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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Aug 20, 2016, 2:22 PM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 21, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 15 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
- Aug 20, 2016, 2:22 PM PDT (21:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 21, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2016, 2:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 19 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
077 WWUS86 KOTX 202122 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 222 PM PDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...HOT AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE CENTRAL CASCADES TODAY FOLLOWED BY DRY AND BREEZY WINDS ON SUNDAY... .HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON NEW OR EXISTING FIRES TODAY NEAR THE CASCADE CREST THROUGH THIS EVENING. ON SUNDAY WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. VERY WARM...DRY...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE CASCADE VALLEYS AROUND CHELAN...WENATCHEE... ENTIAT...AND ELLENSBURG...AS WELL AS THE COLUMBIA BASIN... PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE AREA EXTENDING INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. WAZ673-674-676-677-210600- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0006.160821T2000Z-160822T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0007.160821T2000Z-160822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- 222 PM PDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREAS...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (FWZ673...674...676...677)..... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 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)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)...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 TO NEAR 35 MPH...EXCEPT NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH KITTITAS VALLEY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING SUNDAY EVENING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: UPPER 80S AND 90S. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: MANSFIELD...WATERVILLE...COULEE CITY...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...WILBUR...RITZVILLE...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ELLENSBURG...SPOKANE...PULLMAN 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. && $$ WAZ686-210600- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0007.160821T2000Z-160822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 222 PM PDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS (FWZ686)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686). * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS...AND SOUTHERN STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING SUNDAY EVENING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 9 TO 17 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: LOWER TO MID 90S VALLEYS AND 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: DEER PARK...CHATTAROY...ELK...SPRINGDALE... FRUITLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ WAZ680-682-210500- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160821T0500Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 222 PM PDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HOT AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADES (FWZ680...682)... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682). * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 11 TO 23 PERCENT. * HAINES: 5 * IMPACTS: AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...COMBINED WITH HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON NEW OR EXISTING FIRES IN THE CENTRAL CASCADES. 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. && $$
9 follow-up statements
718 WWUS86 KOTX 210505 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1005 PM PDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...STRONG COLD FRONT AND WINDY ON SUNDAY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. ON SUNDAY WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. VERY WARM...DRY...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE CASCADE VALLEYS AROUND CHELAN...WENATCHEE... ENTIAT...AND ELLENSBURG...AS WELL AS THE COLUMBIA BASIN... PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE AREA EXTENDING INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. WAZ680-682-210615- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160821T0500Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 1005 PM PDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HOT AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADES (FWZ680...682)... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SURFACE INVERSIONS WILL FORM NEAR AND ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. HOWEVER, MID- SLOPE THERMAL BELTS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO ELEVATED BURNING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT IN ISOLATED AREAS. $$ WAZ673-674-676-677-686-211315- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.160821T2000Z-160822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 1005 PM PDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREAS...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (FWZ673...674...676...677)..... * 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)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686). * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING SUNDAY EVENING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: AROUND 80. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: MANSFIELD...WATERVILLE...COULEE CITY...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...WILBUR...RITZVILLE...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ELLENSBURG... SPOKANE...PULLMAN 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. && $$
948 WWUS86 KOTX 211305 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 605 AM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...WINDY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. VERY WARM...DRY AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE CASCADE VALLEYS INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE AREA EXTENDING INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. WAZ684-687-212300- /O.EXA.KOTX.FW.W.0007.160821T2000Z-160822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 605 AM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKANOGAN AND METHOW VALLEYS AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (FWZ 684...687)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING THIS EVENING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: 80S AND 90S. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: WINTHROP...TWISP...METHOW...MALOTT...BREWSTER... OMAK...OROVILLE...REPUBLIC...KELLER...CHESAW. 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. && $$ WAZ673-674-676-677-686-212300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.160821T2000Z-160822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 605 AM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREAS...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (FWZ673...674...676...677)... * 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)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686). * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING THIS EVENING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 7 TO 14 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: 80S AND 90S. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: MANSFIELD...WATERVILLE...COULEE CITY...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...WILBUR...RITZVILLE...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ELLENSBURG...SPOKANE...PULLMAN 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. && $$
272 WWUS86 KOTX 211546 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 846 AM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...WINDY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT...STARTING BY MIDDAY IN THE CASCADES...AND THEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN EASTERN WASHINGTON. VERY WARM...DRY AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS...CASCADE VALLEYS INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE AREA EXTENDING INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. WAZ680-682-220000- /O.EXB.KOTX.FW.W.0007.160821T1800Z-160822T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 846 AM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS AWAY FROM THE CREST (FWZ 680...682)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682). * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE...STARTING LATE THIS MORNING BEFORE PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE HUMIDITIES RISE. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 21 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 19 TO 30 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES: 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS...80S IN THE VALLEYS. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: TELMA...ROSLYN...CLE ELUM 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. && $$ WAZ673-674-676-677-684-686-687-220000- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.160821T2000Z-160822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 846 AM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS...OKANOGAN AND METHOW VALLEYS AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (FWZ673...674...676...677...684...687)... * 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)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING THIS EVENING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 6 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 70S. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: MANSFIELD...WATERVILLE...COULEE CITY...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...WILBUR...RITZVILLE...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ELLENSBURG... SPOKANE...PULLMAN...WINTHROP...TWISP...METHOW... MALOTT...BREWSTER...OMAK...OROVILLE...REPUBLIC...KELLER...CHESAW. 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. && $$
