Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Sep 25, 2011, 1:17 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 25, 2011, 1:17 PM PDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 7:11 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742 WWUS86 KOTX 252017 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 117 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MUCH OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE...SPOKANE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AREA INTO EARLY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY BELOW 3000 FEET... WAZ673-686-260300- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0005.110925T2017Z-110926T0300Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...WILBUR... RITZVILLE...COLFAX...CHENEY...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...NEWPORT 117 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673 AND 686 BELOW 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673 AND 686 BELOW 3000 FEET. THOUGH A LARGE SWATH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON IS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING...THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA WILL BE ACROSS THE PALOUSE AND NORTH INTO THE SPOKANE AREA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER HAZARD FOR MAINLY FINE FUELS SUCH AS GRASSES. IF FIRES IGNITE....THEY MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 22 PERCENT AROUND SPOKANE...WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY OF 25 TO 35 PERCENT IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND PALOUSE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. CAMPERS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CAUTIOUS. BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES DOWN TO ONE MILE FROM RITZVILLE TO SPOKANE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SPOKANE
1 follow-up statement
962 WWUS86 KOTX 260211 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 711 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...WINDS DECREASING THIS EVENING... WAZ673-686-260315- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110926T0300Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...WILBUR... RITZVILLE...COLFAX...CHENEY...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...NEWPORT 711 PM PDT SUN SEP 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673 AND 686... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. GUSTY WINDS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO SUBSIDE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE INCREASING VERY QUICKLY THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAS THUS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SPOKANE
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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.