Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Aug 5, 2012, 11:48 AM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 6, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 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 5, 2012, 11:48 AM PDT (18:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 4:12 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 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 18:46 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
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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
- 2031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
221 WWUS86 KOTX 051848 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1148 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FIRE WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY FUELS FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING... .A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY. FINER FUELS BELOW 4000 FEET ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO SUSTAIN FIRE STARTS AS ARE SOME BUG KILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL... WAZ673-676-677-061400- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0002.120806T1200Z-120807T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0003.120806T1200Z-120807T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- 1148 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 673 676 AND 677... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...GENERALLY THE WENATCHEE VALLEY...KITTITAS VALLEY...YAKIMA VALLEY...WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN BELOW 4000 FEET MSL. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 25 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING AND SPREADING NORTH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...6. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY IN MAINLY SHRUB AND GRASS FUELS BELOW 4000 FT MSL...AND BUG KILL AREAS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * 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). 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. && $$ WAZ684-061400- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0002.120806T1800Z-120807T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0003.120806T1800Z-120807T0400Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 1148 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT MONDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONE 684... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE METHOW VALLEY BELOW 4000 FEET. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 20 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING AND SPREADING NORTH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...6. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY IN MAINLY SHRUB AND GRASS FUELS BELOW 4000 FEET MSL AND BUG KILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WAZ680-682-061400- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0003.120806T1200Z-120807T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 1148 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 680 AND 682... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682). * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 20 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING AND SPREADING NORTH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...6. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY IN MAINLY SHRUB AND GRASS FUELS BELOW 4000 FEET MSL AND BUG KILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ685>687-061400- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0003.120806T1800Z-120807T0400Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1148 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 101 685 686 AND 687... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...18 TO 28 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING AND SPREADING NORTH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...6. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY IN MAINLY SHRUB AND GRASS FUELS BELOW 4000 FEET MSL AND BUG KILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
4 follow-up statements
355 WWUS86 KOTX 061142 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 442 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FIRE WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY FUELS FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO TODAY. FINER FUELS BELOW 4000 FEET ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO SUSTAIN FIRE STARTS AS ARE SOME BUG KILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL... WAZ673-676-677-680-682-070000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0003.120806T1200Z-120807T0000Z/ 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)- 442 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 673 676 AND 677... * AFFECTED AREA...THE WENATCHEE VALLEY...KITTITAS VALLEY...YAKIMA VALLEY...WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN BELOW 4000 FEET MSL. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 25 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING AND SPREADING NORTH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...6. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY IN MAINLY SHRUB AND GRASS FUELS BELOW 4000 FT MSL...AND BUG KILL AREAS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * 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)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS MAY PRODUCE IGNITIONS THAT MAY OVERWHELM INITIAL SUPPRESSION EFFORTS. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ684>687-070000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0003.120806T1800Z-120807T0400Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 442 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 101 685 686 AND 687... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...18 TO 28 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING AND SPREADING NORTH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...6. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY IN MAINLY SHRUB AND GRASS FUELS BELOW 4000 FEET MSL AND BUG KILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS MAY PRODUCE IGNITIONS THAT MAY OVERWHELM INITIAL SUPPRESSION EFFORTS. && $$
667 WWUS86 KOTX 061857 AAA RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1157 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FIRE WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY FUELS FOR MAINLY THE MOUNTAIN ZONES OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING CONTINUES... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...AND THE WENATCHEE REGION...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...KITTITAS VALLEY...AND YAKIMA VALLEY... .A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO TODAY. FINER FUELS BELOW 4000 FEET ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO SUSTAIN FIRE STARTS AS ARE SOME BUG KILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL... WAZ673-676-677-062000- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120807T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- 1157 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 673 676 AND 677... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEY WILL BE ISOLATED AND LIMITED TO AREAS CLOSE TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. $$ WAZ680-682-070000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120807T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 1157 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 673 676 AND 677... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)...MAINLY BELOW 4000 FEET MSL. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 25 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...6. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY IN MAINLY SHRUB AND GRASS FUELS BELOW 4000 FT MSL...AND POSSIBLY BUG KILL AREAS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS MAY PRODUCE IGNITIONS THAT MAY OVERWHELM INITIAL SUPPRESSION EFFORTS. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ684>687-070300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120807T0400Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1157 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 101 685 686 AND 687... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...6. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY IN MAINLY SHRUB AND GRASS FUELS BELOW 4000 FEET MSL AND BUG KILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS MAY PRODUCE IGNITIONS THAT MAY OVERWHELM INITIAL SUPPRESSION EFFORTS. && $$
647 WWUS86 KOTX 061915 CCA RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1214 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY FUELS FOR MAINLY THE MOUNTAIN ZONES OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING CONTINUES... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...AND THE WENATCHEE REGION...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...KITTITAS VALLEY...AND YAKIMA VALLEY... .A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO TODAY. FINER FUELS BELOW 4000 FEET ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO SUSTAIN FIRE STARTS AS ARE SOME BUG KILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL... WAZ673-676-677-062015- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120807T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- 1214 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 673 676 AND 677... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEY WILL BE ISOLATED AND LIMITED TO AREAS CLOSE TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. $$ WAZ680-682-070000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120807T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 1214 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 673 676 AND 677... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)...MAINLY BELOW 4000 FEET MSL. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 25 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...6. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY IN MAINLY SHRUB AND GRASS FUELS BELOW 4000 FT MSL...AND POSSIBLY BUG KILL AREAS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS MAY PRODUCE IGNITIONS THAT MAY OVERWHELM INITIAL SUPPRESSION EFFORTS. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ684>687-070330- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120807T0400Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1214 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FIRE ZONES 101 685 686 AND 687... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WIND...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN THUNDERSTORMS. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...6. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY IN MAINLY SHRUB AND GRASS FUELS BELOW 4000 FEET MSL AND BUG KILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND SUFFICIENTLY DRY FUELS MAY PRODUCE IGNITIONS THAT MAY OVERWHELM INITIAL SUPPRESSION EFFORTS. && $$
259 WWUS86 KOTX 062312 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 412 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS CANCELLED... IDZ101-WAZ684>687-070015- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120807T0400Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 412 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT DRY LIGHTING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. NEARLY ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED NORTH INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA. THOUGH THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING...THE COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED AT BEST. $$ WAZ680-682-070015- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120807T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 412 PM PDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT DRY LIGHTNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THOUGH THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING...THE COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED. $$
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.