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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Aug 11, 2014, 4:30 AM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 11, 2014, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 59 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2014, 4:30 AM PDT (11:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 11, 2014, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2014, 10:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 59 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 5:50 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Tensed, ID | SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN NEAR WASTEWATER PLANT. |
| Aug 12, 5:50 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tensed, ID | SECTION OF WALL AND ROOF BLOWN OFF TRIBAL MAINTENANCE SHOP. |
| Aug 12, 5:55 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Saint Joe, ID | NUMEROUS BRANCHES OF 3 TO 4 DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN AT ST. JOE LANDING CAMPGROUND. REPORT BY CAMP MANAGER. |
| Aug 12, 6:46 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Coeur D'Alene, ID | TREE LIMB BLOWN DOWN. REPORT FROM TWITTER |
| Aug 12, 6:46 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | Coeur D'Alene, ID | LARGE TREE DOWN. |
| Aug 12, 7:30 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Huetter, ID | LIMBS DOWN ON A HOME AT STEAMBOAT BEND ROAD |
| Aug 12, 8:10 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sandpoint, ID | TREE DOWN ON A POWER LINE. |
| Aug 12, 11:55 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Saint Joe, ID | NUMEROUS BRANCHES OF 3 TO 4 DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN AT ST. JOE LANDING CAMPGROUND. REPORT BY CAMP MANAGER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 3844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
233 WWUS86 KOTX 111130 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 430 AM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE DISTRICTS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS PRODUCING A LONG PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A STRONG...HOT AND DRY SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH WILL CREEP INTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TODAY PROMOTING THE POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR. AS THE THERMAL TROUGH CONTINUES TO MIGRATE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AN INCOMING LOW PRESSURE WILL PROMOTE INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE STARTING MONDAY EVENING IN THE CASCADES AND SPREADING INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WAZ676-677-680-682-684-685-687-111930- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0009.140811T1800Z-140814T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0014.140811T1900Z-140814T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 430 AM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOLLOWED BY THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 676...677...680...682...684...685...AND 687... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOLLOWED BY THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * INSTABILITY: A SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH PASSING OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TODAY WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL ATMOSPHERE. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS: INITIALLY DRY ISOLATED LAL 2 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN OVER THE CASCADES MONDAY EVENING AND SPREAD INTO THE WENATCHEE AREA...OKANOGAN VALLEY...AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS ON TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET AND INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4. SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND LOCALLY BREEZY THROUGH THE KITTITAS AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COOLER AIR BEGINS TO BLEED INTO THE REGION. * IMPACTS: HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE PLUME DOMINATED BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW 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 WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-111930- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.A.0009.140812T1900Z-140814T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 430 AM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...686 AND 101. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686). * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED WITH LAL OF 3 AND 4 AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE LITTLE PRECIPITATION...BUT WILL BECOME WET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS: DURING TUESDAY EVENING INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE A GUST FRONT OF 30 TO 50 MPH ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
10 follow-up statements
273 WWUS86 KOTX 111923 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1223 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE DISTRICTS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS PRODUCING A LONG PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A STRONG...HOT AND DRY SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH WILL CREEP INTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TODAY PROMOTING THE POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR. AS THE THERMAL TROUGH CONTINUES TO MIGRATE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AN INCOMING LOW PRESSURE WILL PROMOTE INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE STARTING MONDAY EVENING IN THE CASCADES AND SPREADING INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WAZ676-677-680-682-684-685-687-120330- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140814T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1223 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 676...677...680... 682...684...685...AND 687... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * INSTABILITY: A SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH PASSING OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL ATMOSPHERE. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS: INITIALLY DRY ISOLATED LAL 2 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN OVER THE CASCADES THIS EVENING AND SPREAD INTO THE WENATCHEE AREA...OKANOGAN VALLEY...AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS ON TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET AND INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4. SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND LOCALLY BREEZY THROUGH THE KITTITAS AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COOLER AIR BEGINS TO BLEED INTO THE REGION. * IMPACTS: HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE PLUME DOMINATED BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW 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 WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-120330- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.A.0009.140812T1900Z-140814T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 1223 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...686 AND 101... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686). * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED WITH LAL OF 3 AND 4 AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE LITTLE PRECIPITATION...BUT WILL BECOME WET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS: DURING TUESDAY EVENING INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE A GUST FRONT OF 30 TO 50 MPH ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
