# Fire Weather Watch: Umpqua National Forest; Siskiyou Mountains; Eastern Rogue Valley; Southern Oregon Cascades; Klamath Basin and the Fremont-Winema National Forest; South Central Oregon Desert including the BLM Land in Eastern Lake and Western Harney Counties — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-20 12:40 ingested 2026-07-21 08:28

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

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Fire Weather Watch — Umpqua National Forest; Siskiyou Mountains; Eastern Rogue Valley; Southern Oregon Cascades; Klamath Basin and the Fremont-Winema National Forest; South Central Oregon Desert including the BLM Land in Eastern Lake and Western Harney Counties
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Possible.
The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Fire Weather
Watch, which is in effect from Wednesday morning through
Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Abundant lightning on dry fuels will likely create
new ignitions across the region. Any fires that develop could
spread rapidly. Numerous new fire starts could overwhelm
initial attack.

* AFFECTED AREA...Areas in southern Oregon along and east of the
Cascades, along the western foothills and slopes of the
Cascades, and over the Siskiyous, including Fire Weather Zones
617...621...622...623...624 and 625.

* THUNDERSTORMS...Moving roughly north to northeast around 15 to
20 mph. Storm mode will be mostly wet thunderstorms, but dry
lightning strikes can occur outside of wet cores.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...Isolated gusts up to 45 mph.

* DETAILED URL...View the hazard area in detail at
https://weather.gov/wrh/hazards?wfo=mfr

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.