Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 27, 2011, 2:54 PM PDT for Clark County, Cowlitz County, Skamania County, Washington. It took effect at Aug 27, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2011, 2:54 PM PDT (21:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 27, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Clark County, WA, Cowlitz County, WA, Skamania County, WA
The radar
The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
265 WWUS86 KPDT 272154 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 254 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-280600- /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0009.110828T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 254 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$ ORZ610-611-630-280600- /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0009.110828T0000Z-110828T2200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 254 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SOME OVERNIGHT THEN DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
8 follow-up statements
466 WWUS86 KPDT 280354 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 854 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-281700- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 854 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$ ORZ610-611-630-281700- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110828T2200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 854 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING BUT WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ631-281700- /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.A.0007.110828T1900Z-110829T1200Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- 854 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR631... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
864 WWUS86 KPDT 281043 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 343 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. ORZ631-281845- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0007.110828T1900Z-110829T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.FW.W.0009.110828T1900Z-110829T1200Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- 343 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR631... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED * PRECIPITATION...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL OF 3 * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ WAZ631-281845- /O.EXB.KPDT.FW.W.0009.110828T1900Z-110829T1200Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 343 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE WA631... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED * PRECIPITATION...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL OF 3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-281845- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 343 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ610-611-630-281845- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110828T2200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 343 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING BUT WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
586 WWUS86 KPDT 281842 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1142 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-282200- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 1142 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ610-611-630-282200- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110828T2200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 1142 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-282200- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.110828T1900Z-110829T1200Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 1142 AM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR631... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
970 WWUS86 KPDT 282156 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 256 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. ORZ610-282300- /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110828T2200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- 256 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR610... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY EASTWARD ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$ ORZ630-290200- /O.EXT.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 256 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR630... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ611-290200- /O.EXT.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0200Z/ DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- 256 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR611... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-290200- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 256 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-290200- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 256 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 631 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
196 WWUS86 KPDT 290159 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 659 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. ORZ611-290300- /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0200Z/ DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- 659 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR611... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING OUT OF THIS FIRE WEATHER ZONE. NO ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. $$ ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-290600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 659 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-291000- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 659 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 631 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ630-290600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 659 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR630... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
403 WWUS86 KPDT 290543 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1043 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH THE NIGHT... .SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE FROM THE BLUE MOUNTAINS EAST TO THE IDAHO BORDER TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ORZ632-638-290645- /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-BAKER VALLEY- 1043 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING BUT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ ORZ630-290645- /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 1043 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR630... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED IN THIS FIRE ZONE. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ ORZ633-WAZ633-291200- /O.EXT.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 1043 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 IN THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * PRECIPITATION...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...BUT MOST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. THERE WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH A FEW STORMS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ634-635-291345- /O.EXT.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1600Z/ EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-WALLOWA DISTRICT- 1043 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF AFTER SUNRISE. * PRECIPITATION...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...BUT MOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. THERE WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH A FEW STORMS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-291200- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 1043 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 631 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. THERE WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH A FEW STORMS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
