Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Jul 10, 2007, 5:02 AM PDT. It took effect at Jul 10, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 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 10, 2007, 5:02 AM PDT (12:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 10, 2007, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2007, 10:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KOTX 101202 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 502 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON LASTING INTO THIS EVENING... .GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AS SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS REMAIN TIGHT. IN ADDITION RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REACH CRITICAL LEVELS BY LATE THIS MORNING. WAZ684-110130- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0003.070710T1800Z-070711T0500Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 502 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 15 TO 20 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS...GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING BELOW 20 PERCENT AROUND 11 AM THIS MORNING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER LATE THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...CLIMBING ABOVE 20 PERCENT AFTER 9 PM. SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 12 TO 18 MPH RANGE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS86 KOTX 102102 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 202 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON LASTING INTO THIS EVENING... .HOT...DRY...AND GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING...BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS OVER THE REGION. WAZ684-110500- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070711T0500Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 202 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE 90S...AND HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 20 PERCENT IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 12 TO 16 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS EVENING...BUT WARM CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT COMBINED WITH STEADY NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT. THE METHOW VALLEY WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY SHELTERED FROM THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS IN THE METHOW VALLEY WILL GENERALLY BE UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY BETWEEN 4 AND 8 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KOTX 110452 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 952 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2007 WAZ684-110600- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070711T0500Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 952 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE DECREASING OVER THE REGION WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE RECOVERING ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. $$
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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.