Red Flag Warning

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Red Flag Warning for thunderstorms and strong outflow winds, which is in effect from noon to 11 PM PDT Friday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* CHANGES...The Fire Weather Watch has been upgraded to a Red Flag Warning. The start time of the Red Flag Warning has been delayed to Friday afternoon as thunderstorm potential Friday morning has decreased.

* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 423 West Humboldt Basin in Pershing County.

* Thunderstorms....A mix of wet and dry thunderstorms Friday afternoon.

* Outflow Winds...Gusty and erratic thunderstorm outflow winds, even well away from rain cores. Gusts to around 60 mph possible.

* 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 before first responders can contain them.