245 WWUS86 KOTX 112224 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 324 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE DISTRICTS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS PRODUCING A LONG PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A STRONG...HOT AND DRY SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH WILL CREEP INTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING PROMOTING THE POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRE BEHAVIOR. AS THE THERMAL TROUGH CONTINUES TO MIGRATE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AN INCOMING LOW PRESSURE WILL PROMOTE INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE STARTING MONDAY EVENING IN THE CASCADES AND SPREADING INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-120700- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0009.140812T1900Z-140814T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.FW.W.0014.140812T1900Z-140814T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 324 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...686 AND 101... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686). * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4 AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE LITTLE PRECIPITATION...BUT WILL BECOME WET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS: DURING TUESDAY EVENING...INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE A GUST FRONT OF 30 TO 50 MPH ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WAZ680-682-685-120700- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140813T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- 324 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 680...682 AND 685... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685). * INSTABILITY: A SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH PASSING OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL ATMOSPHERE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS: INITIALLY DRY ISOLATED LAL 2 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN OVER THE CASCADES THIS EVENING AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WASHINGTON CASCADES OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET AND INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4. WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSE A FLASH FLOODING RISK TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND LOCALLY BREEZY THROUGH THE KITTITAS AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COOLER AIR BEGINS TO BLEED INTO THE REGION. * IMPACTS: HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE PLUME DOMINATED BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WAZ676-677-684-687-120700- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140814T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 324 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR FOR UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 676...677...684 AND 687... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * INSTABILITY: A SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH PASSING OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL ATMOSPHERE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS: INITIALLY DRY ISOLATED LAL 2 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN OVER THE CASCADES THIS EVENING AND SPREAD INTO THE WENATCHEE AREA...OKANOGAN VALLEY...AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS ON TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET AND INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4. SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND LOCALLY BREEZY THROUGH THE KITTITAS AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COOLER AIR BEGINS TO BLEED INTO THE REGION. * IMPACTS: HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE PLUME DOMINATED BEHAVIOR ON EXISTING FIRES. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW 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 WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
249 WWUS86 KOTX 120558 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1058 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE DISTRICTS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS PRODUCING A LONG PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY NIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WAZ676-677-684-687-121500- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140814T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1058 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 676...677...684 AND 687... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * THUNDERSTORMS: INITIALLY DRY ISOLATED LAL 2 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN OVER THE CASCADES TONIGHT AND SPREAD INTO THE WENATCHEE AREA...OKANOGAN VALLEY...AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS ON TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET AND INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4. SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND LOCALLY BREEZY THROUGH THE KITTITAS AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COOLER AIR BEGINS TO BLEED INTO THE REGION. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COUPLED WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW 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 WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WAZ680-682-685-121500- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140813T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- 1058 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 680...682 AND 685... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685). * THUNDERSTORMS: INITIALLY DRY ISOLATED LAL 2 THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS OVER THE CASCADES OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET AND INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4. WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSE A FLASH FLOODING RISK TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND LOCALLY BREEZY THROUGH THE KITTITAS AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COOLER AIR BEGINS TO BLEED INTO THE REGION. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW 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 WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-121500- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.140812T1900Z-140814T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 1058 PM PDT MON AUG 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...686 AND 101... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686). * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4 AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE LITTLE PRECIPITATION...BUT WILL BECOME WET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS: INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS ON THE ORDER OF 30 MPH OVER THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH OR STRONGER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
435 WWUS86 KOTX 121320 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 620 AM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE DISTRICTS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS PRODUCING A LONG PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY NIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WAZ676-677-684-687-122300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140814T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 620 AM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 676...677...684...AND 687... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET AND INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE BY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND LOCALLY BREEZY THROUGH THE KITTITAS AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COOLER AIR BEGINS TO BLEED INTO THE REGION. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COUPLED WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW 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 WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WAZ680-682-685-122300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140813T0000Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- 620 AM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 680...682...AND 685... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685). * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET AND INCREASE TO SCATTERED COVERAGE BY THIS EVENING. WET THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSE A FLASH FLOODING RISK TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-122300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.140812T1900Z-140814T0000Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 620 AM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101...673...674...AND 686... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686). * THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4 AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE LITTLE PRECIPITATION...BUT WILL BECOME WET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * OUTFLOW WINDS: INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS ON THE ORDER OF 30 MPH OVER THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH OR STRONGER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
