Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 7, 2013, 8:11 AM PDT for Clark County, Cowlitz County, Skamania County, Washington. It took effect at Aug 7, 2013, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 days. 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 7, 2013, 8:11 AM PDT (15:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 7, 2013, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2013, 11:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 5 days
- 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 15:11 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, 3.2 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
- 2096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
110 WWUS86 KPDT 071511 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 811 AM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...SENDING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON...CAUSING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS COULD THEN SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST OREGON ON THURSDAY...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE COAST ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ORZ610-611-630-632-072315- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130807T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0009.130807T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- 811 AM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL OREGON THIS AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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. && $$ ORZ633>635-638-072315- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130808T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY- 811 AM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635 AND OR638... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST OREGON ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ609-631-WAZ609-631-633-675-681-072315- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130809T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 811 AM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631...WA633... WA675 AND WA681... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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)
13 follow-up statements
026 WWUS86 KPDT 072141 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 241 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO APPROACH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SENDING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON...CAUSING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST OREGON ON THURSDAY...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE COAST ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ORZ610-611-630-632-080600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- 241 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL OREGON THIS AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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. && $$ ORZ633>635-638-080600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130808T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY- 241 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635 AND OR638... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST OREGON ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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. && $$ ORZ609-631-WAZ609-631-633-675-681-080600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130809T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 241 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631...WA633... WA675 AND WA681... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
601 WWUS86 KPDT 080548 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1048 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO APPROACH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT...SENDING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON...CAUSING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST OREGON ON THURSDAY...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE COAST ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ORZ610-611-630-632-081730- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- 1048 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL OREGON THURSDAY...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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. && $$ ORZ633>635-638-081730- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130808T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY- 1048 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635 AND OR638... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST OREGON ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ609-631-WAZ609-631-633-675-681-081730- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130809T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 1048 PM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631...WA633... WA675 AND WA681... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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)
530 WWUS86 KPDT 081206 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 506 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO APPROACH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING...SENDING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST OREGON TODAY AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE COAST ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ORZ610-611-630-632-082000- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- 506 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL OREGON TODAY...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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. && $$ ORZ633>635-638-082000- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130808T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY- 506 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635 AND OR638... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST OREGON TODAY...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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. && $$ ORZ609-631-WAZ609-631-633-675-681-082000- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130809T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 506 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631...WA633... WA675 AND WA681... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
460 WWUS86 KPDT 081608 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 908 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SIT ALONG THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST...SENDING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON TODAY AND SPREAD NORTHEAST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH UP THE COAST ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ORZ633>635-638-090600- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130808T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.FW.W.0009.130808T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY- 908 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635 AND OR638... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. * TIMING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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. && $$ WAZ633-090600- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130809T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.FW.W.0009.130808T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 908 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE WA633... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ610-611-630-632-090600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- 908 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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. && $$ ORZ609-631-WAZ609-631-675-681-090600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130809T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 908 AM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631...WA675 AND WA681... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
