Severe

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Red Flag<br /> Warning for thunderstorms and strong outflow winds, which is in<br /> effect from 1 PM to 10 PM PDT Thursday. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 420 Northern Sierra Front<br /> including Carson City, Douglas, Storey, Southern Washoe,<br /> Western Lyon, and Far Southern Lassen Counties, Fire Weather<br /> Zone 421 Southern Sierra Front including Alpine, Northern<br /> Mono, Southern Lyon, and Western Mineral Counties. * Thunderstorms...A mix of wet and dry thunderstorms Thursday<br />

* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 423 West Humboldt Basin in<br /> Pershing County. * Thunderstorms...A scattered mix of wet and dry thunderstorms<br /> Friday morning, then increasing in coverage in the afternoon. * Outflow Winds...Gusty and erratic thunderstorm outflow winds,<br /> even well away from rain cores. Gusts to around 60 mph<br /> possible. * Impacts...Lightning can create new fire starts and may combine<br /> with strong outflow winds to cause a fire to rapidly grow in<br />

SVRDVN The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...<br /> Hancock County in west central Illinois...<br /> Southwestern Lee County in southeastern Iowa...<br /> Clark County in northeastern Missouri... * Until 430 PM CDT. * At 328 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Neeper, or<br /> near Kahoka, moving east at 60 mph. Additional strong to severe<br /> storms are developing east of the area too. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated.

At 303 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Spring Bay, or<br /> near Chillicothe, moving east at 70 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 3:02 PM, a trained spotter<br /> reported quarter sized hail south of Dunlap. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to<br /> roofs, siding, and trees. This severe storm will be near...<br /> Metamora around 310 PM CDT.<br /> Roanoke around 315 PM CDT.<br /> Benson and Secor around 320 PM CDT.<br /> El Paso around 325 PM CDT.

At 307 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Delavan, or 13<br /> miles south of Pekin, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to<br /> roofs, siding, and trees. This severe storm will be near...<br /> Delavan and Hopedale around 310 PM CDT.<br /> Armington around 315 PM CDT.<br /> Minier around 320 PM CDT.<br /> McLean around 325 PM CDT.<br /> Heyworth around 335 PM CDT.<br /> Downs around 340 PM CDT.

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be<br /> possible. * WHERE...A portion of central Alabama, including the following<br /> counties, Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers,<br /> Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Greene, Hale,<br /> Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry,<br /> Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter,<br /> Talladega, Tallapoosa and Tuscaloosa. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through Friday evening.

SVRILX The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...<br /> Northern Logan County in central Illinois...<br /> East central Fulton County in west central Illinois...<br /> Northwestern De Witt County in central Illinois...<br /> Southern Tazewell County in central Illinois...<br /> Southwestern McLean County in central Illinois...<br /> Northeastern Mason County in central Illinois... * Until 400 PM CDT. * At 253 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Manito, or 13<br />

* AFFECTED AREA...In Colorado, Fire Weather Zone 203 Lower<br /> Colorado River and Fire Weather Zone 205 Colorado River<br /> Headwaters below 8000 feet. * TIMING...Until 9 PM MDT this evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 to 13 percent. * IMPACTS...Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise<br /> extreme caution with any outdoor burning.<br /> A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions<br /> are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of<br />

* AFFECTED AREA...In Colorado, Fire Weather Zone 200 Little<br /> Snake Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone 201 Routt Forecast<br /> Area, Fire Weather Zone 202 White River Forecast Area, Fire<br /> Weather Zone 207 Southwest Colorado Lower Forecast Area, Fire<br /> Weather Zone 290 Paradox Valley Forecast Area, Fire Weather<br /> Zone 291 Northern San Juan Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone<br /> 292 North Fork Forecast Area, Fire Weather Zone 293 Gunnison<br /> Basin Forecast Area and Fire Weather Zone 294 Southwest<br />

* AFFECTED AREA...In Colorado, Fire Weather Zone 295 Southwest<br /> Colorado Upper East Forecast Area below 9000 feet. * TIMING...Until 9 PM MDT this evening. * WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...9 to 14 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread<br /> quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.<br /> A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions<br /> are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of<br />