133 WWUS86 KOTX 122132 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 232 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE DISTRICTS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS PRODUCING A LONG PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY NIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WAZ676-677-680-682-684-685-130600- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140813T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- 232 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 676...677...680...682...684...AND 685... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685). * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE ORGANIZED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH NORTH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET THIS EVENING WITH HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH OR STRONGER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COUPLED WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME INCREASINGLY WET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-687-130600- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140814T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 232 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...686...687...AND 101... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4 LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET FROM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH OR STRONGER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
886 WWUS86 KOTX 122137 AAA RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 237 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE DISTRICTS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS PRODUCING A LONG PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY NIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WAZ676-677-680-682-684-685-130600- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140813T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- 237 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 676...677...680...682...684...AND 685... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685). * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE ORGANIZED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH NORTH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET THIS EVENING WITH HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH OR STRONGER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COUPLED WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME INCREASINGLY WET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-687-130600- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140814T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 237 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...686...687...AND 101... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED WITH LAL OF 3 TO 4 LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WET FROM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS: OUTFLOW WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH OR STRONGER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
559 WWUS86 KOTX 130647 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1147 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-687-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140814T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1147 PM PDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101...673...674...686...AND 687... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WET. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
375 WWUS86 KOTX 131336 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 636 AM PDT WED AUG 13 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-687-132300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140814T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 636 AM PDT WED AUG 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101...673...674...686...AND 101... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WET. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
166 WWUS86 KOTX 132146 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 246 PM PDT WED AUG 13 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE INLAND NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-687-140900- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140814T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 246 PM PDT WED AUG 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101 673...674...686...AND 687... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WET. * WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS: ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS WILL PROMOTE NEW FIRE STARTS. GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AID IN THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY NEW AND EXISTING FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
618 WWUS86 KOTX 140530 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1030 PM PDT WED AUG 13 2014 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS ENDED... .A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED...THOUGH WE STILL EXPECT ISOLATED WET THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. IDZ101-WAZ673-674-686-687-140630- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140814T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1030 PM PDT WED AUG 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101 673...674...686...AND 687... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY WET THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS...HOWEVER. $$
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 Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Aug 11, 3:01 AM PDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 3:01 AM PDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
301 AM PDT MON AUG 11 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
It will be a hot day across the Inland Northwest with afternoon
temperatures close to 100 degrees. After that, the potential for
thunderstorms will increase each day as temperatures gradually
cool. Isolated thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible Monday
night. Strong thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon and
evening as a big weather pattern change arrives. Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday have the potential for more showers and
thunderstorms. Seasonal temperatures and drier conditions is a
good bet for next weekend.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
WIDESPREAD STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT
Today through Tuesday...An active weather pattern is in store for
the upcoming week with several concerns. For today an amplifed
upper level ridge will begin to shift east into but the Inland
Northwest in a deep southerly flow on the back side of the ridge.
A closed low off the northern California coast will begin to
advect mid and high level moisture into the area beginning near
the Cascades and far southeast Washington late this afternoon. But
main story today will be the hot temperatures. 850mb temps of
25-28C will translate to valley highs in the upper 90s to near 102
with the lowest areas such as Mattawa and Lewiston near 105F. A
combination of hot temperatures and an unstable atmosphere will
elevated fire weather concerns and will upgrade the fire weather
watch to a red flag warning where ongoing wildfires exist.
Attention late in the afternoon and evening will be drawn to
Oregon with models showing thunderstorm development. The storms as
they move north will likely weaken after coming off the Blue
Mountains due to both the loss of daytime heating and lack of
forcing to overcome the descent off the mountains into the basin.
A combination of marginal mid level instability and lack of 0-10km
CAPE to work with suggest mainly mid level clouds. Looking at
700-500mb Theta-e lapse rates and High Level Total Totals suggest
the best chance for isolated nocturnal thunderstorms tonight will
be east of a line extending from the Blue Mountains northeast
into the Palouse, and Spokane/Coeur D'Alene area. The Cascades
will also have this threat. These storms will be high based with
little to no rainfall and would likely result in new fire starts
in receptive fuels. Gusty outflow winds producing blowing dust could
be generated from these storms.
On Tuesday the low that was off the California coast gets picked
up by another low that closes off near 130W off the Oregon coast.
Strong forcing associated with the ejecting California low moves
into Oregon Tuesday afternoon...with strong convection likely
developing or approaching the Blue Mountains, Camas Prairie, and
Lewiston area late in the day...and then the remainder of the area
Tuesday evening. 0-6km shear values of around 40 kts and CAPE
values near 1000 J/KG could result in isolated large hail and
damaging winds in and around the Blue Mountains Tuesday
afternoon. However there will be plenty of mid level instability
across the remainder of the area on Tuesday that showers and
thunderstorms would be possible especially in the mountains.
