Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Aug 28, 2011, 3:47 AM PDT. It took effect at Aug 28, 2011, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 14 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
- Aug 28, 2011, 3:47 AM PDT (10:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 28, 2011, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2011, 4:16 AM PDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
289 WWUS86 KOTX 281047 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 347 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...SCATTERED LIGHTNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING UPPER WAVE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH OREGON AND PRODUCE AN EXPANDING REGION OF THUNDER LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING INTO SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. THE LIGHTNING THREAT WILL TREND FROM MAINLY DRY LIGHTNING INITIALLY TO INCREASINGLY WET IN CHARACTER OVERNIGHT. NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE FINER FUELS BELOW 3000 FEET SUCH AS GRASSES. THIS WARNING DOES NOT COVER THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN OR WATERVILLE PLATEAU...BUT ONLY THE PALOUSE REGION IN WHITMAN COUNTY. WAZ673-282130- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0003.110828T2100Z-110829T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 347 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...WHITMAN COUNTY IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY 11 TO 15 PERCENT BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM...RISING SIGNIFICANTLY THEREAFTER. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED LIGHTNING TRENDING FROM MAINLY DRY INITIALLY TO INCREASINGLY WET IN CHARACTER OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...NEW LIGHTNING INITIATED FIRE STARTS WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE FINER FUELS BELOW 3000 FEET SUCH AS GRASSES. GUSTY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS MAY ADD TO THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRES OUTSIDE OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CORES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. FIRE STARTS FROM LIGHTNING WILL BE LIKELY...WITH GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AIDING IN THE RAPID GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
4 follow-up statements
310 WWUS86 KOTX 281859 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1159 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...SCATTERED LIGHTNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL TRACK EAST THROUGH NORTHERN OREGON DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AS THE LOW MIGRATES EASTWARD...THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ARRIVING DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE LIGHTNING THREAT WILL INITIALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LITTLE IF ANY RAIN...HOWEVER THE STORMS WILL TREND WETTER WITH TIME. THE COMBINATION OF LIGHTNING AND LITTLE RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS IN THE CURED AND FINER FUELS FOUND ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND ONTO THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE. THIS WARNING DOES NOT COVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN NOR THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. WAZ673-290300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0003.110828T2100Z-110829T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 1159 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673... * AFFECTED AREA...WHITMAN AND ADAMS COUNTIES IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY 11 TO 15 PERCENT BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM...RISING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED LIGHTNING TRENDING FROM MAINLY DRY INITIALLY TO INCREASINGLY WET IN CHARACTER OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...NEW LIGHTNING INITIATED FIRE STARTS WILL BE LIKELY...IN THE CURED AND FINE FUELS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLUMBIA BASIN ONTO THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS MAY ADD TO THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRES OUTSIDE OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CORES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. FIRE STARTS FROM LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AIDING IN THE RAPID GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
391 WWUS86 KOTX 282211 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 311 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...SCATTERED LIGHTNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL TRACK EAST THROUGH NORTHERN OREGON DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AS THE LOW MIGRATES EASTWARD...THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE... WITH THE BEST CHANCES ARRIVING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE LIGHTNING THREAT WILL INITIALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LITTLE IF ANY RAIN...HOWEVER THE STORMS WILL TREND WETTER WITH TIME. THE COMBINATION OF LIGHTNING AND LITTLE RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS IN THE CURED AND FINER FUELS FOUND ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND ONTO THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE. THIS WARNING DOES NOT COVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN NOR THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. WAZ673-290815- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 311 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673... * AFFECTED AREA...WHITMAN AND ADAMS COUNTIES IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY 11 TO 15 PERCENT BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM...RISING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED LIGHTNING TRENDING FROM MAINLY DRY INITIALLY TO INCREASINGLY WET OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...NEW LIGHTNING INITIATED FIRE STARTS WILL BE LIKELY...IN THE CURED AND FINE FUELS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLUMBIA BASIN ONTO THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS MAY ADD TO THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRES OUTSIDE OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CORES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. FIRE STARTS FROM LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AIDING IN THE RAPID GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
787 WWUS86 KOTX 290505 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1005 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...SCATTERED LIGHTNING ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON TONIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTH OREGON CONTINUES TO FUEL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON THIS EVENING. STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS LEADING TO ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND WASHINGTON PALOUSE. THIS WARNING DOES NOT COVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN NOR THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. WAZ673-291200- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 1005 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673... * AFFECTED AREA...WHITMAN AND ADAMS COUNTIES IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH IN THE EVENING NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASING BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT THIS EVENING INCREASING BETWEEN 60 AND 80 PERCENT BY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED LIGHTNING TRENDING FROM MAINLY DRY INITIALLY TO INCREASINGLY WET OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...NEW LIGHTNING INITIATED FIRE STARTS WILL BE LIKELY...IN THE CURED AND FINE FUELS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLUMBIA BASIN ONTO THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS MAY ADD TO THE RAPID SPREAD OF FIRES OUTSIDE OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION CORES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. FIRE STARTS FROM LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AIDING IN THE RAPID GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
332 WWUS86 KOTX 291116 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 416 AM PDT MON AUG 29 2011 WAZ673-291230- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 416 AM PDT MON AUG 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WITH THE MARKED DECREASE IN LIGHTNING AND THE TREND TOWARDS WETTER CONDITIONS...WE HAVE ENDED THE RED FLAG WARNING. ISOLATED THUNDER WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. $$
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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.