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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Pendleton, OR

July 25, 2013Cowlitz County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 25, 2013, 1:25 AM PDT for Cowlitz County, Washington. It took effect at Jul 25, 2013, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 56 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2013, 1:25 AM PDT (08:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 25, 2013, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Jul 27, 2013, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
56 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

County Cowlitz County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jul 24, 2:30 PM PDT, 10 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:30 PM PDT, 10 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 9:55 AM PDT, 15 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
955 AM PDT WED JUL 24 2013

ORZ509-251700-
EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-
955 AM PDT WED JUL 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
PORTIONS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND THE
DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY, VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS, AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MEANS
THAT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS LIKELY TODAY.

MOISTURE BEING CARRIED NORTH BY AN UPPER LOW IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COMBINED WITH WEAK INSTABILITY MAY ALLOW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF
SISTERS IN DESCHUTES COUNTY. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG
OR SEVERE, BUT MAY HAVE GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. WELL ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SHALLOW TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WITH FAIR AND COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED.

WAZ026-251700-
KITTITAS VALLEY-
955 AM PDT WED JUL 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE DRY AND STABLE
CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE
VALLEYS AND THE KITTITAS VALLEY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS FOR
MODERATE NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SHALLOW TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WITH FAIR AND COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED.

ORZ503-505-506-251700-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-
JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
955 AM PDT WED JUL 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON
AND NORTHEAST OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MOISTURE BEING CARRIED NORTH BY AN UPPER LOW IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COMBINED WITH WEAK INSTABILITY MAY ALLOW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CENTRAL
OREGON FROM BEND SOUTHWARD AND ALONG THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS
NORTHEAST TO THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
STRONG OR SEVERE BUT MAY HAVE GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. WELL ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS NORTHEAST
INTO WALLOWA COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG BUT
MAY HAVE GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH. FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SHALLOW
TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH FAIR AND COOLER
WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE AREA.

POLAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 1:25 AM PDTFire Weather WatchPDT8 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2013Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.