170 WWUS86 KPDT 290614 CCA RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1114 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH THE NIGHT... .SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE FROM THE COLUMBIA BASIN EAST TO THE IDAHO BORDER TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ORZ632-638-290715- /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-BAKER VALLEY- 1114 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING BUT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ ORZ630-290715- /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T0600Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 1114 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR630... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED IN THIS FIRE ZONE. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ ORZ633-WAZ633-291200- /O.EXT.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 1114 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 IN THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * PRECIPITATION...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...BUT MOST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. THERE WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH A FEW STORMS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ634-635-291430- /O.EXT.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1600Z/ EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-WALLOWA DISTRICT- 1114 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF AFTER SUNRISE. * PRECIPITATION...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...BUT MOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. THERE WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH A FEW STORMS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-291200- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 1114 PM PDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 631 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. * PRECIPITATION...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME RAINFALL BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...LAL 3 WITH ISOLATED STORMS PRODUCING LAL 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. THERE WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH A FEW STORMS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
663 WWUS86 KPDT 291140 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 440 AM PDT MON AUG 29 2011 ORZ634-635-291245- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1600Z/ EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-WALLOWA DISTRICT- 440 AM PDT MON AUG 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR634 AND OR635... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE THREAT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS ENDED. $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-291245- /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 440 AM PDT MON AUG 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED. $$ ORZ633-WAZ633-291245- /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110829T1200Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 440 AM PDT MON AUG 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633 AND WA633... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Aug 27, 2:36 PM PDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 2:36 PM PDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
236 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN
CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MEANWHILE A WEAK
UPPER LOW, APPROXIMATELY JUST EAST OF CRESCENT CITY AT THE MOMENT,
WILL DRIFT NORTH INTO WESTERN OREGON TONIGHT, THEN SWING EAST ACROSS
THE INTERIOR NORTHWEST SUNDAY. THUS EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL, CENTRAL AND
EAST-CENTRAL OREGON OVER NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL
DRIFT GENERALLY NORTH THROUGH LATE EVENING. STORMS OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTH-CENTRAL OREGON THIS EVENING MAY PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LOW. A FEW SHOWERS
OR STORMS MAY CROSS INTO EXTREME SOUTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS IN CENTRAL OREGON MAY PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS, BRIEF LIGHT RAIN AND CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF LIGHTNING
TONIGHT. FURTHER EAST EXPECT MOST, IF NOT ALL, STORMS TO BE DONE BY
MIDNIGHT. WITH THE UPPER LOW MOVING EAST SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT,
THE FOCUS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT EAST TO EAST-CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST OREGON IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHEAR WITH THESE
STORMS LOOKS WEAKER, BUT SOME WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ALSO LINGER OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTH-CENTRAL OREGON INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT SUNDAY/MONDAY OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST
OREGON AS THE UPPER LOW DRIFTS THROUGH THIS AREA.
A UPPER TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY DIG INTO THE REGION MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. THIS TROUGH WILL BRING A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW TO THE REGION.
THUS EXPECT MOSTLY FAIR AND DRY CONDITIONS, BUT LOOK FOR BREEZY
WINDS AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS MONDAY AND TUESDAY ACROSS THE COLUMBIA
BASIN, COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND THE KITTITAS VALLEY. TEMPERATURES
WILL GRADUALLY COOL TO MORE SEASONAL VALUES BY TUESDAY. 90
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...A LARGE SCALE TROUGH
WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE BEST
MOISTURE WILL STAY NORTH OF THE AREA BUT SOME SHOWERS COULD SPILL
OVER THE WASHINGTON CASCADES OR DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN BLUES.
ADDITIONALLY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY IN THE COLUMBIA
GORGE...KITTITAS VALLEY AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN ON WEDNESDAY.
THIS FEATURE WILL ALSO BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS
ONLY IN THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. DEWPOINTS
WILL ALSO DROP AS DRIER AIR ALOFT MOVES INTO THE REGION. RADIATIONAL
COOLING FROM CLEAR SKIES...LOW DEWPOINTS AND LIGHTER WINDS ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD BRING SOME NEAR FREEZING OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON.
THURSDAY NIGHT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OFFSHORE WHILE THE TROUGH
MOVES EAST. THIS WILL BRING DRIER CONDITIONS AND A SLOW WARMING
TREND FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO
SEASONAL NORMALS WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S ON SATURDAY. TRIMARCO
&&
.AVIATION...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES EXCEPT KRDM AND KBDN. SKIES WILL REMAIN
GENERALLY CLEAR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES NORTH
OF KRDM MAY LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES BETWEEN KRDM AND KBDN. THE
MIXING LAYER WILL INCREASE ENOUGH BY AFTERNOON THAT MVFR VISIBILITY
IS LESS LIKELY. CUMULUS BUILDUPS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BASES
ABOVE 8000 FT AGL COULD AFFECT KRDM AND KBDN THROUGH 28/09Z. WINDS
WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 15 KTS AT ALL TAFS SITES EXCEPT KDLS
WHICH WILL REACH 10 TO 20 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 82
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...HAVE ISSUED RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST OREGON THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SLOW
MOVING UPPER LOW WILL GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING
ACROSS THE DISTRICT. MAIN FOCUS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL
BE CENTRAL OREGON WITH THE FOCUS SHIFTING INTO NORTHEAST OREGON
SUNDAY. LOCATION OF THE STORMS WILL BE INFLUENCED BY THE SPEED OF
THE LOW MOVING EAST. ALL MODELS DEPICT THIS MOVEMENT TO BE VERY SLOW
OVER THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS. EXPECT TO SEE SOME LONGER LIVED STORMS
WITH LAL 3/4.
