Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Jul 8, 2012, 6:34 AM PDT. It took effect at Jul 8, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 30 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 8, 2012, 6:34 AM PDT (13:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 8, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2012, 10:36 PM PDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WWUS86 KOTX 081334 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 634 AM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS COMBINED WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY TRIGGER AN EPISODE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST BETWEEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. FINER FUELS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND IN THE CASCADE VALLEYS BELOW 3500 FEET IN ELEVATION ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO CARRY ANY POTENTIAL FIRE STARTS. WAZ673-676-677-082145- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0001.120709T0000Z-120710T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0001.120709T0000Z-120710T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- 634 AM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS BELOW 3500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676 BELOW 3500 FEET) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677 BELOW 3500 FEET). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS: WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT...HOWEVER ERRATIC WINDS GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS ACROSS THESE AREAS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
218 WWUS86 KOTX 082055 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 155 PM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN...OKANOGAN VALLEY... AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS... A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS COMBINED WITH A PAIR OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL LIKELY TRIGGER AN EPISODE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST BETWEEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. FINER FUELS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND IN THE CASCADE VALLEYS BELOW 3500 FEET AND IN THE METHOW AND OKANOGAN VALLEYS BELOW 2500 FEET ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO SUSTAIN ANY POTENTIAL FIRE STARTS. WAZ684-091500- /O.EXA.KOTX.FW.W.0001.120709T0000Z-120710T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 155 PM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE OKANOGAN AND METHOW VALLEYS BELOW 2500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHTNING THIS EVENING...BUT MUCH BETTER CHANCES WILL ARRIVE OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS: WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT...HOWEVER ERRATIC WINDS GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SPEEDS NEARING 30-35 MPH. * PRECIPITATION: SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND COULD PRODUCE WETTING RAINS BENEATH THE CORE OF THE STORM. * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS DUE TO DRY FINE FUELS. ANY FIRES WHICH DEVELOP COULD SEE RAPID GROWTH DUE TO THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS. 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. && $$ WAZ673-676-677-091500- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0001.120709T0000Z-120710T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- 155 PM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS BELOW 3500 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADES LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING AND GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON NEAR THE CASCADES. * OUTFLOW WINDS: WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT...HOWEVER ERRATIC WINDS GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE KITTITAS VALLEY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND COULD PRODUCE WETTING RAINS BENEATH THE CORE OF THE STORM. * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS ACROSS THESE AREAS DUE TO DRY FINE FUELS. ANY FIRES WHICH DEVELOP COULD SEE RAPID GROWTH DUE TO THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS...AND STRENGTHENING FLOW DOWN THE KITTITAS VALLEY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$
744 WWUS86 KOTX 091348 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 648 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN...OKANOGAN VALLEY... AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS... A VERY HOT AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS COMBINED WITH PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. FINER FUELS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND IN THE CASCADE VALLEYS BELOW 3500 FEET AND IN THE METHOW AND OKANOGAN VALLEYS BELOW 2500 FEET ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO SUSTAIN ANY POTENTIAL FIRE STARTS. WAZ673-676-677-684-092200- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 648 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS BELOW 3500 FEET FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD NORTH AND EAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON NEAR THE CASCADES. * OUTFLOW WINDS: WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT...HOWEVER ERRATIC WINDS GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE KITTITAS VALLEY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND COULD PRODUCE WETTING RAINS BENEATH THE CORE OF THE STORM. * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS ACROSS THESE AREAS DUE TO DRY FINE FUELS. ANY FIRES WHICH DEVELOP COULD SEE RAPID GROWTH DUE TO THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS...AND STRENGTHENING FLOW DOWN THE KITTITAS VALLEY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$
116 WWUS86 KOTX 092123 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 223 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN...OKANOGAN VALLEY... AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS... A VERY HOT AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS COMBINED WITH PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. FINER FUELS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND IN THE CASCADE VALLEYS BELOW 3500 FEET AND IN THE METHOW AND OKANOGAN VALLEYS BELOW 2500 FEET ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO SUSTAIN ANY POTENTIAL FIRE STARTS. WAZ673-676-677-684-100530- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 223 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS BELOW 3500 FEET FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD NORTH AND EAST TONIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS EVENING SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * OUTFLOW WINDS: WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT...HOWEVER ERRATIC WINDS GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE KITTITAS VALLEY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND COULD PRODUCE WETTING RAINS BENEATH THE CORE OF THE STORM. * IMPACTS: LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS ACROSS THESE AREAS DUE TO DRY FINE FUELS. ANY FIRES WHICH DEVELOP COULD SEE RAPID GROWTH DUE TO THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS...AND STRENGTHENING FLOW DOWN THE KITTITAS VALLEY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$
607 WWUS86 KOTX 100536 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1036 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012 WAZ673-676-677-684-100645- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 1035 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN... OKANOGAN VALLEY...AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE THREAT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS DECREASED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 6:52 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Garfield | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 7:27 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Whitman | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 7:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Whitman | 21 min |
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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.