142 WWUS86 KPDT 090432 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 932 PM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SIT ALONG THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST...SENDING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ON FRIDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH UP THE COAST ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ORZ610-611-630-632>635-638-WAZ633-091645- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 932 PM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635 AND OR638...OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632...WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...ISOLATED ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * 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. && $$ ORZ609-631-WAZ609-631-675-681-091645- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130809T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 932 PM PDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631... WA675 AND WA681... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...WHILE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
399 WWUS86 KPDT 091539 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 839 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SIT ALONG THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST...SENDING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE TODAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH UP THE COAST ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ORZ609-631-WAZ609-631-675-681-100600- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0004.130809T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.FW.W.0009.130809T1800Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 839 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631...WA675 AND WA681... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL BE MORE MOIST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH UP TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED...AND SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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. && $$ ORZ610-611-630-632>635-638-WAZ633-100600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 839 AM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR633...OR634...OR635 AND OR638...OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632...WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL BE MORE MOIST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH UP TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED...AND SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
612 WWUS86 KPDT 100400 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 900 PM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SIT ALONG THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST...SENDING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTH UP THE COAST ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ORZ609>611-630>635-638-WAZ609-631-633-675-681-101630- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 900 PM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631...WA675 AND WA681...OR633 ...OR634...OR635 AND OR638...OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632...WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL BE MORE MOIST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH UP TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED...AND SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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)
532 WWUS86 KPDT 101539 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 839 AM PDT SAT AUG 10 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF OREGON WILL CONTINUE TO SEND MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL INITIALLY HAVE MINIMAL RAINFALL...BUT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WETTER...ESPECIALLY UNDER THE THUNDERSTORM CORES. HOWEVER...THE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COULD STILL RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO DRY FUELS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. ORZ609>611-630>635-638-WAZ609-631-633-675-681-110600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 839 AM PDT SAT AUG 10 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631...WA675 AND WA681...OR633... OR634...OR635 AND OR638...OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632... WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...MANY STORMS WILL BE MORE MOIST TODAY AND SUNDAY WITH UP TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED...AND SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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)
698 WWUS86 KPDT 110522 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1022 PM PDT SAT AUG 10 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY... .A LARGE SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN OREGON WILL CONTINUE TO SEND MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL BE WET...ESPECIALLY UNDER THE THUNDERSTORM CORES. HOWEVER...THE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COULD STILL RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO DRY FUELS. ORZ609>611-630>635-638-WAZ609-631-633-675-681-111330- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 1022 PM PDT SAT AUG 10 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631...WA675 AND WA681...OR633... OR634...OR635 AND OR638...OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632... WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...MANY STORMS WILL BE MORE MOIST SUNDAY WITH UP TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED...AND SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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)
153 WWUS86 KPDT 111226 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 526 AM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OFF THE OR/WA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO SEND MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SCATTERED BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL COVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL BE WET...ESPECIALLY UNDER THE THUNDERSTORM CORES. HOWEVER...THE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COULD STILL RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO DRY FUELS. ORZ609>611-630>635-638-WAZ609-631-633-675-681-112300- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST- CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 526 AM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...OR631...WA609...WA631...WA675 AND WA681...OR633...OR634...OR635 AND OR638...OR610...OR611... OR630 AND OR632...WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 609 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...MANY STORMS WILL BE MORE MOIST TODAY WITH UP TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED...AND SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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)
