Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this red flag warning at Sep 11, 2012, 2:55 PM PDT. It took effect at Sep 12, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 42 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
- Sep 11, 2012, 2:55 PM PDT (21:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Portland, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
542 WWUS86 KPQR 112155 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 255 PM PDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS AND FIRE WEATHER WATCHES IN EFFECT... ...MODERATE OFFSHORE EVENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY...AND THEN STRENGTHEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST-AFFECTED AREAS WILL BE THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS...THE NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE...AND THE WILLAPA HILLS AND CLARK COUNTY LOWLANDS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. THE OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE NOT INCLUDED THE OREGON PORTION OF ZONE 604... THOUGH LOCALIZED RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FAVORED EAST WIND AREAS SUCH AS NEAR TROUTDALE. LOCALIZED DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF ZONE 604 AND ZONES 606 AND 608...THOUGH NO ACTIVE FIRES AND YELLOW FUEL CONDITIONS PRECLUDE HEADLINES IN THESE AREAS. ORZ605-607-WAZ604-660-121800- /O.UPG.KPQR.FW.A.0002.120913T0600Z-120914T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.FW.W.0003.120913T0300Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 604-ZONE 660- 255 PM PDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 604...605...607 AND 660... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 604...605...607 AND 660. THIS INCLUDES THE GIFFORD PINCHOT...MT HOOD NATIONAL FORESTS...AND STATE- PROTECTED LANDS. * WINDS...TEN-MINUTE SUSTAINED EAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST-WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 604...605...607...AND 660. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ602-WAZ602-121800- /O.EXT.KPQR.FW.A.0002.120913T0300Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 602- 255 PM PDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TEN-MINUTE SUSTAINED EAST WIND OF 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT...THOUGH QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AT THIS TIME. * HAINES... MID AND HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS... GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
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403 WWUS86 KPQR 121749 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1049 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS AND FIRE WEATHER WATCHES IN EFFECT... ... MODERATE OFFSHORE EVENT THROUGH THURSDAY... STRONG ONSHORE FLOW BEGINS TODAY...AND MAY WEAKEN A BIT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE STRENGTHENING TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE WEAKENING LATER THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT. ORZ605-607-WAZ604-660-130000- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.120913T0300Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 604-ZONE 660- 1049 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 604...605...607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 604...605...607 AND 660. THIS INCLUDES THE GIFFORD PINCHOT...MT HOOD NATIONAL FORESTS...AND STATE- PROTECTED LANDS. * WINDS...TODAY...MOST THOUGH NOT ALL LOCATIONS WILL KEEP TEN- MINUTE SUSTAINED EAST WIND OF 10 MPH OR LESS. WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 35 MPH OR MORE. TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 604...605...607...AND 660. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ602-WAZ602-130000- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.A.0002.120913T0300Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 602- 1049 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602 AND 602... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TEN-MINUTE SUSTAINED EAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT...THOUGH QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AT THIS TIME. * HAINES... MID AND HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS... GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
032 WWUS86 KPQR 121756 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1056 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS AND FIRE WEATHER WATCHES IN EFFECT... ... MODERATE OFFSHORE EVENT THROUGH THURSDAY... STRONG ONSHORE FLOW BEGINS TODAY...AND MAY WEAKEN A BIT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE STRENGTHENING TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE WEAKENING LATER THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT. ORZ605-607-WAZ660-131800- /O.EXT.KPQR.FW.W.0003.120912T1800Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 605-ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 1056 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605... 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605...607 AND 660. THIS INCLUDES THE GIFFORD PINCHOT...MT HOOD NATIONAL FORESTS...AND STATE- PROTECTED LANDS. * WINDS...TODAY...WHILE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 MPH OR MORE MAY NOT OCCUR...WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 35 MPH OR MORE. TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 605...607...AND 660. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT BOTH TODAY AND THURSDAY. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WAZ604-131800- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.120913T0300Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 604- 1056 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604 IN WASHINGTON. * WINDS...TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONE 604. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ602-WAZ602-131800- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.A.0002.120913T0300Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 602- 1056 AM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602 AND 602... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TEN-MINUTE SUSTAINED EAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT...THOUGH QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AT THIS TIME. * HAINES... MID AND HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS... GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$
