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National Weather Service issues red flag warning for several parts of California
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James Brogan, a Modoc National Forest fuels technician, ignites a prescribed burn on May 11, 2021. The forest is one of several parts of California under a red flag warning for extreme fire danger.Max Whittaker/New York Times
The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning Thursday signaling the arrival of strong, gusting winds and the potential for dry lightning in the eastern Sierra Nevada and portions of northern California on Friday.
The warning covers a broad area east of the Sierra that stretches from Inyo County in California, to Nevada, Utah and western Colorado. In northern California, portions of Modoc, Lassen and Siskiyou counties containing Modoc National Forest are also expected to see worryingly strong winds, meteorologists said.
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Bay Area bewildered by prominent lenticular clouds
By Andre Torrez
Lenticular clouds in Concord. (Photo from KTVU viewer Maribeth)
SAN FRANCISCO - Some people in the Bay Area were perplexed by the sight of lenticular clouds in the sky Monday evening. It s not exactly a common sight to see them so prominently as KTVU Meteorologist Mark Tamayo put it.
National Weather Service Bay Area was prompted to share their own view of this sight to behold in GIF format. They say the Altocumulus Standing Lenticular clouds (that s their official name) were seen just inland from the North Bay and over the western Central Valley this evening as the sun set.
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Reports of the phenomenon began surfacing Thursday night on Twitter. (Kristin Borden/Patch)
BAY AREA, CA Bay Area residents took to Twitter Thursday night to report what sounded to some like a sonic boom.
Some said their houses shook. Others reported hearing an explosion-like noise or a loud boom. Some speculated that the sound may have been the result of a meteor.
One Twitter user said the phenomenon occurred around 7:20 p.m. Most of the reports appeared to be coming from residents of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.
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