# Fire Weather Watch: Surprise Valley California; Western Lassen, Eastern Plumas, and Eastern Sierra Counties; Greater Lake Tahoe and Truckee Area; Eastern Lassen County; Northern Washoe County — 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 10:19 ingested 2026-08-12 07:27

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Fire Weather Watch — Surprise Valley California; Western Lassen, Eastern Plumas, and Eastern Sierra Counties; Greater Lake Tahoe and Truckee Area; Eastern Lassen County; Northern Washoe County
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Possible.
The National Weather Service in Reno 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 Weather Zone 270 Surprise Valley
California, Fire Weather Zone 271 Western Lassen, Eastern
Plumas, and Eastern Sierra Counties, Fire Weather Zone 272
Greater Lake Tahoe and Truckee Area, Fire Weather Zone 278
Eastern Lassen County, Fire Weather Zone 458 Northern Washoe
County.

* Thunderstorms...Thunderstorm chances increase to 15 to 30
percent for Thursday leading to lightning strikes on dry fuels.
Thunderstorms may also produce hail and periods of moderate to
heavy rainfall.

* Outflow Winds...Up to 50 mph.

* 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.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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.