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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Pendleton, OR

July 7, 2012Clark County, Cowlitz County, Skamania County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 7, 2012, 2:27 PM PDT for Clark County, Cowlitz County, Skamania County, Washington. It took effect at Jul 8, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 57 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 7, 2012, 2:27 PM PDT (21:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 8, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Jul 10, 2012, 8:46 PM PDT
In force
57 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Clark County, WA, Cowlitz County, WA, Skamania County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 2012-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 2012-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

948 
WWUS86 KPDT 072127
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
227 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING HOTTER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING
MOISTURE TO THE FORECAST AREA RESULTING IN AN INCREASING PERIOD
OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

ORZ610-611-630-632-081630-
/O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0001.120708T1900Z-120711T0700Z/
/O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0001.120708T1900Z-120710T1700Z/
EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-
227 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 10 AM PDT
TUESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 10 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES 
  OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES 
  NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF 
  OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY 
  MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
  WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
  ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL TAPER OFF OR DIMINISH SUNDAY
  NIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND MONDAY
  EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN
  SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
  SOME THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

&&

$$

ORZ609-WAZ609-681-081630-
/O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0001.120708T1900Z-120711T0700Z/
/O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0001.120708T2100Z-120710T1300Z/
EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES-
YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT-
227 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM PDT
TUESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...WA609 AND WA681...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES 
  OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT.

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL
  EXPAND IN COVERAGE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH
  STORMS WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS
  WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN
  SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
  SOME THUNDERSTORMS.


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.

&&

$$

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-081630-
/O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0001.120708T1900Z-120711T0700Z/
/O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0001.120708T2100Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
227 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 9 PM PDT
TUESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP 
  DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON.

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL
  EXPAND IN COVERAGE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
  ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF
  STORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO
  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN
  SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
  SOME THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

&&

$$

ORZ631-WAZ631-675-081630-
/O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0001.120708T1900Z-120711T0700Z/
/O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0001.120708T2300Z-120710T1700Z/
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-
227 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PDT
TUESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631...WA631 AND WA675...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA 
  BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER 
  COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN 
  WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN.

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
  WILL SUNDAY EVENING.  ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL TAPER OFF OR DIMINISH SUNDAY
  NIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND MONDAY
  EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN
  SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3...POSSIBLY 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
  SOME THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
10 follow-up statements
218 
WWUS86 KPDT 081616
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
916 AM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING HOTTER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING
MOISTURE TO THE FORECAST AREA RESULTING IN AN INCREASING PERIOD
OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

ORZ610-611-630-632-090030-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.120708T1900Z-120710T1700Z/
EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-
916 AM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES 
  OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES 
  NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF 
  OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY 
  MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
  WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
  ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL TAPER OFF OR DIMINISH TONIGHT... ANOTHER
  ROUND OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN 
  SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE 
  STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3...OCCASIONALLY 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ609-WAZ609-681-090030-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.120708T2100Z-120710T1300Z/
EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES-
YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT-
916 AM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING
ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...WA609 AND WA681...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES 
  OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 2 PM AND WILL EXPAND
  IN COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL TAPER OFF
  TONIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND
  MONDAY EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...STORMS INITIALLY WILL HAVE LITTLE PRECIPITATION
  BUT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING
  RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3...POSSIBLY 4 ALONG THE EAST SLOPES
  OF THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-090030-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.120708T2100Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
916 AM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING
ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND
WA633...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP 
  DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
  AND WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH
  STORMS WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS
  WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN 
  SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE 
  STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3...OCCASIONALLY 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ631-WAZ631-675-090030-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.120708T2300Z-120710T1700Z/
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-
916 AM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING
ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631...WA631 AND WA675...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA 
  BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER 
  COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN 
  WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
  EXPAND IN COVER THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL TAPER OFF OR
  DIMINISH TONIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY
  AND MONDAY EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...STORMS INITIALLY WILL HAVE LITTLE PRECIPITATION
  BUT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING
  RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3...POSSIBLY 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
086 
WWUS86 KPDT 082219
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
319 PM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING HOTTER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING
MOISTURE TO THE FORECAST AREA RESULTING IN AN INCREASING PERIOD
OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

ORZ609-WAZ609-681-091630-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1300Z/
EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES-
YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT-
319 PM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR609...WA609 AND WA681...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES 
  OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 6 PM AND WILL EXPAND IN
  COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL DECREASE
  TONIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY.

* PRECIPITATION...STORMS INITIALLY WILL HAVE LITTLE 
  PRECIPITATION BUT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN MOISTURE 
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-091630-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
319 PM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP 
  DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. 

