Alert archive / Oregon / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this red flag warning at Jul 12, 2014, 2:37 PM PDT. It took effect at Jul 13, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2014, 2:37 PM PDT (21:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2014, 11:04 PM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
843 WWUS86 KPDT 122137 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 237 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IN CENTRAL OREGON AND THE CASCADES SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA...IN COMBINATION WITH A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING OVER CENTRAL OREGON AND UP THE CASCADES SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS...IN ADDITION TO STORMS INITIALLY STARTING OUT WITH LITTLE RAINFALL...WILL LEAD TO AN ENHANCED THREAT OF NEW WILDFIRES. ORZ610-611-640-131600- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0005.140713T1800Z-140714T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0007.140713T1800Z-140714T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST - MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 237 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR640... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ610...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. IN ORZ611...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST -MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT. IN ORZ640...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 640 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST AND ISOLATED STORMS COULD CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * 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. && $$ ORZ639-WAZ639-681-131600- /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.W.0007.140713T2100Z-140714T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 237 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR639...WA639 AND WA681... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ639...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 639 EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES. IN WAZ639...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 639 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES. IN WAZ681... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP IN CENTRAL OREGON DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE NORTH ALONG THE CASCADES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN THEN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
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363 WWUS86 KPDT 130357 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 857 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING OVER NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON SUNDAY AND MONDAY... .MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA...IN COMBINATION WITH A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS...IN ADDITION TO STORMS INITIALLY STARTING OUT WITH LITTLE RAINFALL... WILL LEAD TO AN ENHANCED THREAT OF NEW WILDFIRES. ORZ610-611-640-131615- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0007.140713T1800Z-140714T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST - MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 857 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR640... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ610...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. IN ORZ611...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST MINUS -SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT. IN ORZ640...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 640 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST AND ISOLATED STORMS COULD CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * 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. && $$ ORZ639-WAZ639-681-131615- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0007.140713T2100Z-140714T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 857 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR639...WA639 AND WA681... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ639...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 639 EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES. IN WAZ639...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 639 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES. IN WAZ681... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP IN CENTRAL OREGON DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE NORTH ALONG THE CASCADES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN THEN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ641>645-WAZ641-643-645-675-131615- /O.NEW.KPDT.FW.A.0006.140713T2100Z-140714T1800Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS- WALLOWA DISTRICT-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-ASOTIN COUNTY- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN- 857 PM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR641...OR642...OR643...OR644...OR645... WA641...WA643...WA645 AND WA675... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ641...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 641 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN ORZ642...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 642 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN ORZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. IN ORZ644... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 644 CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS. IN ORZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 WALLOWA DISTRICT. IN WAZ641... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 641 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON. IN WAZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. IN WAZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 ASOTIN COUNTY. IN WAZ675... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST MONDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE. * 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)
543 WWUS86 KPDT 131547 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 847 AM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING OVER NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH MONDAY... .MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA...IN COMBINATION WITH A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS... IN ADDITION TO STORMS INITIALLY STARTING OUT WITH LITTLE RAINFALL... WILL LEAD TO AN ENHANCED THREAT OF NEW WILDFIRES. ORZ643-WAZ643-675-140000- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0006.140713T2100Z-140714T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KPDT.FW.W.0007.140714T0300Z-140714T1800Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN- 847 AM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR643...WA643 AND WA675... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. IN WAZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. IN WAZ675...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * 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. && $$ ORZ641-642-644-WAZ641-140000- /O.UPG.KPDT.FW.A.0006.140713T2100Z-140714T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KPDT.FW.W.0007.140713T2100Z-140714T1200Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 847 AM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR641...OR642...OR644 AND WA641... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ641...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 641 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN ORZ642...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 642 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN ORZ644...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 644 CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS. IN WAZ641...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 641 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND EXIT THE AREA BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * 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. && $$ ORZ610-611-640-140000- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0007.140713T1800Z-140714T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST - MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 847 AM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR640... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ610...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. IN ORZ611...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL. IN ORZ640...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 640 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST AND ISOLATED STORMS COULD CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ639-WAZ639-681-140000- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0007.140713T2100Z-140714T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 847 AM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR639...WA639 AND WA681... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ639...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 639 EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES. IN WAZ639...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 639 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES. IN WAZ681... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP IN CENTRAL OREGON DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE NORTH ALONG THE CASCADES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN THEN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE. * 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. && $$ ORZ645-WAZ645-140000- /O.EXT.KPDT.FW.A.0006.140714T0300Z-140714T1800Z/ WALLOWA DISTRICT-ASOTIN COUNTY- 847 AM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR641...OR642...OR643... OR644...OR645...WA641...WA643...WA645 AND WA675... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ645...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 645 WALLOWA DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING...THEN MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST MONDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
