire activity,” CalFire said.

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#ElectraFire off Electra Rd and Hwy 49, southeast of Jackson in Amador County is 3034 acres.

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https://fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022