Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Oct 1, 2012, 3:12 PM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Oct 1, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 26 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2012, 3:12 PM PDT (22:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2012, 9:44 PM PDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 3:50 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Dover, ID | POWER OUTAGE. 243 CUSTOMERS AFFECTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 3246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898 WWUS86 KOTX 012212 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 312 PM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...WINDY AND CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY EVENING... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT. DRY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN ELEVATED POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. WAZ676-677-680-682-685-021500- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0007.121002T0600Z-121003T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0013.121002T0300Z-121003T0000Z/ 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)- 312 PM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * 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). * WINDS: OVER THE RIDGE TOPS...ESPECIALLY RIDGES ABOVE 5000 FEET...WILL EXPERIENCE WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. IN THE VALLEYS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SHELTERED VALLEYS WITH A NORTH/ SOUTH ORIENTATION WILL NOT EXPERIENCE AS MUCH WIND AS THE WEST TO EAST ORIENTED VALLEYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: TONIGHT...OVER THE RIDGES...HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LIKELY INCREASE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT...PERHAPS INTO THE 50 TO 70 PERCENT RANGE...BUT HUMIDITY WILL PLUNGE OVER THE RIDGES EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO DROP DURING THE DAY INTO THE TEENS AND LOW 20S. * IMPACTS: THE PRIMARY CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE FOR THE RIDGE TOPS. THE INCREASE IN WIND THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HOWEVER HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PLUNGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS SWITCH FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTH. WINDS MAY SUBSIDE A BIT ON TUESDAY...BUT HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE VERY LOW AS COOL AND VERY DRY AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-684-686-687-021500- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0007.121002T0600Z-121003T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0013.121002T1700Z-121003T0500Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 312 PM PDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE... ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS OF 30 MPH AROUND EPHRATA...WATERVILLE...MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AROUND OROVILLE AND OMAK. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 10 TO 15 PERCENT VALLEYS. 15 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
5 follow-up statements
001 WWUS86 KOTX 021330 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 630 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...WINDY AND CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL BRING DRY GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN ELEVATED POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. WAZ676-677-680-682-685-030000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121003T0000Z/ 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)- 630 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES... * 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). * WINDS: OVER THE RIDGE TOPS...ESPECIALLY RIDGES ABOVE 5000 FEET...WILL EXPERIENCE NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. IN THE VALLEYS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. SHELTERED VALLEYS WITH A NORTH/ SOUTH ORIENTATION WILL NOT EXPERIENCE AS MUCH WIND AS THE WEST TO EAST ORIENTED VALLEYS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: THE TEENS AND LOW 20S ON BOTH RIDGES AND VALLEYS THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS: HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PLUNGE EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS WINDS SWITCH FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTH. WINDS MAY SUBSIDE A BIT...BUT HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE VERY LOW AS COOL AND VERY DRY AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND FIRE SPREAD. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-684-686-687-030000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.121002T1700Z-121003T0500Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 630 AM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AROUND EPHRATA... WATERVILLE...MOSES LAKE AND RITZVILLE. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AROUND OROVILLE AND OMAK. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 10 TO 15 PERCENT VALLEYS. 15 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND FIRE SPREAD OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
248 WWUS86 KOTX 021940 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1240 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...WINDY AND CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A VERY DRY CANADIAN AIR MASS WILL YIELD VERY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS GUSTY NORTH WINDS PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ676-677-680-682-685-030000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121003T0000Z/ 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)- 1240 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES... * 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). * WINDS: STRONGEST LOW ELEVATION WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND THE WENATCHEE VALLEY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR AT WENATCHEE AND ELLENSBURG. RIDGE TOP GUSTS...MAINLY ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL BE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: THE TEENS AND LOW 20S ON BOTH RIDGES AND VALLEYS THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS: THE WORST OF THE RIDGE TOP WINDS LIKELY OCCURRED LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. GAP WINDS (KITTITAS AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS) AND LOCALIZED GUSTS ON RIDGE TOPS PRONE TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-684-686-687-030345- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121003T0500Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1240 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM IN PLACES SPOKANE...COLVILLE...SANDPOINT...AND DAVENPORT. FOR THE OMAK...WATERVILLE...AND EPHRATA AREAS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 10 TO 15 PERCENT VALLEYS. 15 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND FIRE SPREAD OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
506 WWUS86 KOTX 022232 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 332 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES EXTENDED UNTIL 8 PM... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... .THE STRONGEST NORTH WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM OVER MUCH OF THE FIRE DISTRICTS AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WAZ676-677-680-682-685-030300- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121003T0300Z/ 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)- 332 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES... * 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). * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE WENATCHEE AND ELLENSBURG AREAS * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: THE TEENS AND LOW 20S ON BOTH RIDGES AND VALLEYS THROUGH THE DAY. * IMPACTS: THE WORST OF THE RIDGE TOP WINDS LIKELY OCCURRED LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. GAP WINDS (KITTITAS AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS) AND LOCALIZED GUSTS ON RIDGE TOPS PRONE TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH EARLY 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-684-686-687-030400- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121003T0500Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 332 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 10 TO 15 PERCENT VALLEYS. 15 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND FIRE SPREAD OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. BLOWING DUST AND SOME TREE DAMAGE MAY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR OMAK...OROVILLE...AND WATERVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
863 WWUS86 KOTX 030258 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 758 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS THE NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... .WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING BUT HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW FOR A CONTINUED RISK OF WILD FIRES. WAZ676-677-680-682-685-030500- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121003T0500Z/ 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)- 758 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTH CASCADES... * 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). * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE WENATCHEE AND ELLENSBURG AREAS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: THE TEENS AND LOW 20S ON BOTH RIDGES AND VALLEYS THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THE RISK OF WILD FIRES THIS 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 AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-684-686-687-030500- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121003T0500Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 758 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF EASTERN AND THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 10 TO 15 PERCENT VALLEYS. 15 TO 25 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. * IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW FOR CONTINUED FIRE DANGER THROUGH 10 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
524 WWUS86 KOTX 030444 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 944 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 IDZ101-WAZ673-676-677-680-682-684>687-030545- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121003T0500Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 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 OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 944 PM PDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT SO THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS ENDED. $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.