476 WWUS86 KPDT 132108 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 208 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING OVER NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH MONDAY... .MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA...IN COMBINATION WITH A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS... IN ADDITION TO STORMS INITIALLY STARTING OUT WITH LITTLE RAINFALL... WILL LEAD TO AN ENHANCED THREAT OF NEW WILDFIRES. ORZ645-WAZ645-132215- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.A.0006.140714T0300Z-140714T1800Z/ WALLOWA DISTRICT-ASOTIN COUNTY- 208 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR645... THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ISOLATED OVER ASOTIN COUNTY AND THE WALLOWA DISTRICT TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ORZ610-611-640-140600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140714T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST - MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 208 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR640... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ610...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. IN ORZ611...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL. IN ORZ640...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 640 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. * TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH AND EAST AND ISOLATED STORMS COULD CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ639-WAZ639-681-140600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140714T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 208 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR639...WA639 AND WA681... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ639...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 639 EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES. IN WAZ639...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 639 EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES. IN WAZ681... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 681 YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL OREGON THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE NORTH ALONG THE CASCADES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN THEN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE. * 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. && $$ ORZ641-642-644-WAZ641-140600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140714T1200Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- 208 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR641...OR642...OR644 AND WA641... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ641...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 641 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN ORZ642...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 642 SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS. IN ORZ644...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 644 CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS. IN WAZ641...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 641 LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND EXIT THE AREA BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ORZ643-WAZ643-675-140600- /O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0007.140714T0300Z-140714T1800Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN- 208 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR643...WA643 AND WA675... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. IN WAZ643...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 643 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. IN WAZ675...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION...MOST STORMS WILL HAVE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN...BUT SOME COULD PRODUCE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)
450 WWUS86 KPDT 140604 RFWPDT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1104 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ORZ639-641-642-644-WAZ639-641-681-140715- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140714T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL BLUE MOUNTAINS- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-YAKAMA ALPINE DISTRICT- 1104 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR639...OR641...OR642...OR644...WA639... WA641 AND WA681... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS NOT EXPECTED. $$ ORZ610-611-640-140715- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140714T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST - MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 1104 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610...OR611 AND OR640... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED IN THIS AREA. $$ ORZ643-WAZ643-675-140715- /O.CAN.KPDT.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140714T1800Z/ NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN- 1104 PM PDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR643...WA643 AND WA675... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS NOT EXPECTED. $$ 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 Jul 12, 10:55 AM PDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 10:55 AM PDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1055 AM PDT SAT JUL 12 2014
UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION
.SHORT TERM...UPDATE...THE BAND OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS
AHEAD OF A WEAKENING UPPER WAVE CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON. THIS CLOUD BAND SHOULD EXIT OUR WASHINGTON
FORECAST ZONES BY NOON. AS SUCH SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TODAY
AND HIGH TEMPS WILL RUN BETWEEN 95 AND 104 AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
AND VALLEYS. GENERALLY THIS WILL BE A SLIGHT WARM UP OVER YESTERDAY,
EXCEPT IN CENTRAL OREGON WHERE CLOUD COVER FRIDAY SUBSTANTIALLY
SUPPRESSED TEMPS. WARMEST TEMPS WILL BE IN THE WASHINGTON LOWER
BASIN AND THIS AREA SHOULD BEGIN TO MEET THE HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA.
OTHER ADVISED LOCATIONS WILL PROBABLY BE JUST BELOW CRITERIA TODAY,
BUT SHOULD REACH THEM TOMORROW. STILL EXPECT THERE TO BE SOME
STABILIZATION OF THE AIR MASS TODAY BEHIND THE DEPARTING UPPER WAVE.
YET, STILL EXPECT SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE
CASCADES AND SOME OF THE INTERIOR NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE
STRONG DAYTIME HEATING. UPDATES THIS MORNING CONSISTED OF MAKING
ADJUSTMENTS TO THUNDERSTORM AREAS, HIGH TEMPS AND SKY COVER FOR
TODAY AND THIS EVENING. 90
.LONG TERM...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...ON MONDAY...A TROUGH WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION WITH AN AREA OF MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY. BEST INSTABILITY OCCURS MONDAY MORNING AND BY LATE DAY
MUCH OF IT IS PUSHED EAST INTO IDAHO. THE STRONG RIDGE REBUILDS OVER
THE REGION ON TUESDAY WITH CONTINUE HOT TEMPERATURES. ON
WEDNESDAY...IT APPEARS THAT THE RIDGE GETS PUSHED SOUTH JUST A
LITTLE WITH MORE WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE
MODELS DIVERGE ON THURSDAY WITH THE ECMWF KEEPING THE REGION IN A
WEST NORTHWEST FLOW WHILE THE GFS BRINGS THROUGH ANOTHER WEAK TROUGH
IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW. NEITHER MODELS HAS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF
MOISTURE BUT MAY THEY DO LOWER THE HEIGHTS OVER THE AREA WITH
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO COOL A FEW DEGREES BY FRIDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FEW-SCT HIGH CLOUDS WILL CLEAR OUT OF THE AREA
THIS MORNING...WITH MID LEVEL CLOUDS FORMING THIS AFTERNOON AROUND
KRDM...AND KBDN. THUNDER IS POSSIBLE AT KRDM...AND KBDN...BUT
CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO MENTION...WILL AMEND TAFS AS NEEDED
TO INCLUDE THUNDER. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT OR BELOW 10 KTS
DURING THE ENTIRE TAF PERIOD...WITH EXCEPTION TO KRDM...WHICH MAY
GUST TO 15KTS THIS AFTERNOON. WEBER
&&
.FIRE WX...ON SUNDAY...SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE
REGION. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL LEAD TO
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING OVER CENTRAL
OREGON. WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS AND
THE STORMS INITIALLY STARTING OUT WITH LITTLE RAINFALL...THERE IS AN
ENHANCED THREAT OF NEW WILDFIRES OVER CENTRAL OREGON. THEREFORE... A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON FIRE ZONES
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 101 66 103 70 / 0 0 0 20
ALW 101 71 104 75 / 0 0 0 10
PSC 103 66 106 73 / 0 0 0 10
YKM 97 69 102 72 / 0 0 10 20
HRI 102 66 105 71 / 0 0 0 20
ELN 100 63 102 66 / 10 10 10 20
RDM 96 58 98 58 / 20 20 40 30
LGD 96 59 97 63 / 10 10 0 20
GCD 99 63 99 66 / 10 20 20 30
DLS 101 70 104 71 / 10 10 20 30
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
ORZ505-506-509>511.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY ORZ041-044.
WA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY WAZ024-027-028.
&&
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