August 2, 2022 4:10 a.m.  

A Red Flag Warning is in effect through 11:00 p.m. Tuesday for parts of the region as a new round of scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service said this includes eastern Douglas County eastward, Josephine County, the southern Oregon Cascades, and the Klamath Basin.

Abundant lightning on critically dry vegetation is likely to result in numerous new fire starts Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening that could overwhelm firefighting resources. Gusty thunderstorm outflow wind gusts of thirty to sixty miles per hour will contribute to fire spread in some areas. In other locations, locally heavy, wetting rainfall is likely to limit or prevent fire spread, but numerous holdover fires will be possible.

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