315 WWUS86 KPDT 112223 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 323 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON MONDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO SEND MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED...AND WILL COVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL BE WET...ESPECIALLY UNDER THE THUNDERSTORM CORES. HOWEVER...THE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COULD STILL RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO DRY FUELS. ALTHOUGH THE LOW WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA ON MONDAY...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH IT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. ORZ611-630-120600- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.A.0005.130812T2100Z-130813T0600Z/ DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 323 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR611 AND OR630... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR611 AND OR630... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...BUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS STILL POSSIBLE. YET ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN AGAIN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH THE MORE MOIST STORMS PRODUCING 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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. && $$ ORZ609-610-WAZ609-112330- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- 323 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR609...WA609 AND OR610. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...BUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS STILL POSSIBLE. $$ ORZ631>635-638-WAZ631-633-120600- /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.A.0005.130812T2100Z-130813T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 323 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631...WA631...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638...OR632...WA633... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631...OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635... OR638...WA631 AND WA633... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY...AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH THE MORE MOIST STORMS PRODUCING 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ WAZ675-681-120600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 323 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES WA675 AND WA681. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...MANY STORMS WILL BE MORE MOIST TODAY WITH UP TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED...AND SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVIER RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
595 WWUS86 KPDT 120251 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 751 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON MONDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO SEND MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. THESE STORMS WILL BE WET... ESPECIALLY UNDER THE THUNDERSTORM CORES. HOWEVER...THE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COULD STILL RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO DRY FUELS. ALTHOUGH THE LOW WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA ON MONDAY...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH IT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. WAZ675-681-120400- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 751 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES WA675 AND WA681... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORM HAVE ENDED IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 675 AND 681. $$ ORZ631>635-638-WAZ631-633-121100- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.130812T2100Z-130813T0600Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 751 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631...OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635... OR638...WA631 AND WA633... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631...OR632...OR633... OR634...OR635...OR638...WA631 AND WA633... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY...AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH THE MORE MOIST STORMS PRODUCING 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ ORZ611-630-121100- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.130812T2100Z-130813T0600Z/ DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 751 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR611 AND OR630... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN AGAIN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH THE MORE MOIST STORMS PRODUCING 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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)
090 WWUS86 KPDT 120538 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1038 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO SEND MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION MONDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COULD STILL RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO DRY FUELS. ORZ631>635-638-WAZ631-633-121345- /O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130812T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.130812T2100Z-130813T0600Z/ COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT- WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- 1038 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631...OR632...OR633... OR634...OR635...OR638...WA631 AND WA633... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR631...OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638...WA631 AND WA633... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP DISTRICT... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY...AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 631 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH THE MORE MOIST STORMS PRODUCING 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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. && $$ ORZ611-630-121345- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.A.0005.130812T2100Z-130813T0600Z/ DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 1038 PM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR611 AND OR630... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 630 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN AGAIN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. * THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. * PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH THE MORE MOIST STORMS PRODUCING 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4. * 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)
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 7, 4:35 AM PDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 4:35 AM PDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
435 AM PDT WED AUG 7 2013
UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN SETTING
UP STARTING TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST IS PUSHING A SOUTHERLY FLOW UP INTO THE
FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. THERE IS CURRENTLY A SHORT WAVE PIECE OF
ENERGY ROTATING DOWN AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE UPPER LOW THAT IS
WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CWA. THIS
IS CURRENTLY CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER KLAMATH COUNTY AT
THIS TIME...WHICH ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST. SOME OF
THESE COULD CLIP THE SOUTHWEST PART OF DESCHUTES COUNTY IN OUR CWA
BY SUNRISE. HAVE THIS SCENARIO COVERED BEGINNING AT 12Z (5 AM PDT)
WHICH LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CURRENTLY HAVE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
SOUTH OF REDMOND AND BEND IN SOUTHWEST DESCHUTES COUNTY THIS
MORNING...EXPANDING TO INCLUDE MOST OF THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADE
EAST SLOPES NORTHWARD INTO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 610 AND 611 (THE
CENTRAL OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES WHICH INCLUDES BEND)...AND