968 WWUS86 KPQR 122213 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 313 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS AND FIRE WEATHER WATCHES IN EFFECT... ... MODERATE OFFSHORE EVENT THROUGH THURSDAY... STRONG ONSHORE FLOW BEGINS TODAY...AND MAY WEAKEN A BIT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE STRENGTHENING TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE WEAKENING LATER THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT. ORZ602-WAZ602-131800- /O.UPG.KPQR.FW.A.0002.120913T0300Z-120914T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPQR.FW.W.0003.120913T0300Z-120913T2000Z/ ZONE 602- 313 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY..AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TEN-MINUTE SUSTAINED EAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID AND HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS... GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ607-WAZ660-131800- /O.EXT.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 313 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY..AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660. THIS INCLUDES THE GIFFORD PINCHOT...MT HOOD NATIONAL FORESTS...AND STATE- PROTECTED LANDS. * WINDS...WEDNESDAY...WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 35 MPH OR MORE. TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 607 AND 660. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WAZ604-131800- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.120913T0300Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 604- 313 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604 IN WASHINGTON. * WINDS...TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONE 604. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ605-131800- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 605- 313 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 605... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 605. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE MT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 605. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
240 WWUS86 KPQR 122244 AAA RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 344 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS AND FIRE WEATHER WATCHES IN EFFECT... ... MODERATE OFFSHORE EVENT THROUGH THURSDAY... OFFSHORE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE WEAKENING LATER THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT. WITH A THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE AREA...THE AIR MASS WILL ALSO BE UNSTABLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE FAVORABLE FOR EXISTING OR NEW FIRES TO UNDERGO CONSIDERABLE GROWTH. ORZ607-WAZ660-130645- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 344 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY..AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660. THIS INCLUDES THE GIFFORD PINCHOT...MT HOOD NATIONAL FORESTS...AND STATE- PROTECTED LANDS. * WINDS...TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 15 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 607 AND 660. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...EVEN DURING THE NIGHT...WITH LOW RH AND HIGH HAINES VALUES ALLOWING CONTINUED FIRE GROWTH. THIS INCLUDES THE CASCADE CREEK FIRE NEAR MT ADAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WAZ604-130645- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.120913T0300Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 604- 344 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604 IN WASHINGTON. * WINDS...TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST-WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONE 604. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...EVEN DURING THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ605-130645- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 605- 344 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 605... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 605. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE MT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 605. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ602-WAZ602-130645- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.120913T0300Z-120913T2000Z/ ZONE 602- 344 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY..AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TEN-MINUTE SUSTAINED EAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT. * HAINES...MID AND HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS... GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$
409 WWUS86 KPQR 122315 AAA RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 415 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...UPDATED HEADLINE AND EXTENDED EXPIRATION TIME... ...RED FLAG WARNINGS IN EFFECT...MODERATE OFFSHORE EVENT THROUGH THURSDAY... OFFSHORE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE WEAKENING LATER THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WITH LOW RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT. WITH A THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE AREA...THE AIR MASS WILL ALSO BE UNSTABLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE FAVORABLE FOR EXISTING OR NEW FIRES TO UNDERGO CONSIDERABLE GROWTH. WAZ604-131800- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.120913T0300Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 604- 415 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604 IN WASHINGTON. * WINDS...TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST-WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONE 604. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...EVEN DURING THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ607-WAZ660-131800- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 415 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY..AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660. THIS INCLUDES THE GIFFORD PINCHOT...MT HOOD NATIONAL FORESTS...AND STATE- PROTECTED LANDS. * WINDS...TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 15 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 607 AND 660. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES. WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...EVEN DURING THE NIGHT...WITH LOW RH AND HIGH HAINES VALUES ALLOWING CONTINUED FIRE GROWTH. THIS INCLUDES THE CASCADE CREEK FIRE NEAR MT ADAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ605-131800- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 605- 415 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 605... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 605. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE MT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORE WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STRONGEST WIND WILL BE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 605. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ602-WAZ602-131800- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.120913T0300Z-120913T2000Z/ ZONE 602- 415 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY..AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TEN-MINUTE SUSTAINED EAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT. * HAINES...MID AND HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS... GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$
