Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Sep 12, 2007, 3:58 AM PDT. It took effect at Sep 12, 2007, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Sep 12, 2007, 3:58 AM PDT (10:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2007, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2007, 6:27 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS86 KOTX 121058 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 358 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 ...DRY COLD FRONT PASSAGE TODAY... .A COOL CANADIAN FRONT WILL DESCEND THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY TODAY BRINGING BREEZY CONDITIONS ON LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ684-121900- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0009.070912T1900Z-070913T0400Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 358 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW RH AND BREEZY WINDS IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY TODAY. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REACH CRITICALLY LOW VALUES THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS86 KOTX 121719 RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1019 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 WAZ684-130400- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0009.070912T1900Z-070913T0400Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 1019 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE COMBINATION OF BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITES... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A DRY COLD FRONT HAS DESCENDED THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY THIS MORNING. THIS PASSAGE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BREEZY NORTH WINDS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MEANWHILE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REACH CRITICALLY LOW VALUES THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS WILL LEAD TOWARD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS86 KOTX 130127 AAA RFWOTX RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 627 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 WAZ684-130230- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070913T0400Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 627 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. EXPECT BREEZY NORTH WINDS TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT...WITH HUMIDITY RISING SUBSTANTIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING. REACHING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLD OF WINDY WEATHER AND LOW HUMIDITY IS NO LONGER A THREAT. $$
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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.