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING THE AREA MONDAY WILL BRING INCREASED
WESTERLY WINDS. EXPECT BREEZY CONDITIONS FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
CASCADES INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. THIS
TROUGH WILL BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
94
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 62 92 61 89 / 20 20 20 10
ALW 66 94 66 90 / 10 20 20 10
PSC 60 95 60 93 / 10 10 10 0
YKM 56 93 56 90 / 10 10 0 0
HRI 60 94 61 92 / 20 20 10 0
ELN 55 93 56 87 / 0 0 0 0
RDM 52 89 49 87 / 30 30 20 0
LGD 54 92 55 88 / 20 30 30 10
GCD 55 92 54 89 / 20 30 30 10
DLS 64 91 63 85 / 20 20 10 0
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY
ORZ049-050-502-503-505>507.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 3 PM PDT SUNDAY ORZ042-509.
WA...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY WAZ030.
&&
THREAT INDEX
SUNDAY : YELLOW
MONDAY : GREEN
TUESDAY : GREEN
GREEN: NONE OR LIMITED NEED FOR WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES.
YELLOW: A FEW WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT.
RED: NUMEROUS WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT.
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON
90/82/82/94Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 2:51 PM PDT, 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
251 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011
UPDATED FOR THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE CHANGES AND RED FLAG WARNING
ORZ041-042-044-049-050-502-503-505>509-WAZ024-026>030-520-521-
281415-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-
JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS-
251 PM PDT SAT AUG 27 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES, SIMCOE HIGHLANDS,
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON, FOOTHILLS OF THE
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF
OREGON, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON, EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON
CASCADES, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, FOOTHILLS OF THE
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF
OREGON, FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
RED FLAG WARNING
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST BLUE
MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON, EAST SLOPES OF
THE OREGON CASCADES, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY,
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, NORTHERN
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON,
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, JOHN DAY
BASIN, OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FOREST OR LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR
CURRENT FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA.
A PACIFIC WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST
CALIFORNIA INTO WESTERN OREGON TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING OVER THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
STORM COVERAGE LOOKS TO BECOME SCATTERED OVER DESCHUTES, CROOK AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES THIS EVENING. ALSO SOME STORMS IN THESE COUNTIES
MAY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LIGHTNING WITH BRIEF, LOCALIZED
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. EXPECT ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE OF STORMS OVER
EAST-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON TONIGHT, BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT A
STORM PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SINCE FUELS REMAIN DRY ACROSS
THE REGION, A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. FOR FURTHER DETAILS
PLEASE REFER TO NWS PRODUCT PDXRFWPDT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON, LOWER COLUMBIA
BASIN OF WASHINGTON, FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF
WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, EASTERN
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON, EAST
SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON,
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE
MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
RED FLAG WARNING SUNDAY
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST BLUE
MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON, EAST SLOPES OF
THE OREGON CASCADES, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY,
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, NORTHERN
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON,
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, JOHN DAY
BASIN, OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE LOCATIONS
LISTED ABOVE AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM FROM SATURDAY GRADUALLY MOVES
EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE FOCUS OF STORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT TO
EAST-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LIGHTING WHILE FUELS
REMAIN DRY. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY
EVENING. WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING IMPROVING CONDITIONS MONDAY WITH A
COOLING TREND BEGINNING TUESDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE
REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML
ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE.Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.