Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Jul 13, 2012, 2:45 PM PDT. It took effect at Jul 13, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 41 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 13, 2012, 2:45 PM PDT (21:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 9:31 AM PDT
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
118 WWUS86 KOTX 132145 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 245 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 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 TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. WAZ673-676-677-684-141045- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0002.120714T0000Z-120716T0000Z/ 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)- 245 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS BELOW 3500 FEET FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. * 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 ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THIS EVENING AND SPREAD NORTH TONIGHT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND THEN SPREAD NORTH AND WESTWARD THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS: WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT...HOWEVER ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE KITTITAS VALLEY TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * PRECIPITATION: MOISTURE CONTENT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN INCREASINGLY WET THUNDERSTORMS WITH WETTING RAINS LIKELY. * 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. 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
002 WWUS86 KOTX 141028 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 328 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 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 THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. WAZ673-676-677-684-142300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120716T0000Z/ 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)- 328 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND THEN SPREAD NORTH AND WESTWARD TODAY. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS: WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT...HOWEVER ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE KITTITAS VALLEY. * PRECIPITATION: MOISTURE CONTENT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN INCREASINGLY WET THUNDERSTORMS WITH WETTING RAINS LIKELY. * 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 POTENTIAL 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. && $$
576 WWUS86 KOTX 142229 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 329 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 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 THROUGH SUNDAY. 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. WAZ673-676-677-684-150630- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120716T0000Z/ 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)- 329 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY 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 THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS: WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT...HOWEVER ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE KITTITAS VALLEY. * PRECIPITATION: MOISTURE CONTENT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN INCREASINGLY WET THUNDERSTORMS WITH WETTING RAINS LIKELY. * 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 POTENTIAL 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. && $$
980 WWUS86 KOTX 151225 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 525 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN...OKANOGAN VALLEY... AND THE CASCADE VALLEYS 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. 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. WAZ673-676-677-684-160000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120716T0000Z/ 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)- 525 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON 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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * OUTFLOW WINDS: WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...HOWEVER ERRATIC WIND GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE KITTITAS VALLEY. * PRECIPITATION: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WET...WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN. * 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 POTENTIAL 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. && $$
713 WWUS86 KOTX 151631 AAA RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 931 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 WAZ673-676-677-684-151745- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120716T0000Z/ 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)- 931 AM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. THOUGH WE CAN STILL EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHTNING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WETTING RAINS WILL BE COMMON WITH THESE STORMS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 10:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 12:43 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 1:56 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 49 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.