Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Jul 9, 2007, 10:55 AM PDT. It took effect at Jul 9, 2007, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2007, 10:55 AM PDT (17:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 9, 2007, 1:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2007, 10:31 PM PDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KOTX 091755 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1055 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW LEVEL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA TODAY CAUSING GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO BLOW THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE NIGHT. BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT... CONTRIBUTING TO POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT. WAZ684-100200- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0002.070709T2000Z-070710T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 1055 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS BETWEEN 12 MPH AND 17 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS BELOW 20 PERCENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING...CLIMBING ABOVE 20 PERCENT BY 11 PM...BUT SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS IN THE 12 TO 17 MPH RANGE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL PASSED MIDNIGHT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS86 KOTX 100201 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 701 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW LEVEL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA TODAY CAUSING GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO BLOW THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE NIGHT. BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT... CONTRIBUTING TO POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT. WAZ684-100600- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070710T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 701 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS BETWEEN 12 MPH AND 17 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS BELOW 20 PERCENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING...CLIMBING ABOVE 20 PERCENT BY 11 PM...BUT SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS IN THE 12 TO 17 MPH RANGE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL PASSED MIDNIGHT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KOTX 100531 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1030 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2007 WAZ684-100630- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070710T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 1030 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WHILE LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.