* TIMING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON
  AND WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH
  THE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT...ANOTHER
  ROUND OF SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND MONDAY
  EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON
  TUESDAY.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN 
  SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE 
  STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3...OCCASIONALLY 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ610-611-630-632-091630-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1700Z/
EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-
319 PM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES 
  OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES 
  NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF 
  OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY 
  MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS
  AFTERNOON...MAINLY EAST OF PRINEVILLE. STORMS WILL EXPAND IN
  COVERAGE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH
  STORMS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT... ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL
  DEVELOP MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN 
  SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE 
  STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3...OCCASIONALLY 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ631-WAZ631-675-091630-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.120708T2300Z-120710T1700Z/
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-
319 PM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR631...WA631 AND WA675...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA 
  BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER 
  COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN 
  WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 5 PM AND WILL EXPAND
  IN COVER THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE
  OVERNIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND
  MONDAY EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...STORMS INITIALLY WILL HAVE LITTLE 
  PRECIPITATION BUT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN MOISTURE 
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3...POSSIBLY 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
311 
WWUS86 KPDT 091043
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
343 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING HOT TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING
MOISTURE TO THE FORECAST AREA RESULTING IN AN INCREASING PERIOD OF
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

ORZ609-WAZ609-681-091900-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1300Z/
EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES-
YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT-
343 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR609...WA609 AND WA681...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES 
  OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY AND WILL EXPAND
  IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* PRECIPITATION...STORMS INITIALLY WILL HAVE LITTLE 
  PRECIPITATION BUT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN MOISTURE 
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-091900-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
343 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE
  MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP
  DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE
  WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
  633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON.

* TIMING...ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
  TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  ALSO EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN 
  SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE 
  STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3...OCCASIONALLY 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ610-611-630>632-WAZ631-675-091900-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1700Z/
EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-
343 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES 
  OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES 
  NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF 
  OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY 
  MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND
  THIS EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND CONTAIN 
  SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE 
  STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3...OCCASIONALLY 4.

* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
454 
WWUS86 KPDT 091837
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1137 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TODAY AND
TONIGHT...
...BREEZY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE OREGON PORTION OF
THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL BRING OCCASIONAL
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THE
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN ON
TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON
THE OREGON SIDE OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN WILL POSE A THREAT OF RAPID
FIRE SPREAD.

ORZ631-100245-
/O.NEW.KPDT.FW.A.0002.120710T1800Z-120711T0400Z/
/O.EXT.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1300Z/
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-
1137 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE
OR631...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONE OR631...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG
WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 631 FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON

* TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND
  TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* WINDS...WINDS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20
  MPH...MAINLY IN AREAS ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 13 TO 20 PERCENT
  ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
  WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

ORZ610-611-630-632-WAZ631-675-100245-
/O.EXT.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1300Z/
EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-
1137 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF
  CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES
  NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF
  OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY
  MOUNTAINS. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 AND 675...LOWER
  COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON.

* TIMING...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND 
  THIS EVENING. 

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE
  STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME
  THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

&&

$$

ORZ609-WAZ609-681-100245-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1300Z/
EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES-
YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT-
1137 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR609...WA609 AND WA681...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES 
  OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY AND WILL 
  EXPAND IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE
  STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME
  THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

&&

$$

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-100245-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
1137 AM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP 
  DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. 

* TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ON
  TUESDAY.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE
  STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME
  THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
360 
WWUS86 KPDT 092343
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
443 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT...

...BREEZY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE OREGON PORTION OF
THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL BRING
OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE IN THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND PORTIONS OF THE
COLUMBIA BASIN ON TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON THE OREGON SIDE OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN WILL
POSE A THREAT OF RAPID FIRE SPREAD.

ORZ631-101300-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1300Z/
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0002.120710T1800Z-120711T0400Z/
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-
443 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONE OR631...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS
FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR631...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY. A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 631 FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS EVENING. WINDS
  WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE
  WITH A POSSIBILITY OF WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2...POSSIBLY 3.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD. GUSTY 
  AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

ORZ609>611-630-632-WAZ609-631-675-681-101300-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1300Z/
EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-
EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT-
443 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR609...WA609 AND WA681...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES 
  OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 
  609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL BE CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT 
  MOISTURE RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2...OCCASIONALLY 3.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-101300-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
443 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP 
  DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS EVENING. ISOLATED TO
  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE 
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2...OCCASIONALLY 3.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
911 
WWUS86 KPDT 101302
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
602 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT...

...BREEZY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE OREGON PORTION OF
THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL BRING
OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE IN THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND PORTIONS OF THE
COLUMBIA BASIN ON TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON THE OREGON SIDE OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN WILL
POSE A THREAT OF RAPID FIRE SPREAD.