432 WWUS86 KPQR 131635 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 935 AM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS IN EFFECT...DRY AND UNSTABLE AND WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE CASCADES AND A THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO EAST WIND FAVORED LOCATIONS TODAY. WITH A THERMAL TROUGH MOVING OVER THE AREA...THE AIR MASS WILL ALSO BE UNSTABLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE FAVORABLE FOR EXISTING OR NEW FIRES TO UNDERGO CONSIDERABLE GROWTH. WAZ604-140000- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 604- 935 AM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND...LOW RH...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604 IN WASHINGTON. * WINDS...10 MINUTE WINDS 5 TO LOCALLY 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THE EAST-WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONE 604...STRONGEST WINDS THIS MORNING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5-6. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...EVEN DURING THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ607-WAZ660-141200- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 935 AM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR WIND...LOW RH...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660. THIS INCLUDES THE GIFFORD PINCHOT...MT HOOD NATIONAL FORESTS...AND STATE- PROTECTED LANDS. * WINDS...10 MINUTE WINDS OF 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 607 AND 660. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS MORNING...EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5-6 TODAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. HIGH LEVEL HAINES WILL EASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...EVEN DURING THE NIGHT...WITH LOW RH AND HIGH HAINES VALUES ALLOWING CONTINUED FIRE GROWTH. THIS INCLUDES THE CASCADE CREEK FIRE NEAR MT ADAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ605-140000- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T0000Z/ ZONE 605- 935 AM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND...LOW RH...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 605... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 605. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5-6 THURSDAY. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ602-WAZ602-132000- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120913T2000Z/ ZONE 602- 935 AM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TEN-MINUTE SUSTAINED EAST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH FOR EXPOSED RIDGES AND EAST WIND FAVORED AREAS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15-30 PERCENT. * HAINES...MID AND HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS... GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$
663 WWUS86 KPQR 131932 AAA RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1232 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS IN EFFECT...DRY AND UNSTABLE AND WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE CASCADES AND A THERMAL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO EAST WIND FAVORED LOCATIONS TODAY. WITH A THERMAL TROUGH MOVING OVER THE AREA...THE FOCUS WILL THEN SHIFT TO VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LINGERING OVER THE CASCADES TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE FAVORABLE FOR EXISTING OR NEW FIRES TO UNDERGO CONSIDERABLE GROWTH. EXPECT PLUME DOMINATED PROCESSES TO THEREFORE PICKUP INLAND AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WAZ604-140300- /O.EXT.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T0300Z/ ZONE 604- 1232 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE AND LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 604 EAST WIND FAVORED SPOTS AND RIDGETOPS. * WINDS...10 MINUTE WINDS 5 TO LOCALLY 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THE EAST-WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONE 604...STRONGEST WINDS TAPERING OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 17 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5-6. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...EVEN DURING THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ605-140300- /O.EXT.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T0300Z/ ZONE 605- 1232 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 605... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 605...MAINLY THE OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5-6. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. * IMPACTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ602-WAZ602-140300- /O.EXT.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T0300Z/ ZONE 602- 1232 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY...WINDY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 602 IN THE OREGON COAST RANGE AND WASHINGTON WILLAPA HILLS. THIS INCLUDES PART OF THE SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST. * WINDS...TEN-MINUTE SUSTAINED EAST WIND OF 10 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH FOR EXPOSED RIDGES AND EAST WIND FAVORED AREAS AND EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * HAINES...MID AND HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5...POSSIBLY REACHING 6 AS THE THERMAL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS... GUSTY WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ ORZ607-WAZ660-140330- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 1232 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR DRY...UNSTABLE...AND LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660. THIS INCLUDES THE GIFFORD PINCHOT...MT HOOD NATIONAL FORESTS...AND STATE- PROTECTED LANDS. * WINDS...10 MINUTE WINDS OF 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EAST- WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 607 AND 660. VERY LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR A WHILE LONGER AT WINDY AND EXPOSED RIDGES AT THE WEST END OF THE GORGE. WINDS WILL EASE THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WIDESPREAD DAYTIME VALUES THURSDAY OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT...LOCALLY 10 TO 15 PERCENT. RECOVERIES TONIGHT AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID- LEVEL HAINES 5-6. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. HIGH LEVEL HAINES WILL EASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...EVEN DURING THE NIGHT...WITH LOW RH AND HIGH HAINES VALUES ALLOWING CONTINUED FIRE GROWTH. THIS INCLUDES THE CASCADE CREEK FIRE NEAR MT ADAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
255 WWUS86 KPQR 140241 RFWPQR URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 741 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ORZ602-605-WAZ602-604-140345- /O.CAN.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T0300Z/ ZONE 602-ZONE 605-ZONE 604- 741 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY...WINDY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. OFFSHORE FLOW HAS WEAKENED AND THE AIRMASS HAS STABILIZED. AS A RESULT...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. $$ ORZ607-WAZ660-141200- /O.CON.KPQR.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120914T1200Z/ ZONE 607-ZONE 660- 741 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR DRY...UNSTABLE...AND LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 607 AND 660. THIS INCLUDES THE GIFFORD PINCHOT...MT HOOD NATIONAL FORESTS...AND STATE- PROTECTED LANDS. * WINDS...10 MINUTE WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EAST-WIND FAVORED AREAS OF ZONES 607 AND 660. WINDS WILL EASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RECOVERIES TONIGHT AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT. * HAINES... MID-LEVEL HAINES 5-6. HIGH LEVEL HAINES 5. HIGH LEVEL HAINES WILL EASE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD TONIGHT...WITH LOW RH AND HIGH HAINES VALUES ALLOWING CONTINUED FIRE GROWTH. THIS INCLUDES THE CASCADE CREEK FIRE NEAR MT ADAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Sep 11, 2:21 PM PDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 2:21 PM PDT, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
221 PM PDT TUE SEP 11 2012
.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE AND INCREASING OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING
WARMING TEMPERATURES AND SUNSHINE TO THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY.
COASTAL CLOUDS WILL INCREASE LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH
TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS OVER THE INTERIOR BY THE
WEEKEND.
