Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Aug 23, 2012, 11:37 AM PDT. It took effect at Aug 23, 2012, 4:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 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 23, 2012, 11:37 AM PDT (18:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 23, 2012, 4:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2012, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
787 WWUS86 KOTX 231837 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1137 AM PDT THU AUG 23 2012 ...DRY COLD FRONT WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING PROMOTING WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS IN THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN BEFORE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES APPRECIABLY RECOVER...PRODUCING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHILE GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING. WAZ673-677-240245- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0008.120823T2300Z-120824T0300Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- 1137 AM PDT THU AUG 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN...AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRE STARTS WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD DURING THESE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS. EXISTING FIRES MAY EXHIBIT EXTREME BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
123 WWUS86 KOTX 232203 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 303 PM PDT THU AUG 23 2012 ...DRY COLD FRONT WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING PROMOTING WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS IN THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN BEFORE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES APPRECIABLY RECOVER...PRODUCING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHILE GUSTY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RECOVER ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING. WAZ673-677-240300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0008.120823T2300Z-120824T0300Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- 303 PM PDT THU AUG 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU... * AFFECTED AREA: WATERVILLE PLATEAU PORTION OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY FIRE STARTS WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD DURING THESE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS. EXISTING FIRES MAY EXHIBIT EXTREME BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
963 WWUS86 KOTX 240253 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 753 PM PDT THU AUG 23 2012 WAZ673-677-240400- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120824T0300Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- 753 PM PDT THU AUG 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU... WIND WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW GENERALLY FROM THE WEST AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL NOT DROP TO CRITICAL LEVELS AND INSTEAD WILL START TO RECOVER OVERNIGHT...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT. $$
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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.