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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA

June 18, 2015

NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Jun 18, 2015, 12:32 PM PDT. It took effect at Jun 18, 2015, 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 18, 2015, 12:32 PM PDT (19:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 18, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired: Jun 18, 2015, 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.

382 
WWUS86 KOTX 181932
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KOTX
1232 PM PDT THU JUN 18 2015

...DRY AND BREEZY IN KITTITAS AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS THIS
AFTERNOON...

.BREEZY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD
WITH ANY NEW STARTS. 

WAZ676-677-190300-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0002.150618T2100Z-150619T0300Z/
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
1232 PM PDT THU JUN 18 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR KITTITAS VALLEY (ZONE 676) AND
WENATCHEE RIVER VALLEY (ZONE 677)...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH 
  CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 
  EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677).

* WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 13 TO 22 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: RAPID FIRE SPREAD IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY NEW FIRE 
  STARTS IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND WENATCHEE RIVER VALLEY.

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. 

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

784 
WWUS86 KOTX 190305
RFWOTX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KOTX
805 PM PDT THU JUN 18 2015


WAZ676-677-190415-
/O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150619T0300Z/
EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
805 PM PDT THU JUN 18 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY KITTITAS VALLEY AND WENATCHEE RIVER VALLEY...

THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT LONGER EXPECTED THIS
EVENING...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON THE RISE ACROSS THE
REGION.

$$

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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.