These storms will be transitioning to the wet variety Tuesday
afternoon...although fast storm motions may limit rainfall
amounts. JW
Tuesday night through Saturday night: The Inland NW will enter an
active, more seasonal and moister weather pattern. The prevailing
upper level ridge will be replaced by a Pacific low that will
gradually creep inland through the week. By Tuesday night, this
low will be churning off the Oregon coast and will push a
shortwave trough from northern Oregon and through eastern
Washington. Instability looks impressive especially on the NAM
compared to the GFS and thunderstorms are likely to spread from
south to north across the region. The stronger storms could
produce gusty winds, brief downpours and small hail, plus the
lightning will be another concern. Looks like thunderstorm threat
will decrease by early Wednesday morning as the shortwave pushes
north into BC, meanwhile the center of the low will begin to push
inland. The models depict the increased instability with the
closed low center moving over the Cascades by Wednesday afternoon
and then spreading into the Columbia Basin as another spoke of
energy rotates around the low. The 00Z ECMWF and 00Z GFS seem to
tote similar solutions with the low center meandering along the
WA/OR border through much of the work week and convection peaking
during the afternoon and evening hours. Temperatures will dip to
below normal levels while dewpoints and humidity values slowly
rise. On Thursday, it appears another shortwave could enhance
convection and spread it to the northern mountains, possibly with
locally heavy downpours. Then by Friday night, the closed low
weakens and begins to move east, allowing the chance for showers
and thunderstorms to slowly decrease. This will give Saturday
drier and warmer conditions under a westerly flow aloft. /rfox.
Sunday and Monday Night: The weather will considerably calmer for
this two day period as the low pressure continues to move away
from the Inland Northwest. The low pressure may still be close
enough to the Idaho Panhandle on Sunday to allow for some
afternoon showers to develop, but overall its effects should be
waning. Monday will end up being mostly dry, but the recent
rainfall combined with Monday afternoon heating will bring some
quickly developing cumulus clouds. A stray shower or two is
possible over the higher terrain.
As far as temperatures go, near normal temperatures should be the
way to go. The atmosphere will begin to recover, but full
potential will be inhibited by the recent rainfall and afternoon
cloud cover. Therefore, afternoon temperatures were kept on the
cooler side of guidance. ty
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS: High pressure aloft will generally promote VFR weather.
Challenge continues to be wildfire smoke occasionally getting into
the TAF sites. Forecast kept some restrictions where smoke was a
problem today except KCOE but this forecast carries low
confidence. Elevated thunderstorms become a possibility arnd 06z
for terminals south of a line frm Spokane to Wenatchee. /sb
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 98 70 91 64 85 63 / 0 20 20 70 20 30
Coeur d'Alene 97 65 90 61 85 61 / 0 20 30 60 20 40
Pullman 99 65 91 58 84 57 / 0 20 40 60 30 30
Lewiston 105 72 95 66 91 66 / 10 20 40 60 30 30
Colville 100 60 92 59 88 57 / 0 10 30 70 50 40
Sandpoint 92 58 91 56 82 55 / 0 10 30 70 60 40
Kellogg 94 63 87 59 82 59 / 0 20 40 70 30 30
Moses Lake 103 69 95 64 89 63 / 0 10 20 40 20 30
Wenatchee 101 75 94 69 87 70 / 0 20 30 40 20 30
Omak 102 69 94 66 90 66 / 0 10 20 60 50 30
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...FIRE Weather Watch from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday
afternoon for Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone
101).
WA...Red Flag Warning from Noon today to 5 PM PDT Wednesday for East
Washington Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 682)-East
Washington Central Cascade Valleys (Zone 677)-East
Washington North Cascades (Zone 685)-East Washington
Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)-East Washington
Okanogan/Methow Valleys (Zone 684)-East Washington South
Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 680)-East Washington South
Central Cascade Valleys (Zone 676).
FIRE Weather Watch from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday
afternoon for East Washington Northeast (Zone 686)-East
Washington Northern Columbia Basin (Zone 673)-East
Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674).
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 8:53 PM PDT, 7 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 853 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-120400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 853 PM PDT SUN AUG 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HOT...DRY...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH MOST LOWER VALLEY AREAS NEAR 100 DEGREES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER OREGON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND APPROACH THE WASHINGTON BORDER IN THE EVENING. STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS AND BLOWING DUST COULD IMPACT THE COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY EVENING. MOISTURE WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING A THREAT FOR ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE CASCADES. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE REGION WIDE TUESDAY WITH SOME STORMS POTENTIALLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 3:16 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan | 4 days |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.