Scott Valley, Siskiyou, Yreka

McKinney Fire Escalates to 30,000 to 40,000 Acres



**** A ten mile high pyrocumulus cloud can be seen rising today from the fire


**** Siskiyou Sheriff Updated Evacuation Orders


**** Highway 96 closed – STAY OUT


**** National Weather Service issues Fire Weather Watch


The McKinney Fire is growing massively, with the latest estimate of 30,000 to 40,000 acres burned since its start yesterday, north of Yreka along Klamath River.


Cumulus clouds are developing in the fire area again today, which has potential to exacerbate fire behavior.


Firefighters with support of numerous air resources, including two VLATs and two type 1 tankers, continue their aggressive extended attack on the McKinney Fire.




SISKIYOU SHERIFF: THE EVACUATION WARNING FOR ZONE SIS-1117 BEEN UPGRADED TO AN ORDER. **PLEASE LEAVE THIS AREA IMMEDIATELY.**


– NORTH OF Forest Route 46n64

– SOUTH OF California Highway 96

– EAST OF China Grade Road

– WEST OF California Highway 96


⚠The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office is issuing EVACUATION WARNINGS on the east end of the #McKinneyFire for Yreka Zones:

YRE-3517

YRE-3624

YRE-3621

YRE-3636

YRE-3615

YRE-3612


PLEASE follow this link to see the evacuation zones: https://community.zonehaven.com/?latlon=41.82241712634084%2C-122.95539351264563&z=10.422241185395976&fbclid=IwAR3kgZ1eIw2JsnFhIym-bE6b0voyELt3OzevqojHVF4adHx1lpkzp6grAbA


CALTRANS TRAFFIC ALERT: State Route 96 is currently closed from the junction with State Route 263, approx. 2 miles west of junction with Interstate 5, to Scott River Road (Siskiyou County) due to the #McKinneyFire. No ETO.


24/7 highway updates: https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/


The sheriff is receiving several reports of people trying to access evacuation zones and driving down narrow roads where residents are trying to flee. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office and our law enforcement partners are asking people to please be respectful of these orders. 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆. These areas are lawfully closed to public access.


Fire Weather Watch

URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Medford OR

317 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022


…Abundant Lightning On Dry Fuels Expected This Weekend…


.Heat, instability, and increasing moisture along with a couple of

low pressure impulses moving through today and Sunday into Monday

are expected to bring scattered thunderstorms and abundant

lightning on dry fuels this weekend. Today, thunderstorms are

expected to develop mid to late afternoon across western Siskiyou

County, across the Siskiyous, and over portions of the Southern Oregon

Cascades. These thunderstorms are then likely to propagate across

portions of Jackson and Josephine counties. Sunday into Monday, an

approaching low pressure system will bring another round of

lightning to areas east of the coastal ranges to the Cascades and

into Klamath and northwest Lake County as well as across western

and central Siskiyou.


CAZ281-ORZ616-624-625-302300-

/O.CON.KMFR.FW.A.0008.220731T1900Z-220801T1400Z/

Central Siskiyou County Including Shasta Valley-Umpqua Basin-

Klamath Basin and the Fremont-Winema National Forest-

South Central Oregon Desert including the BLM Land in Eastern Lake

and Western Harney Counties-

317 AM PDT Sat Jul 30 2022


…FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON

THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR

FIRE WEATHER ZONES 281, 616, 624, AND 625…


* Impacts: Lightning and high fire danger will likely result in

new fire starts. Gusty thunderstorm winds could contribute to

fire spread. Despite rainfall, initial attack resources could be

overwhelmed and holdover fires are possible.


* Affected area:

In Northern CA Fire Zone….281.

In Southwest and South Central OR Fire Zones…616…624…625.


* Wind: Gusty outflow winds of 30 to as high as 50 mph will be

possible with stronger thunderstorm cells.


* Thunderstorms: Sunday into Monday, an approaching low pressure

system will bring a round of scattered thunderstorms with

lightning to areas east of the coastal ranges to the Cascades and

into Klamath and northwest Lake County as well as across western

and central Siskiyou.


* Rainfall: Sunday into Monday, scattered thunderstorms will be a

mix of wet and dry, as well. Locally significant wetting rainfall

will be possible with some of the thunderstorms, especially the

slower moving ones.


* View the hazard area in detail at:

https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD


Photos from Siskiyou Alerts on Facebook


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