Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Aug 20, 2012, 2:56 PM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 21, 2012, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 17 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 20, 2012, 2:56 PM PDT (21:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 21, 2012, 12:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2012, 4:46 PM PDT
- In force
- 17 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 21:58 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, 9.9 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
- 377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
913 WWUS86 KOTX 202156 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 256 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND ABUNDANT LIGHTING STRIKES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THEN SHIFT NORTH AND EAST THROUGH TUESDAY. INITIALLY STORMS WILL ONLY CONTAIN VERY LIGHT RAIN AMOUNTS...HOWEVER THEY SHOULD BECOME WETTER THROUGH THE DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON COULD ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. WAZ686-687-210600- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0004.120821T0700Z-120822T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0007.120821T0700Z-120822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 256 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. THESE STORM COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF WETTING RAIN...HOWEVER THE ABUNDANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 TO 4 * OUTFLOW WINDS: STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM ON TUESDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ673-210600- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0004.120821T0700Z-120822T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0007.120821T0700Z-120822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 256 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673). MOST OF THE LIGHTING WILL OCCUR OVER THE BASIN EAST OF MOSES LAKE. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OREGON AND DRIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN OVERNIGHT. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. INITIALLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL BUT SHOULD MOISTEN WITH TIME. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 6 LATE TONIGHT...LOWERING TO A 3 BY TUESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LIGHTNING LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-210600- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0007.120821T0700Z-120822T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- 256 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF WETTING RAIN...HOWEVER THE ABUNDANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 TO 4. * OUTFLOW WINDS: STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM ON TUESDAY. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
964 WWUS86 KOTX 202301 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 401 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND ABUNDANT LIGHTING STRIKES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THEN SHIFT NORTH AND EAST THROUGH TUESDAY. INITIALLY STORMS WILL ONLY CONTAIN VERY LIGHT RAIN AMOUNTS...HOWEVER THEY SHOULD BECOME WETTER THROUGH THE DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON COULD ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. WAZ684-210015- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.A.0004.120821T0700Z-120822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- 401 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE OKANOGAN AND METHOW VALLEYS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WIDESPREAD LIGHTNING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER THE METHOW OR OKANOGAN VALLEYS...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE NUMEROUS STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EAST OF THESE LOCATIONS. $$ IDZ101-WAZ686-687-210715- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.120821T0700Z-120822T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 401 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF WETTING RAIN...HOWEVER THE ABUNDANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 TO 4. * OUTFLOW WINDS: STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM ON TUESDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ673-210715- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.120821T0700Z-120822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 401 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OREGON AND DRIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN OVERNIGHT. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. INITIALLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL BUT SHOULD MOISTEN WITH TIME. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 6 LATE TONIGHT...LOWERING TO A 3 BY TUESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LIGHTNING LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
984 WWUS86 KOTX 210538 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1038 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND ABUNDANT LIGHTING STRIKES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THEN SHIFT NORTH AND EAST THROUGH TUESDAY. INITIALLY STORMS WILL ONLY CONTAIN VERY LIGHT RAIN AMOUNTS...HOWEVER THEY SHOULD BECOME WETTER THROUGH THE DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON COULD ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. IDZ101-WAZ686-687-212000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.120821T0700Z-120822T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1038 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF WETTING RAIN...HOWEVER THE ABUNDANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 TO 4. * OUTFLOW WINDS: STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM ON TUESDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ673-212000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.120821T0700Z-120822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 1038 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OREGON AND DRIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN OVERNIGHT. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. INITIALLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL BUT SHOULD MOISTEN WITH TIME. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 6 LATE TONIGHT...LOWERING TO A 3 BY TUESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LIGHTNING LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
239 WWUS86 KOTX 211847 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1147 AM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND ABUNDANT LIGHTING STRIKES WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN WA AND MOVE NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND A WETTING RAINS. IDZ101-WAZ686-687-220600- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120822T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1147 AM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF WETTING RAIN...HOWEVER THE ABUNDANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 TO 4. * OUTFLOW WINDS: STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. 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. && $$ WAZ673-220600- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 1147 AM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN BASIN (MAINLY EAST OF RITZVILLE) LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING STRIKES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LIGHTNING TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
259 WWUS86 KOTX 212058 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 158 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND ABUNDANT LIGHTING STRIKES WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN WA AND MOVE NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS... LARGE HAIL AND WETTING RAINS. WAZ673-212200- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 158 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE MAIN THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WOULD BE EAST OF RITZVILLE. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...AND THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHERLY WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST AND WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN ELEVATED 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. $$ IDZ101-WAZ686-687-220600- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120822T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 158 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF WETTING RAIN...HOWEVER THE ABUNDANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTING STRIKES COULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 3 TO 4. * OUTFLOW WINDS: STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
440 WWUS86 KOTX 212346 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 446 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 IDZ101-WAZ686-687-220100- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120822T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 446 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS FOR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WHILE ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS ABATED. $$
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.