Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 21, 2013, 3:07 PM PDT for Clark County, Cowlitz County, Skamania County, Washington. It took effect at Aug 22, 2013, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 25 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 21, 2013, 3:07 PM PDT (22:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 22, 2013, 8:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2013, 8:31 AM PDT
- In force
- 25 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 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
819 WWUS86 KPDT 212207 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 307 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA WILL BRING MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY IN THE CENTRAL OREGON AREA. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST OVER THE AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. ORZ610-611-630-220615- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0006.130822T1800Z-130823T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130822T1500Z-130823T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 307 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. 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 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL AND THEN NORTHEAST OREGON ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-220615- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0006.130822T1800Z-130823T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130822T1800Z-130823T2000Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 307 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL AND THEN NORTHEAST OREGON ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-220615- /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.A.0007.130822T2100Z-130823T2000Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 307 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$ WAZ675-220615- /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.A.0007.130823T0600Z-130823T2000Z/ EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN- 307 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE WA675... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH AND ARE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
7 follow-up statements
959 WWUS86 KPDT 220423 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 923 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA WILL BRING MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN THE CENTRAL OREGON AREA. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST OVER THE REGION AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. ORZ610-611-630-221500- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130822T1500Z-130823T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 923 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL AND THEN NORTHEAST OREGON ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-221500- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130822T1800Z-130823T2000Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 923 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL AND THEN NORTHEAST OREGON ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-221500- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0007.130822T2100Z-130823T2000Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 923 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$ WAZ675-221500- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0007.130823T0600Z-130823T2000Z/ EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN- 923 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE WA675... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH AND ARE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
438 WWUS86 KPDT 221015 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 315 AM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NORTH COAST OF CALIFORNIA WILL BRING MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL OREGON AREA. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST OVER THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AS A RESULT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... LASTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ORZ631-WAZ631-222200- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0007.130822T2100Z-130823T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130823T0000Z-130823T1800Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 315 AM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. 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. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE TO SCATTERED THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. EASTERN PORTIONS OF THESE ZONES WILL BE MOST AFFECTED. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION....THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ610-611-630-222200- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130822T1500Z-130823T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 315 AM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-222200- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130822T1800Z-130823T2000Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 315 AM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635... OR638 AND WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...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...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONES 632...634 AND 635. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED AND SPREAD NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WAZ675-222200- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0007.130823T0600Z-130823T2000Z/ EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN- 315 AM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE WA675... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH AND ARE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
886 WWUS86 KPDT 221541 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 841 AM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NORTH COAST OF CALIFORNIA WILL BRING MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL OREGON AREA. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST OVER THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AS A RESULT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... LASTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WAZ675-222345- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0007.130823T0600Z-130823T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130823T0600Z-130823T2000Z/ EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN- 841 AM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE WA675... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ610-611-630-222345- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 841 AM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-222345- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130822T1800Z-130823T2000Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 841 AM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...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...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONES 632...634 AND 635. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED AND SPREAD NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-222345- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130823T0000Z-130823T1800Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 841 AM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE TO SCATTERED THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. EASTERN PORTIONS OF THESE ZONES WILL BE MOST AFFECTED. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
