Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Sep 11, 2016, 2:49 PM PDT. It took effect at Sep 12, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2016, 2:49 PM PDT (21:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2016, 6:48 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
The text
As transmitted.
204 WWUS86 KOTX 112149 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 249 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST ON MONDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ADDED FOR MONDAY FOR THE WASHINGTON COLUMBIA BASIN INCLUDING THE MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...RITZVILLE... AND WILBUR AREAS. THE COLUMBIA BASIN...OKANOGAN VALLEY...METHOW VALLEY...AND NORTH WASHINGTON CASCADES ALSO HAS A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RAISE WILDFIRE CONCERNS THROUGH THIS EVENING IMPACTING A CORRIDOR FROM OMAK TO MOSES LAKE TO RITZVILLE. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST ON MONDAY HEIGHTENING THE WILDFIRE THREAT...AGAIN FOR RITZVILLE... MOSES LAKE...AND WILBUR. WAZ673-120430- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0010.160912T1800Z-160913T0200Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160912T0400Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 249 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WASHINGTON COLUMBIA BASIN... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM PDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WASHINGTON COLUMBIA BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING...AND WILL AGAIN BE IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM PDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. * WINDS SUNDAY: NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WINDS MONDAY: NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY ONGOING OR NEW FIRES WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * COMMUNITIES: MANSFIELD...COULEE CITY...WILBUR...ODESSA... EPHRATA...MOSES LAKE. * TIMING: GUSTY NORTH WINDS SUNDAY WILL BECOME NORTHEAST BY MONDAY MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPIDLY SPREADING WILDFIRES. && $$ WAZ684-685-120400- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160912T0400Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- 249 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE OKANOGAN AND METHOW VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES... * AFFECTED AREA: EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684) AND EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685). * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 18 TO 24 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY ONGOING OR NEW FIRES WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * COMMUNITIES: OROVILLE...TONASKET...BREWSTER...OMAK...OKANOGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
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843 WWUS86 KOTX 120410 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 910 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AGAIN ON MONDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY FOR THE WASHINGTON COLUMBIA BASIN AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL COUPLE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AGAIN ON MONDAY AND WILL HEIGHTEN THE THREAT OF WILDFIRE ACROSS THE AREA. WAZ673-121215- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160912T0400Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0010.160912T1800Z-160913T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 910 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM PDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WASHINGTON COLUMBIA BASIN... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WASHINGTON COLUMBIA BASIN... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673). * WINDS MONDAY: NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY ONGOING OR NEW FIRES WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * COMMUNITIES: MANSFIELD...COULEE CITY...WILBUR...ODESSA... EPHRATA...MOSES LAKE. * TIMING: GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPIDLY SPREADING WILDFIRES. && $$ WAZ684-685-120515- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160912T0400Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 685)- 910 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE OKANOGAN AND METHOW VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES... NORTHERLY WINDS AT 10 MPH WILL CONTINUE WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 20 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. MEANWHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE INCREASED INTO THE 30S OR HIGHER AND THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
311 WWUS86 KOTX 120850 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 150 AM PDT MON SEP 12 2016 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AGAIN ON MONDAY... .GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL IMPACT THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU MONDAY. THE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR SPREADING WILDLAND FIRES. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND BEGIN A SLOW WEAKENING TREND LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. WAZ673-122000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0010.160912T1800Z-160913T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 150 AM PDT MON SEP 12 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR WASHINGTON COLUMBIA BASIN... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673). * WINDS MONDAY: NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY ONGOING OR NEW FIRES WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * COMMUNITIES: MANSFIELD...COULEE CITY...WILBUR...ODESSA... EPHRATA...MOSES LAKE...RITZVILLE...LIND. * TIMING: GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH MONDAY EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPIDLY SPREADING WILDFIRES. && $$
332 WWUS86 KOTX 121954 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1254 PM PDT MON SEP 12 2016 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY... WAZ673-130200- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160913T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 1254 PM PDT MON SEP 12 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WASHINGTON COLUMBIA BASIN... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673). * WINDS MONDAY: NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 22 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: ANY ONGOING OR NEW FIRES WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. * COMMUNITIES: MANSFIELD...COULEE CITY...WILBUR...ODESSA... EPHRATA...MOSES LAKE...RITZVILLE...LIND. * TIMING: GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPIDLY SPREADING WILDFIRES. && $$
631 WWUS86 KOTX 130148 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 648 PM PDT MON SEP 12 2016 WAZ673-130300- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160913T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- 648 PM PDT MON SEP 12 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WASHINGTON COLUMBIA BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAIN AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS HOUR AND WILL START TO SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. GIVEN THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE ABOVE CRITERIA...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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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.