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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA

July 2, 2016

NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Jul 2, 2016, 1:28 PM PDT. It took effect at Jul 3, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2016, 1:28 PM PDT (20:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 3, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired: Jul 3, 2016, 9:00 PM PDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

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941 
WWUS86 KOTX 022028
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
128 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...AND 677...

.A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE GUSTY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
CASCADE GAPS AND INTO THE WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 
30 MPH RANGE WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF
GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WEST PLAINS...
PALOUSE...AND AROUND WENATCHEE. ADDITIONALLY...LOW HUMIDITY
LEVELS...BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT...WILL BE COMMON LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

WAZ673-677-030900-
/O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0002.160703T1900Z-160704T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0002.160703T1900Z-160704T0400Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
128 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA
BASIN...AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON CASCADES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.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 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN
  THE EARLY EVENING.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID SPREAD
  OF ANY NEW FIRE STARTS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE
  BETWEEN MOSES LAKE...GEORGE...AND OTHELLO.

* COMMUNITIES: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...VANTAGE...GEORGE...EPHRATA...
  MOSES LAKE...WILBUR...OTHELLO...RITZVILLE...COULEE CITY.

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. 

&&

$$

WAZ674-030900-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0002.160703T1900Z-160704T0400Z/
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
128 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE
AND SPOKANE AREA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE 
  AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674).

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE
  LATE AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 16 TO 22 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID 
  SPREAD OF ANY NEW FIRE STARTS.

* COMMUNITIES: SPOKANE...CHENEY...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...PULLMAN...
  COLFAX...LACROSSE.

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. 

&&

$$

5 follow-up statements

321 
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
942 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...AND 677...

.A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE GUSTY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
CASCADE GAPS AND INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WEST PLAINS...AND
PALOUSE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL
FOR RAPID SPREAD OF GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES. ADDITIONALLY...LOW
HUMIDITY LEVELS...BETWEEN 15 AND 22 PERCENT...WILL BE COMMON LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

WAZ673-674-677-031400-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.160703T1900Z-160704T0400Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
942 PM PDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN
COLUMBIA BASIN...AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON
CASCADES...

* AFFECTED AREA: 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 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677).

* WINDS: WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 22 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID 
  SPREAD OF ANY NEW FIRE STARTS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE BETWEEN MOSES LAKE...GEORGE...AND OTHELLO.

* COMMUNITIES: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...VANTAGE...GEORGE...EPHRATA...
   MOSES LAKE...WILBUR...OTHELLO...RITZVILLE...COULEE CITY.

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.

&&

$$

765 
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
501 AM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...AND 677...

.A DRY COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE CASCADES AND WILL CONTINUE
TO TRACK EAST INTO IDAHO THIS MORNING. WINDS HAVE ALREADY
INCREASED IN THE CASCADES AND WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN. WIND GUSTS 
BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD EAST AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING THROUGH THE
CASCADE GAPS...COLUMBIA BASIN...WEST PLAINS...AND PALOUSE. ON
AVERAGE WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH
WILL EXIST. THIS WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF
GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES...ESPECIALLY WHEN COUPLED WITH HUMIDITY
LEVELS BETWEEN 15 AND 22 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

WAZ673-674-677-032215-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.160703T1900Z-160704T0400Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
501 AM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM PDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN
COLUMBIA BASIN...AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON
CASCADES...

* AFFECTED AREA: 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 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677).

* WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 22 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID 
  SPREAD OF ANY NEW FIRE STARTS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE BETWEEN MOSES LAKE...GEORGE...AND OTHELLO.

* COMMUNITIES: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...VANTAGE...GEORGE...EPHRATA...
   MOSES LAKE...WILBUR...OTHELLO...RITZVILLE...COULEE CITY.

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.

&&

$$

418 
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1216 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...AND 677...

.AS OF NOON...BREEZY WINDS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE MAJORITY OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON. FOR THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING...GUSTY WEST OR SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD OF NEW GRASS AND
BRUSH FIRES. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...ESPECIALLY AROUND WENATCHEE...VANTAGE...AND WATERVILLE...
BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS SHOULD RISE LATE THIS EVENING WITH
THE ARRIVAL OF COOLER EVENING TEMPERATURES.

WAZ673-674-677-040400-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160704T0400Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
1216 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA
BASIN...AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON CASCADES...

* AFFECTED AREA: 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 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677).

* WINDS: WEST OR SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LATE AFTERNOON GUSTS
  TO 30 MPH. LOCALIZED WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AROUND WENATCHEE...ENTIAT...AND VANTAGE.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 12 TO 25 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID 
  SPREAD OF ANY NEW FIRE STARTS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE BETWEEN MOSES LAKE...GEORGE...AND OTHELLO.

* COMMUNITIES: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...VANTAGE...GEORGE...EPHRATA...
  MOSES LAKE...WILBUR...OTHELLO...RITZVILLE...COULEE CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL. USE COMMON SENSE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SMALL FIRES
CAUSED BY CAMP FIRES OR FIREWORKS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW OUT
OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THIS WINDY AND DRY ENVIRONMENT.

&&

$$

322 
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
402 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...AND 677...

.AS OF LATE AFTERNOON...WINDS OF OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
30 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON.
HUMIDITY LEVELS WERE APPROACHING CRITICALLY LOW LEVELS. THE
COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
THROUGH 9 PM. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE DECREASE INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH
RANGE OVER THE PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA AROUND SUNSET. FURTHER
WEST...GAP WINDS WILL PERPETUATE BREEZY CONDITIONS WELL INTO THE
NIGHT FOR PLACES LIKE WENATCHEE...CHELAN...WATERVILLE...
VANTAGE...AND GEORGE.

WAZ673-674-677-040400-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160704T0400Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
402 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA
BASIN...AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON CASCADES...

* AFFECTED AREA: 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 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 
  677).

* WINDS: WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH SUNSET
  FOR THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS 20
  TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AROUND WENATCHEE AND VANTAGE
  THROUGH MID EVENING...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 22 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID 
  SPREAD OF ANY NEW FIRE STARTS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE BETWEEN MOSES LAKE...GEORGE...AND OTHELLO.

* COMMUNITIES: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...VANTAGE...GEORGE...EPHRATA...
  MOSES LAKE...WILBUR...OTHELLO...RITZVILLE...COULEE CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH
POTENTIAL. USE COMMON SENSE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SMALL FIRES
CAUSED BY CAMP FIRES OR FIREWORKS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW OUT
OF CONTROL QUICKLY IN THIS WINDY AND DRY ENVIRONMENT.

&&

$$

569 
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
842 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016

WAZ673-674-677-040445-
/O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160704T0400Z/
EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)-
EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)-
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)-
842 PM PDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 673...674...677...

WHILE BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE
CASCADES THIS EVENING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE
ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT
9 PM.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 5:50 AM PDT	Fire Weather Watch	OTX		8 hr

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Sources

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