ORZ631-102200-
/O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1300Z/
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0002.120710T1800Z-120711T0400Z/
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-
602 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR631...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONE OR631...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631). A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 631 FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS EVENING FROM THE
  BLUE MOUNTAINS EASTWARD. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING OVER THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
  EXPECTED OVER THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG
  WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 (LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN) FOR
  ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM THIS MORNING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE
  WITH A POSSIBILITY OF WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2...POSSIBLY 3.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS MAY
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD. GUSTY AND
  ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

ORZ609>611-630-632-WAZ609-631-675-681-101415-
/O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120710T1300Z/
EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-
EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT-
602 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONES OR609...WA609 AND WA681...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS TODAY. THEREFORE
THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THESE FIRE WEATHER ZONES FOR ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM THIS MORNING.

$$

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-102200-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
602 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP 
  DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.
 
* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE 
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2...OCCASIONALLY 3.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
192 
WWUS86 KPDT 101307
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
607 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...BREEZY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE OREGON PORTION OF
THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER
GORGE AND PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN TODAY. THE COMBINATION
OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON THE OREGON SIDE OF THE
COLUMBIA BASIN WILL POSE A THREAT OF RAPID FIRE SPREAD.

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-102200-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
607 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP 
  DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE 
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2...OCCASIONALLY 3.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

ORZ631-102200-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0002.120710T1800Z-120711T0400Z/
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-
607 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR631...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE ZONE 631 FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
  THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER
  THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR
  FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 (LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN) FOR ABUNDANT
  LIGHTNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM THIS MORNING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE 
  WITH A POSSIBILITY OF WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2...POSSIBLY 3.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS MAY 
  RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD. GUSTY 
  AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
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600 
WWUS86 KPDT 101431
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
731 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN
NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON...

.ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE BLUE
MOUNTAINS EAST TO THE IDAHO BORDER AS WELL AS BAKER COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ORZ631-101545-
/O.CAN.KPDT.FW.A.0002.120710T1800Z-120711T0400Z/
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-
731 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR631...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
MPH IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. THE RELATIVE HUMDITY WILL
RANGE FROM 18 TO 28 PERCENT. DESPITE THE INCREASING
WINDS...HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH THAT RED FLAG CONDITIONS
ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-102245-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
731 AM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP 
  DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE 
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2...OCCASIONALLY 3.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN 
  NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE 
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

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605 
WWUS86 KPDT 102045
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
145 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING IN NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON...

.ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE BLUE
MOUNTAINS EAST TO THE IDAHO BORDER AS WELL AS BAKER COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-110400-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
145 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE
WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN 
  BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP 
  DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE 
  WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER 
  ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. 

* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...SOME STORMS WILL CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE 
  RESULTING IN WETTING RAINS UNDER THE STORMS. 

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2...OCCASIONALLY 3.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN
  ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
  WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

&&

$$

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586 
WWUS86 KPDT 110346
RFWPDT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
846 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST OREGON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON...

.COOLER NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES HAVE ELIMINATED THE THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND ENDED THE THREAT OF STARTING NEW FIRES. 

ORZ633>635-638-WAZ633-110500-
/O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120711T0400Z/
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
846 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED
ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND
WA633...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AS THE
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED. 


$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jul 7, 9:30 AM PDT, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 9:30 AM PDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
930 AM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012

UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION

.AVIATION...18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER AREA WITH SOME MID AND UPPER
LEVEL MOISTURE SPREADING NORTH WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN CENTRAL OREGON AND THE EASTERN OREGON MOUNTAINS BY LATE DAY
SATURDAY, POSSIBLY AFFECTING KRDM AND KBDN. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
DURING THE DAY WILL GIVE WAY AFTER 00Z TO SOME SCATTERED CLOUDS
ABOVE 10000 FEET AGL FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE BELOW 15 KTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS THOUGH KDLS, KRDM
AND KBDN MAY HAVE SOME GUSTS TO 25 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. ALSO LOCALLY GUST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITIES INCREASE ACROSS
ALL TAF SITES BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WITH A SERIES OF WAVES MOVING
ACROSS THE AREA.  WEBER

&&

.SHORT TERM...UPDATE...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE WESTERN U.S., CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN, THROUGH
TONIGHT. THUS THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WEAK WAVES EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS FLOW
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ONE, PRODUCING VERY
ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS, WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ARE WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO. A SECOND WAVE IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST OREGON
AND SOUTHWEST IDAHO. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO ASSIST IN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
DID ADD SOME MENTION OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING FOR WALLOWA AND EASTERN
GRANT COUNTY, OTHERWISE THE CURRENT FORECASTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON
LOOK FINE AND ONLY MINOR TWEAKS WERE MADE. OTHER UPDATES THIS
MORNING INCLUDED MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO SKY COVER, HIGH TEMPS AND
WINDS. 90