117 WWUS86 KPDT 221901 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1201 PM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NORTH COAST OF CALIFORNIA WILL BRING MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL OREGON AREA. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST OVER THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AS A RESULT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... LASTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ORZ609-WAZ609-681-230600- /O.EXA.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 1201 PM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT FRIDAY 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 UNTIL 1 PM PDT FRIDAY. * 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 ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON CASCADES AHEAD OF THE MAIN BAND TO THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH. EXPECT SEVERAL LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE VICINITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE AREA THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN MAY BE ASSOCIATED...ALONG WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. * PRECIPITATION...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD RANGE FROM 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ610-611-630-230600- /O.EXT.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 1201 PM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-230600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T2000Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 1201 PM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...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...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONES 632...634 AND 635. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE TO SCATTERED AND SPREAD NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WAZ675-230600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130823T0600Z-130823T2000Z/ EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN- 1201 PM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE WA675... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-230600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130823T0000Z-130823T1800Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 1201 PM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE TO SCATTERED THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. EASTERN PORTIONS OF THESE ZONES WILL BE MOST AFFECTED. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
599 WWUS86 KPDT 230533 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1033 PM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE PASSING OVER THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. ORZ609-632>635-638-WAZ609-633-681-231600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 1033 PM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...WA609 AND WA681... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT FRIDAY. * 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...PEAK THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS OCCURRED BUT SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN MAY BE ASSOCIATED...ALONG WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. * PRECIPITATION...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD RANGE FROM 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ WAZ675-231600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.130823T0600Z-130823T2000Z/ EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN- 1033 PM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE WA675... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE PASSING OVER THE ZONE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2-3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ610-611-630-631-WAZ631-231600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 1033 PM PDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PASSES OVER THE ARE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2-3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
012 WWUS86 KPDT 231226 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 526 AM PDT FRI AUG 23 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING THIS MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE PASSING OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. ORZ632-638-231330- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T2000Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-BAKER VALLEY- 526 AM PDT FRI AUG 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR632 AND OR638... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. AS SUCH THE THREAT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS ENDED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THESES ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. THEREFORE THIS RED FLAG WARNING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ORZ610-611-630-231330- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 526 AM PDT FRI AUG 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. AS SUCH THE THREAT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS ENDED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF ZONE 630 THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. THEREFORE THIS RED FLAG WARNING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-231800- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T1800Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 526 AM PDT FRI AUG 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR630... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PASSES OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS PICKING UP TO 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES...OTHERWISE 0.05 TO 0.10 OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2-3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ609-633>635-WAZ609-633-675-681-232000- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 526 AM PDT FRI AUG 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...WA609 AND WA681... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...PEAK THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS OCCURRED BUT SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN MAY BE ASSOCIATED...ALONG WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. * PRECIPITATION...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD RANGE FROM 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...2. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
296 WWUS86 KPDT 231531 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 831 AM PDT FRI AUG 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNINGS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... .THE UPPER LOW HAS MOVED OFF TO THE NORTH AND THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS DIMINISHED. ORZ609-633>635-WAZ609-633-675-681-231645- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 831 AM PDT FRI AUG 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR633... OR634...OR635...WA609...WA633...WA675 AND WA681... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE UPPER LOW HAS MOVED OFF TO THE NORTH AND THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS DIMINISHED. OR634 AND OR635 COULD SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS. $$ ORZ631-WAZ631-231645- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130823T1800Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 831 AM PDT FRI AUG 23 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631 AND WA631... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE UPPER LOW HAS MOVED OFF TO THE NORTH AND THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING HAS DIMINISHED. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
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 Aug 21, 2:29 PM PDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 2:29 PM PDT, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
229 PM PDT WED AUG 21 2013
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. AN IMPRESSIVE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WAS PUMPING MOISTURE NORTH AND INTO
OUR AREA TODAY. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WERE ON THE INCREASE WITH
SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLD TSRA DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON. A
FEW STORMS MAY WORK THERE WAY FAR ENOUGH NORTH AND MOVE INTO OUR
EXTREME SOUTHERN ZONES THIS TONIGHT.
THE LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH AND APPROACH OUR AREA
TOMORROW. TSRA ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL OREGON AND
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS IT EXPANDS INTO NORTH CENTRAL
OREGON AND SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE NAM AND
GFS WERE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WITH THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE LOW
PRESSURE BUT BOTH FORECAST THIS TO MOVE ACROSS OUR REGION THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH SOME NOCTURNAL TSRA EXPECTED. THE TSRA ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND AS THE LOW TRACKS NE AND INTO SE WA
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...DRIER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM WEST TO EAST.
HOWEVER A FEW TSRA MAY LINGER OVER THE FAR EASTERN ZONES FRIDAY
NIGHT.
ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
BRING SOME SHOWERS TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WA CASCADES BY SATURDAY
MORNING. AS THE DISTURBANCE PUSHES INLAND...TSRA ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL TOMORROW BUT COOL
SEVERAL DEGREES BY FRIDAY BEFORE REBOUNDING SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY.
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MODELS
CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN HAVING A TROUGH OFF THE WEST
COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MIDWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS
WILL KEEP A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER OUR AREA. DISTURBANCES MOVING
THROUGH THE FLOW WILL LEAD TO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. MODELS HAVE DIFFERENCES AS
TO THE TIMING AND PATH OF THE DISTURBANCES SO GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY,
HAVE NOT MADE TOO MANY CHANGES TO THE EXISTING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAINLY OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENINGS WITH A FEW SHOWERS LINGERING OVERNIGHT. MODELS LIMIT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S WITH MID 70S TO
LOWER 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS. PERRY
&&
.AVIATION...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS ABOVE
10000 FEET WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE PERIOD AND BECOME BKN AFTER
00Z. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY GET AS FAR NORTH AS KBDN AND KRDM
BETWEEN 02Z-08Z THIS EVENING. HAVE INDICATED VCSH AT THOSE SITES AND
HAVE A CB LAYER AT KBDN DUE TO THE GREATER CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM
AT THAT SITE. OVERALL, CONFIDENCE WAS TOO LOW FOR A VCTS OR -TSRA AT
EITHER LOCATION. SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 KTS FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS EXCEPT NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS. PERRY
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY TO THE AREA THIS WEEK. WHILE THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SOME STORMS TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA
THIS EVENING...DO NOT EXPECT MORE THAN ISOLATED COVERAGE. AS THE LOW
MOVES NORTH AND EAST...EXPECT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO INCREASE
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BY TOMORROW
EVENING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK OVER THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN
AND PORTIONS OF THE YAKIMA VALLEY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR OR631...WA631 AND WA675. STORMS WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING AS THE LOW MOVES OUT
OF THE AREA. THERE IS STILL SOME DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE MODELS AS
TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW. THE CURRENT THOUGHT IS THAT THE LOW
WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND INTO SOUTHEAST
WASHINGTON...BUT SOME MODEL RUNS ARE TRYING TO PUSH THE TRACK
FURTHER SOUTH. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG
WARNING...THAT INCLUDES OR610...611...630...632...633...634...635
AND 638 FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE
STORMS TO HAVE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING. WEBER
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 58 91 62 85 / 10 20 30 30
ALW 62 93 65 86 / 10 20 30 30
PSC 57 94 64 89 / 10 10 30 20
YKM 52 91 59 86 / 10 10 20 10
HRI 56 93 63 87 / 10 20 30 20
ELN 51 93 59 83 / 10 0 20 10
RDM 52 86 54 82 / 20 30 40 10
LGD 56 87 56 83 / 20 30 40 30
GCD 54 88 55 82 / 20 30 40 30
DLS 57 92 64 84 / 10 20 30 10
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY
ORZ049-050-502-503-505>507.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 8 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY
ORZ042-509.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON ORZ041-042-044-503-507-508.
WA...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 1 PM PDT FRIDAY WAZ030.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON WAZ024-029.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON WAZ026-027.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON WAZ028-521.
&&
THREAT INDEX
THURSDAY : GREEN
FRIDAY : GREEN
SATURDAY : GREEN
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
97/83/83/89Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 5:34 AM PDT, 9 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 534 AM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 ORZ042-049-050-502-503-505-506-509-WAZ030-221330- NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO- JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 534 AM PDT WED AUG 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON...NORTH CENTRAL OREGON...NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON TODAY. DAYTIME HEATING OF THIS MOISTURE COULD RESULT IN A FEW STRAY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED INCLUDE PORTIONS OF DESCHUTES, JEFFERSON, WHEELER, CROOK AND GRANT COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGER PORTION OF THE REGION. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE STARTS FROM ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 3:07 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | 18 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.