Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Jul 12, 2007, 2:28 PM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 13, 2007, 6:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 37 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 12, 2007, 2:28 PM PDT (21:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2007, 6:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2007, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KOTX 122128 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 228 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED OVER ALL DISTRICTS ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT INTO WESTERN MONTANA ON FRIDAY ALLOWING A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO TRACK THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS BY FRIDAY MORNING NEAR THE CASCADES WITH THE THREAT SHIFTING TOWARD THE IDAHO BORDER LATER IN THE DAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT BOUT OF LIGHTNING WITH LITTLE RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WHEN COMBINED WITH NEAR RECORD HEAT...DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS...POTENTIALLY COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF EXPLOSIVE FIRE CONDITIONS. WAZ676-677-680-682-684-685-131530- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0002.070713T1500Z-070715T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0004.070713T1300Z-070714T0100Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- 228 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING NEAR THE EAST CASCADES AND LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. THUNDER CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY ON SATURDAY AS COOLER MARINE AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA...HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ WAZ687-131530- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0002.070714T0000Z-070715T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0004.070713T1300Z-070714T0100Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 228 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING OVER THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. THUNDER CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY ON SATURDAY AS COOLER MARINE AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA...HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-686-131530- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0002.070714T0000Z-070715T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0004.070713T2100Z-070714T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 228 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER COLUMBIA BASIN AND EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON BEFORE MOVING INTO NORTH IDAHO LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. THUNDER CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE ON SATURDAY AS THE HOT AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TRACKS INTO WESTERN MONTANA. HOWEVER THERE WILL STILL BE A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF IDAHO ZONE 101. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS86 KOTX 122200 CCA RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 258 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED OVER ALL DISTRICTS ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT INTO WESTERN MONTANA ON FRIDAY ALLOWING A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO TRACK THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS BY FRIDAY MORNING NEAR THE CASCADES WITH THE THREAT SHIFTING TOWARD THE IDAHO BORDER LATER IN THE DAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT BOUT OF LIGHTNING WITH LITTLE RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WHEN COMBINED WITH NEAR RECORD HEAT...DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS...POTENTIALLY COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF EXPLOSIVE FIRE CONDITIONS. WAZ676-677-680-682-684-685-131615- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0002.070713T1500Z-070715T0000Z/ /O.COR.KOTX.FW.W.0004.070713T1300Z-070714T0100Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- 258 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY DUE TO ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING NEAR THE EAST CASCADES AND LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. THUNDER CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY ON SATURDAY AS COOLER MARINE AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA...HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ WAZ687-131615- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0002.070714T0000Z-070715T0000Z/ /O.COR.KOTX.FW.W.0004.070713T1300Z-070714T0100Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 258 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY DUE TO ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING OVER THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. THUNDER CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY ON SATURDAY AS COOLER MARINE AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA...HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-686-131615- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0002.070714T0000Z-070715T0000Z/ /O.COR.KOTX.FW.W.0004.070713T2100Z-070714T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 258 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY DUE TO ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER COLUMBIA BASIN AND EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON BEFORE MOVING INTO NORTH IDAHO LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. THUNDER CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE ON SATURDAY AS THE HOT AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TRACKS INTO WESTERN MONTANA. HOWEVER THERE WILL STILL BE A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF IDAHO ZONE 101. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KOTX 131559 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 859 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED OVER ALL DISTRICTS ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT INTO WESTERN MONTANA ON FRIDAY ALLOWING A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO TRACK THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS BY FRIDAY MORNING NEAR THE CASCADES WITH THE THREAT SHIFTING TOWARD THE IDAHO BORDER LATER IN THE DAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT BOUT OF LIGHTNING WITH LITTLE RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WHEN COMBINED WITH NEAR RECORD HEAT...DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS...POTENTIALLY COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF EXPLOSIVE FIRE CONDITIONS. WAZ676-677-680-682-684-685-687-140000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070714T0100Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 859 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING NEAR THE EAST CASCADES AND LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. THUNDER CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY ON SATURDAY AS COOLER MARINE AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA...HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-686-140000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0004.070713T2100Z-070714T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 859 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER COLUMBIA BASIN AND EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON BEFORE MOVING INTO NORTH IDAHO LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. THUNDER CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE ON SATURDAY AS THE HOT AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TRACKS INTO WESTERN MONTANA. HOWEVER THERE WILL STILL BE A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF IDAHO ZONE 101. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KOTX 131629 CCA RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 921 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED OVER ALL DISTRICTS ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT INTO WESTERN MONTANA ON FRIDAY ALLOWING A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO TRACK THROUGH THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS BY FRIDAY MORNING NEAR THE CASCADES WITH THE THREAT SHIFTING TOWARD THE IDAHO BORDER LATER IN THE DAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT BOUT OF LIGHTNING WITH LITTLE RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WHEN COMBINED WITH NEAR RECORD HEAT...DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS...POTENTIALLY COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF EXPLOSIVE FIRE CONDITIONS. WAZ676-677-680-682-684-685-687-140045- /O.COR.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070714T0100Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 921 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH THIS MORNING INTO THE CASCADES AND LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. THUNDER CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY ON SATURDAY AS COOLER MARINE AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA...HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-686-140045- /O.COR.KOTX.FW.W.0004.070713T2100Z-070714T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 921 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM PDT SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND PALOUSE BY MID AFTERNOON BEFORE TRACKING INTO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO LATE IN THE DAY. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. THUNDER CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE ON SATURDAY AS THE HOT AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TRACKS INTO WESTERN MONTANA. HOWEVER THERE WILL STILL BE A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KOTX 132146 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 246 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED OVER ALL DISTRICTS ON THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD OFF THE CASCADES AND INTO NORTH IDAHO THROUGH THE EVENING TRIGGERING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EITHER DISSIPATE OR PUSH EAST OF THE DISTRICTS LATER TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY REFORM BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...HOWEVER THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL RESIDE OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. THIS EVENINGS THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT BOUT OF LIGHTNING WITH ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WHEN COMBINED WITH NEAR RECORD HEAT...DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS...POTENTIALLY COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF EXPLOSIVE FIRE CONDITIONS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A LITTLE MORE RAINFALL AND FEWER LIGHTNING STRIKES...HOWEVER HOT AND RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN DISTRICTS RESULTING IN A CONTINUED THREAT FOR NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. WAZ676-677-680-682-684-685-687-140200- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070714T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 246 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EASTWARD OFF THE CASCADE CREST THIS AFTERNOON...EXITING THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS EARLY THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE UNDER THESE STORMS WITH ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY ERRATIC AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. THUNDER CHANCES WILL DECREASE ON SATURDAY AS COOLER MARINE AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA...HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR CONTINUE. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ WAZ673-140600- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070714T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 246 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EASTWARD THROUGH THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND INTO THE PALOUSE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ IDZ101-WAZ686-140600- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070715T0200Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 246 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING...BEFORE MOVING EAST OF THE DISTRICTS OVERNIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. INITIALLY THEY WILL ALSO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. LIGHTNING CHANCES WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS STRONG HEATING OCCURS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WITH ANOTHER HOT AND RELATIVELY DRY DAY ANTICIPATED...THE POTENTIAL FOR NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS WILL STILL EXIST. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR CONTINUE. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KOTX 140158 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 658 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO NORTH IDAHO THIS EVENING TRIGGERING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EITHER DISSIPATE OR PUSH EAST OF THE DISTRICTS LATER TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY REFORM BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...HOWEVER THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL RESIDE OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. THIS EVENINGS THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT BOUT OF LIGHTNING WITH ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WHEN COMBINED WITH NEAR RECORD HEAT... DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND VERY DRY FUELS...POTENTIALLY COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF EXPLOSIVE FIRE CONDITIONS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A LITTLE MORE RAINFALL AND FEWER LIGHTNING STRIKES...HOWEVER HOT AND RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN DISTRICTS RESULTING IN A CONTINUED THREAT FOR NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. WAZ676-677-680-682-684-685-687-140300- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070714T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 658 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE THREAT OF ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS ENDED ACROSS THE CASCADES AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ WAZ673-140600- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070714T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 658 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EASTWARD THROUGH THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND INTO THE PALOUSE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ IDZ101-WAZ686-141000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070715T0200Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 658 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO THIS EVENING...BEFORE MOVING EAST OF THE DISTRICTS OVERNIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. INITIALLY THEY WILL ALSO PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS OVER THE AREA. LIGHTNING CHANCES WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS STRONG HEATING OCCURS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WITH ANOTHER HOT AND RELATIVELY DRY DAY ANTICIPATED... THE POTENTIAL FOR NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS WILL STILL EXIST. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR CONTINUE. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KOTX 140551 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1051 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A HOT AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION WILL BRING A RENEWED CHANCE OF ABUNDANT LIGHTNING SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY AFTERNOONS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAINLY THREATEN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...WITH THE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. THE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A LITTLE MORE RAINFALL AND FEWER LIGHTNING STRIKES...HOWEVER HOT AND RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN DISTRICTS RESULTING IN A CONTINUED THREAT FOR NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. WAZ673-140700- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070714T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 1051 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FURTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE DISTRICT...HOWEVER THE PROSPECT OF ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS ENDED. $$ IDZ101-WAZ686-141400- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070715T0200Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 1051 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... LIGHTNING CHANCES WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS STRONG HEATING OCCURS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WITH ANOTHER HOT AND RELATIVELY DRY DAY ANTICIPATED... THE POTENTIAL FOR NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS WILL STILL EXIST. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR CONTINUE. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KOTX 141420 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 720 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 2007 ...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON... A HOT AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A RENEWED CHANCE OF ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL PRIMARILY THREATEN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MORE RAINFALL AND FEWER LIGHTNING STRIKES COMPARED TO YESTERDAYS EVENT...HOWEVER HOT AND RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL STILL CONTRIBUTE TO A CONTINUED THREAT FOR NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. IDZ101-WAZ686-150200- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070715T0200Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 720 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR CONTINUE. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY FUELS...AND ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KOTX 150157 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 657 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2007 IDZ101-WAZ686-150300- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070715T0200Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 657 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE THREAT OF EVENING THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED. ON SUNDAY...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ARE LOW. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:17 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 9 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2007Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.