Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Spokane, WA

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WWUS86 KOTX 220211
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
711 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO
SATURDAY EVENING...

.A COMPACT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DIG THROUGH THE RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE REGION AND AS IT DOES SO IT HAS VERY GOOD
POTENTIAL TO SPREAD DRY THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWARD OVER THE CASCADES
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. FINE FUELS SUCH AS
GRASSES AT ALL ELEVATIONS AND A GOOD PORTION OF THE LARGER FUELS
SUCH AS TIMBER AND BUG KILL AREAS REMAIN QUITE DRY AND CONDUCIVE
TO FIRE STARTS FROM LIGHTNING CAUSED IGNITIONS.

WAZ676-677-680-682-685-230015-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0012.120922T1200Z-120923T1300Z/
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
711 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM
PDT SUNDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR EAST
WASHINGTON SOUTHERN TO NORTHERN CASCADE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH 
  CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 
  EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE 
  MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON 
  CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 
  EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685).

* THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE CASCADES...MAINLY SOUTH OF LAKE
  CHELAN AND TRACK NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND
  INTO SATURDAY EVENING.

* OUTFLOW WINDS: THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM VERY 
  HIGH UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WIND GUSTS GENERALLY 
  ON THE ORDER 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS: THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRY AND BRING 
  THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO 
  BE A CONCERN FOR FIREFIGHTER SAFETY. 

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.

&&

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WWUS86 KOTX 222144
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
244 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH OF LAKE
CHELAN...

.A COMPACT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHING THROUGH A BAND OF
CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN CASCADES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A
RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DO DEVELOP WILL BE DRY. FINE FUELS SUCH AS GRASSES AT ALL ELEVATIONS
AND A GOOD PORTION OF THE LARGER FUELS SUCH AS TIMBER AND BUG KILL
AREAS REMAIN QUITE DRY AND CONDUCIVE TO FIRE STARTS FROM LIGHTNING
CAUSED IGNITIONS.

WAZ676-677-680-682-222245-
/O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120923T1300Z/
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)-
244 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY
FUELS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAIN AND VALLEYS 
SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. THE BAND OF ELEVATED CONVECTION HAS MOVED NORTH OF
THE AREA WITH DRIER AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THIS BAND...ENDING THE
RISK FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

$$

WAZ685-230300-
/O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120923T0300Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
244 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE NORTH CASCADES NORTH OF 
LAKE CHELAN...

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH 
  CASCADES (ZONE 685).

* THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN CASCADES AND TRACK NORTH TO
  NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* OUTFLOW WINDS: THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM VERY 
  HIGH UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WIND GUSTS GENERALLY 
  ON THE ORDER 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS: THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRY AND BRING 
  THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO 
  BE A CONCERN FOR FIREFIGHTER SAFETY. 

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.

&&

$$

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WWUS86 KOTX 230044
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
544 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 2012


WAZ685-230145-
/O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120923T0300Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)-
544 PM PDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY
FUELS FOR THE EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS WEAKENED AS IT MOVES
NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. VERY LITTLE LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING. 

$$