.LONG TERM...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE OVER
THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED. INITIALLY TEMPERATURES WILL BE UPPER 90S TO MID 100S WITH
UPPER 80S TO MID 90S IN THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE A
DEGREE OR TWO EACH DAY AND END UP IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S BY
FRIDAY WITH 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE HEAT WILL CREATE UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS AND MOISTURE CIRCULATING AROUND A HIGH IN THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING EACH DAY. MONDAY MORNING WILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AND WESTERN COLUMBIA
BASIN AS FAR EAST AS HANFORD AS A DISTURBANCE DEPARTS THE AREA.
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CONFINED MAINLY TO THE MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL OREGON WITH STORMS
LINGERING OVERNIGHT IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. BY THURSDAY
A TROUGH THAT HAD BEEN WELL OFFSHORE WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE COAST
AND PUSH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EAST WITH THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS
HAVING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE TROUGH WILL BE AT THE
COAST FRIDAY AND THIS WILL PUSH THE RIDGE AND THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY A LITTLE FURTHER EAST WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY. BY
SATURDAY, MODELS ARE HAVING RUN TO RUN DIFFERENCES WITH THE LATEST
RUNS HAVING US UNDER THE TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
THE PREVIOUS RUN CONTINUED TO HAVE A LINGERING RIDGE IN THE EAST.
FOR NOW HAVE KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN
BLUES AND WALLOWA COUNTY AND LOWERED TEMPERATURES A DEGREE OR TWO
FROM FRIDAY UNTIL THE MODELS DEVELOP SOME CONSISTENCY. WITH THE HOT
DRY CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHTNING, FIRE DANGER WILL
REMAIN HIGH THROUGH MOST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...CONDITIONS ARE STILL ON TRACK TO SET UP FOR A 2 TO 3
DAY THUNDERSTORM EVENT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA IN CONJUNCTION WITH
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BUMP TEMPERATURES UP AND INCREASE
THE INSTABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE. A COUPLE OF WAVES PASSING THROUGH
THE REGION WILL SERVE AS TRIGGERS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE
FIRST WILL BE ON SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ON MONDAY. THESE WAVES
SHOULD BOOST LAL'S INTO THE 3 AND 4 CATEGORIES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
CONTINUES TO COVER THIS POSSIBILITY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT  95  63 100  67 /  10  10  30  30
ALW  96  67 101  71 /  10  10  30  30
PSC  98  62 103  68 /   0   0  20  30
YKM  95  61  99  67 /   0   0  20  30
HRI  97  63 102  67 /  10  10  30  30
ELN  96  60 100  66 /   0   0  20  30
RDM  92  54  97  57 /  20  20  30  30
LGD  94  57  97  61 /  20  20  30  30
GCD  94  57  99  60 /  20  20  30  30
DLS  95  63  97  68 /  10  10  30  30

&&

.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING      ORZ041-042-044-049-050-502-503-505>509.

WA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING      WAZ024-026>030-520-521.

&&

THREAT INDEX
TODAY : GREEN
SUNDAY : YELLOW
MONDAY : YELLOW

GREEN: NONE OR LIMITED NEED FOR WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES.
YELLOW: A FEW WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT.
RED: NUMEROUS WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON

90/83/89
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 9:32 AM PDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
932 AM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012

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EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-
JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS-
932 AM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS
     NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON,
     EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY,
     WALLOWA COUNTY, NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN
     BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, JOHN DAY BASIN, OCHOCO-JOHN DAY
     HIGHLANDS

THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING INSTABILITY, MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND
HOT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE. SOME STORMS COULD
BE STRONG.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FIRE WEATHER WATCH AREAWIDE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE SUNDAY

HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST SUNDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE
FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THIS WILL
RESULT IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THE GREATEST THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LARGEST AREAL COVERAGE WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FROM THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH DRY
SURFACE CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION MAY RESULT IN NEW WILDFIRE
STARTS. AS SUCH A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN AFFECT THROUGH AT LEAST
TUESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO NWS PRODUCT PDXRFWPDT FOR MORE DETAILS. THE
AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE FROM TUESDAY ONWARD,
HOWEVER IT WILL REMAIN DRY AND HOT AT THE SURFACE THROUGH MOST, IF
NOT ALL OF THE REST OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML

ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 2:15 PM PDTHeat AdvisoryPDTBenton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more54 hr
Jul 6, 5:17 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPDTUnion28 min
Jul 6, 6:34 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPDTWallowa26 min
Jul 6, 7:01 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPDTWallowa29 min
Jul 7, 2:55 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPDTGrant35 min
Jul 7, 3:27 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPDTUmatilla33 min
Jul 7, 4:03 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPDTUmatilla, Union42 min
Jul 7, 4:33 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPDTUmatilla57 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 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.