REDMOND IN CENTRAL OREGON. WILL DISCUSS FIRE WEATHER CHANGES BELOW
IN THE FIRE WEATHER SECTION OF THIS DISCUSSION. THIS ACTIVE WEATHER
PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK INTO
THE WEEKEND WITH THUNDERSTORM AREAL COVERAGE INCREASING TO THE
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN A SLOW
COOLING TREND BEGINNING TODAY DUE TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT MOVING INTO THE AREA WITH THE
UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST. WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND UNDER
15 KTS THOUGH TODAY..WHICH WILL INCREASE LOCALLY TO 15 TO 25 KTS IN
THE EASTERN COLUMBIA GORGE AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. THEY WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THERE BUT
THEN WILL PICK UP AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS...AND THE
INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS WILL EXPAND TO INCLUDE THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY
HIGHLANDS IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. 88.
.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODELING GUIDANCE IS
IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT REGARDING THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN THAT IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE EARLY PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD. A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW IS PROGGED TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE
CALIFORNIA/OREGON BORDER FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH THE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO
MOVE NORTH ALONG THE PACIFIC COASTLINE DURING THE WEEKEND. AS A
RESULT OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM BRINGING A NEGATIVELY TILTED
TROUGH, FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE WITH MOISTURE ADVECTION
WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA IS
EXPECTED TO BE QUITE UNSTABLE WITH 1000-1500 J/KG OF WITH ABOUT AN
INCH OF PRECIPITABLE WATER. A SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING OUTBREAK IS
ANTICIPATED WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT
THE AREA, WITH SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS
AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. THE ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE REMAINS
LARGELY UNCHANGED ON SUNDAY, AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MAKES LITTLE
PROGRESS NORTHWARD. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK, THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
RETROGRADE OFF THE COAST IN RESPONSE TO AN AMPLIFYING RIDGE TO OUR
EAST BEFORE BECOMING QUASI-STATIONARY OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST. THIS
WILL CHANGE OUR MID TO UPPER LEVEL FLOW TO A SOUTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION, WHICH MAY LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN LOCATIONS DUE TO DOWNSLOPING. BY WEDNESDAY OF
NEXT WEEK, MODELING GUIDANCE BEGINS TO DIVERGE BUT THE CONSENSUS
REMAINS THE SAME THAT THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN MAY SHOW SOME SIGNS
OF ENDING. BIEDA
&&
.AVIATION...12Z TAFS...SCT CLOUDS 15-20K FT AGL INVOF KBDN AND KRDM
DUE TO THUNDERSTORM SW OF TAF SITES. THESE CLOUDS TO SPREAD OVER
KDLS AOA 15K FT AGL BY 17Z. AFT 17Z, ISOLD TSTMS MAY DVLP SOUTH OF
KBDN AND KRDM AND BE IN VCY OF BOTH TAF SITES BY 20Z WITH CB GROUP
INDICATED AS NEARBY LOW HELPS GENERATE TSTMS. CLOUDS MAY LINGER
OVER KBDN AND KRDM AFT 04Z WITH SCT-BKN 8-12K FT AGL. ELSEWHERE,
SCT-BKN CLOUD LAYER 15K FT AGL ANTICIPATED AFT 08/04Z DUE TO DEBRIS
CLOUDS FROM CONVECTION. WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE BELOW 15 KTS,
KBDN AND KRDM CAN EXPECT GUSTS TO 20 KTS AND KDLS TO 30 KTS BTWN
19Z-04Z. IN ADDITION, ISOLD TSTMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTS TO 40 KTS WITH
OUTFLOW WINDS. BIEDA
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 (EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES)
TO BEGIN AT 11 AM TODAY INSTEAD OF 11 AM THURSDAY. HAVE THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE REACHING THAT FAR NORTH BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE THE CURRENT FIRE WEATHER
WATCHES LOOK GOOD AS THEY ARE AND WILL LET THE FIRE WEATHER SHIFT
DECIDE WHEN TO UPGRADE THESE WATCHES INTO RED FLAG WARNINGS THIS
MORNING...OR THIS AFTERNOON. WILL RECOMMEND THIS TO THE FIRE WEATHER
SHIFT AT 7 AM WHEN THEY ARRIVE. SPC HAS UPGRADED THE SOUTHWEST AREA
OF THE FIRE WEATHER DISTRICT IN A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY AND THAT
IS ONE REASON FOR BEGINNING THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ZONE 610 AT 11
AM TODAY INSTEAD OF 11 AM THURSDAY...BESIDES THE INCREASE IN
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TODAY. ALREADY UPDATED THE FWF FIRE WEATHER
ZONE PRODUCT AND ISSUED AN UPDATE TO THE FIRE WATCH TO INCLUDE FIRE
ZONE 610 BEGINNING AT 11 AM TODAY. 88
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 94 61 91 63 / 10 10 10 10
ALW 95 66 92 66 / 10 10 10 10
PSC 97 61 94 61 / 10 10 10 10
YKM 94 63 93 63 / 10 10 10 10
HRI 95 63 93 63 / 10 10 10 10
ELN 92 60 92 60 / 10 10 10 10
RDM 87 56 86 56 / 20 20 20 20
LGD 89 58 87 58 / 10 10 20 20
GCD 88 57 86 57 / 20 20 20 20
DLS 92 65 89 65 / 10 10 10 20
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
ORZ049-050-502.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
ORZ041-044-508.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING ORZ505-506.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING ORZ042-503-509.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
ORZ507.
WA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
WAZ024-026>030-520-521.
&&
THREAT INDEX
TODAY : YELLOW
THURSDAY : YELLOW
FRIDAY : YELLOW
GREEN: NONE OR LIMITED NEED FOR WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES.
YELLOW: A FEW WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT.
RED: NUMEROUS WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT.
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON
88/98/98Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:07 AM PDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 507 AM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 ORZ042-503-505-506-509-081215- NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- 507 AM PDT WED AUG 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON...NORTH CENTRAL OREGON AND NORTHEAST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE TRANSPORTED NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL OREGON AND THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS TODAY DUE TO A SOUTHERLY FLOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF AN UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON HEATING TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS TODAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS BEGINNING TODAY AND TONIGHT (FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611...OR630 AND OR632). PLEASE REFER TO NWS HAZARD PRODUCT ID PDXRFWPDT FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND EASTWARD THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...PROGRESSING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FOR THE REST OF THE FIRE WEATHER DISTRICT THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO NWS HAZARD PRODUCT ID PDXRFWPDT FOR MORE DETAILS. OTHERWISE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY WARM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL START OUT WITH VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION BUT WILL BECOME WETTER WITH TIME THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN.
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.