# Fire Weather Watch: Sierra Nevada of Tehama-Butte-Plumas Counties Above 3000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Yuba-Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Between 3000-5000 ft Including Interstate 80; Sierra Nevada of Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Above 5000 ft Including Interstate 80; Sierra Nevada of El Dorado and Amador Counties Between 3000-5000 ft Including Highway 50; Sierra Nevada of El Dorado-Amador-Northern Alpine Counties Above 5000 ft Including Highway 50; Sierra Nevada of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties Between 3000-5000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Calaveras-Tuolumne-Southern Alpine Counties Above 5000 ft — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-11 09:57 ingested 2026-08-12 07:27

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## extract

Fire Weather Watch — Sierra Nevada of Tehama-Butte-Plumas Counties Above 3000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Yuba-Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Between 3000-5000 ft Including Interstate 80; Sierra Nevada of Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Above 5000 ft Including Interstate 80; Sierra Nevada of El Dorado and Amador Counties Between 3000-5000 ft Including Highway 50; Sierra Nevada of El Dorado-Amador-Northern Alpine Counties Above 5000 ft Including Highway 50; Sierra Nevada of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties Between 3000-5000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Calaveras-Tuolumne-Southern Alpine Counties Above 5000 ft
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Possible.
The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for thunderstorms and strong outflow winds, which
is in effect from late Wednesday night through Thursday evening.

* Affected Area...Fire Zone 130 Sierra (Tehama-Plumas) Above
3000 ft, Fire Zone 132 Sierra (Yuba-Placer) 3000-5000 ft, Fire
Zone 133 Sierra (Sierra-Placer) Above 5000 ft, Fire Zone 135
Sierra 3000-5000 ft, Fire Zone 136 Sierra (El Dorado-Amador)
Above 5000 ft, Fire Zone 138 Sierra (Cal-Tuo) 3000-5000 ft and
Fire Zone 139 Sierra (Cal-Tuo) Above 5000 ft.

* Thunderstorms...Isolated to scattered coverage of a mix of wet
and dry thunderstorms expected. Lightning strikes may also occur
outside of main precipitation cores.

* Outflow Winds...Gusty and erratic outflow winds could occur near
any thunderstorm development.

* 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.

## retained text

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