&&
.SHORT TERM...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER THE
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON UNDER A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. NORTHERLY GRADIENT HAS INCREASED
THIS AFTERNOON WITH -12.7 MB BETWEEN KACV AND KUIL...GIVING GUSTY
NORTH WINDS TO THE INTERIOR VALLEYS AND ALONG THE CENTRAL OREGON
COAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN DROP TO THE MID TO LOWER 40S TONIGHT UNDER
CLEAR SKIES...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS IN THE 30S. WE WILL AGAIN SEE A
FEW ISOLATED LOCATIONS WITH LIGHT FROST WHERE THE WINDS ARE LIGHT.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL WARM 10 TO 15 DEGREES OVER TODAYS
HIGHS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THURSDAY. MODELS MOVE THE THERMALLY
INDUCED TROUGH OVER THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY LATE THURSDAY...WITH MARINE
CLOUDS WORKING THEIR WAY NORTH ALONG THE COAST DURING THIS TIME.
THE THERMALLY INDUCED TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE CASCADES FRIDAY
WITH INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW. MODELS SHOW A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE COAST FRIDAY MORNING WHICH WILL HELP
TO DEEPEN THE MARINE LAYER. LIKENS
.LONG TERM...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD
AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON SHIFTS
INLAND BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS PATTERN RESULTS IN INCREASED
ONSHORE FLOW AT THE SURFACE SATURDAY WITH MARINE CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE
LIKELY MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE VALLEY. CLOUDS WILL LINGER SOMEWHAT
ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE VALLEY ON SUNDAY...BUT THEN...MODELS ALL
POINT TOWARD THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF A THERMAL LOW OVER NORTHERN
CALIF BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...HINTING TOWARD A REBOUND OF WARM SUNNY
DAYS AND MOST NOTABLY...DRY WEATHER. KELSON
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONTINUES THE NEXT 24 HRS UNDER DRY NORTHERLY
FLOW. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY WED AM...WITH WINDS
VEERING MORE NORTHEASTERLY LATER WED AM.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS. /27
&&
.MARINE...A THERMAL TROUGH IS SLOWLY BUILDING N ALONG THE COAST
THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BUILD INTO THE WASHINGTON WATERS LATER
TONIGHT AND WED. NORTH WINDS ARE SLOWLY NEARING GALE FORCE WIND
CRITERIA WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 KT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 35
KT ARE STILL EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SMALL
CRAFT WIND POTENTIAL CONTINUES THROUGH WED NIGHT FOR THE NORTH
MARINE ZONES. WITH THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF N WINDS... RELATIVELY
STEEP SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO AROUND 10 FT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO LATE THIS EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS
DROP BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA THURSDAY.
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR
ZONE 605-ZONE 607.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ZONE 602.
WA...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 8 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 PM PDT THURSDAY FOR
ZONE 604-ZONE 660.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ZONE 602.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OUT 60
NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON
FOR WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE FROM 10 TO 60 NM.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL WATERS
FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OUT 60 NM.
&&
MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM
THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 5:12 AM PDT, 9 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 512 AM PDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-121515- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA- GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 512 AM PDT TUE SEP 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 2:30 PM PDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 230 PM PDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-121500- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA- GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK... LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...FLORENCE...VERNONIA...JEWELL...TRASK... GRANDE RONDE...TIDEWATER...SWISSHOME...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE... HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM... MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...HOOD RIVER... CASCADE LOCKS...MULTNOMAH FALLS...SANDY... SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...SWEET HOME...GOVERNMENT CAMP... DETROIT...SANTIAM PASS...VIDA...LOWELL...COTTAGE GROVE... MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS...PARKDALE...ODELL... COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS...FRANCES... RYDERWOOD...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...CATHLAMET...LONGVIEW...KELSO... CASTLE ROCK...STEVENSON...SKAMANIA...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND... WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR 230 PM PDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...COOL MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON... COOL MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON. LOWER TO MID 40S WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SOME LOCATIONS MAY FALL INTO THE MID 30S. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF FROST ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW ISOLATED AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE A LIGHT FROST. THE TEMPERATURES COULD GET COOL ENOUGH TO CAUSE STRESS TO PLANTS THAT PREFER WARMER SUMMER WEATHER. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN THE TYPICAL COOL SPOTS... SUCH AS IN THE COASTAL VALLEYS...OUTLYING AREAS IN THE INLAND VALLEYS SUCH AS AROUND HILLSBORO...MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...IN NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY...AND NORTH OF KELSO. ONE AREA THAT MAY SEE SOME FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS UP IN THE CASCADES. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAY SEE SOME AREAS FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY COULD SEE TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO FREEZING AS WELL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2:33 AM PDT | Gale Warning | PQR | 18 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
Sources
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