Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 26, 2012, 12:17 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 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 26, 2012, 12:17 PM PDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
957 WWUS86 KPDT 261917 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1217 PM PDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...BREEZY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES OVER CENTRAL OREGON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDS AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH HAVE RESULTED IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. ORZ630-270330- /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0009.120826T1917Z-120827T0400Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 1217 PM PDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR630... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...WINDS HAVE ALREADY INCREASED TO AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH IN SOME AREAS...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE MAURY MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY, AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF BREEZY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
563 WWUS86 KPDT 262156 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 256 PM PDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...BREEZY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES OVER CENTRAL OREGON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WINDS AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH HAVE RESULTED IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. ORZ630-270400- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120827T0400Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 256 PM PDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR630... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...WINDS HAVE ALREADY INCREASED TO AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WINDS... LOW HUMIDITY... AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF BREEZY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
744 WWUS86 KPDT 270404 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 904 PM PDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ORZ630-270515- /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120827T0400Z/ CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 904 PM PDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR630... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS ARE DECREASING AND HUMIDITY IS SLOWLY RISING THIS EVENING. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
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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.