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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA

June 8, 2014

NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Jun 8, 2014, 3:10 PM PDT. It took effect at Jun 9, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2014, 3:10 PM PDT (22:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 9, 2014, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2014, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

847 
WWUS86 KOTX 082210
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
310 PM PDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNING FOR WENATCHEE
AREA AND PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.THE PASSAGE OF A DRY COLD FRONT ON MONDAY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON. THERE WILL BE A
HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF GRASS FIRES MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING IN THE WENATCHEE...EPHRATA...MOSES
LAKE...AND WATERVILLE AREAS. IF A FIRE IGNITES...IT COULD SPREAD
QUICKLY.

WAZ673-677-090615-
/O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0001.140609T2100Z-140610T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0002.140609T2100Z-140610T0300Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
310 PM PDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN 
  COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST 
  WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677).

* WINDS: WEST 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS
  TO 30 MPH AROUND WENATCHEE.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 20 PERCENT.

* COMMUNITIES: WENATCHEE...EPHRATA...MOSES LAKE...WATERVILLE... 
  WILBUR...COULEE CITY...RITZVILLE.

* IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO 
  THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD FOR ANY NEW 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 EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. 

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 3:09 AM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	OTX		41 hr

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Sources

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