099 WWUS86 KOTX 211907 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1207 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...WINDY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT...STARTING BY MIDDAY IN THE CASCADES...AND THEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN EASTERN WASHINGTON. VERY WARM...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS...CASCADE VALLEYS INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE AREA EXTENDING INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. WAZ673-674-676-677-684-686-687-220315- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.160821T2000Z-160822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1207 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS...OKANOGAN AND METHOW VALLEYS AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS (FWZ673...674...676...677...684...686...687)... * 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)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...EXCEPT WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING THIS EVENING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 6 TO 15 PERCENT...EXCEPT NEAR 20 PERCENT KITTITAS VALLEY. * TEMPERATURES: UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: MANSFIELD...WATERVILLE...COULEE CITY...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...WILBUR...RITZVILLE...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ELLENSBURG... SPOKANE...PULLMAN...WINTHROP...TWISP...METHOW... MALOTT... BREWSTER...OMAK...OROVILLE...REPUBLIC...KELLER... CHESAW...CHATTAROY...ELK...DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...FRUITLAND 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. && $$ WAZ680-682-220200- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 1207 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS AWAY FROM THE CREST (FWZ 680...682)... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682). * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE HUMIDITIES RISE. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 21 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 19 TO 30 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES: 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS...80S IN THE VALLEYS. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: TELMA...ROSLYN...CLE ELUM 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. && $$
736 WWUS86 KOTX 212034 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 134 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...WINDY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT...STARTING BY MIDDAY IN THE CASCADES...AND THEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. VERY WARM...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS...CASCADE VALLEYS INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE AREA EXTENDING INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND NORTH IDAHO. IDZ101-220445- /O.EXA.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- 134 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (FWZ101)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101). * WINDS: VALLEYS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING THIS EVENING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES: UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S VALLEYS...70S TO MID 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...COEUR D'ALENE...PRICHARD...PLUMMER...ST MARIES...CALDER 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. && $$ WAZ673-674-676-677-684-686-687-220445- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 134 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS...OKANOGAN AND METHOW VALLEYS AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS (FWZ673...674...676... 677...684...686...687)... * 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)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... EXCEPT WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING THIS EVENING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 6 TO 15 PERCENT...EXCEPT NEAR 20 PERCENT KITTITAS VALLEY. * TEMPERATURES: UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: MANSFIELD...WATERVILLE...COULEE CITY...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...WILBUR...RITZVILLE...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ELLENSBURG... SPOKANE...PULLMAN...WINTHROP...TWISP...METHOW... MALOTT... BREWSTER...OMAK...OROVILLE...REPUBLIC...KELLER... CHESAW... CHATTAROY...ELK...DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...FRUITLAND 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. && $$ WAZ680-682-220200- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 134 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS AWAY FROM THE CREST (FWZ 680...682)... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 680 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682). * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE HUMIDITIES RISE. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 10 TO 21 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 19 TO 30 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES: 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS...80S IN THE VALLEYS. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS COULD PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: TELMA...ROSLYN...CLE ELUM PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
643 WWUS86 KOTX 220159 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 659 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...WINDY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS A A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT PROGRESSES ACROSS CASCADES AND THEN ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO OVERNIGHT. DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR CASCADE VALLEYS INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE AREA EXTENDING INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND NORTH IDAHO THIS EVENING. AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WAZ680-682-220300- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 659 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS AWAY FROM THE CREST (FWZ 680...682)... THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE HAS INCREASED HUMDITY LEVELS WELL ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER, BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTING TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT ON THE HIGHER RIDGES AND THERE WILL BE LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT. $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-674-676-677-684-686-687-220600- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 659 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (FWZ101)... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE PEAKING THIS EVENING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 1 TO 10 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 18 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...COEUR D'ALENE... PRICHARD...PLUMMER...ST MARIES...CALDER 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. && $$
244 WWUS86 KOTX 220204 CCA RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 704 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...WINDY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT PROGRESSES ACROSS CASCADES AND THEN ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO OVERNIGHT. DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR CASCADE VALLEYS INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN...PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE AREA EXTENDING INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND NORTH IDAHO THIS EVENING. AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE BUT BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS GRADUALLY DECREASING TOWARD MONDAY MORNING. WAZ680-682-220315- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0200Z/ EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 680)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)- 704 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS AWAY FROM THE CREST (FWZ 680...682)... THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE HAS INCREASED HUMDITY LEVELS WELL ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER, BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTING TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT ON THE HIGHER RIDGES AND THERE WILL BE LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT. $$ IDZ101-WAZ673-674-676-677-684-686-687-220600- /O.COR.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0600Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 704 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (FWZ101)... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 673 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 676 EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 687 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687). * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS AND AROUND 20 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 70S. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...COEUR D'ALENE... PRICHARD...PLUMMER...ST MARIES...CALDER 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. && $$
393 WWUS86 KOTX 220556 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1056 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...BREEZY AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY UNTIL 2 AM... THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL CONTINUE BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH DRY AIR SLOW TO MODIFY RELATIVE HUMIDITY ABOVE 20 PERCENT. PARTS OF EXTREME EAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO WILL REMAIN UNDER A RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 2 AM UNTIL WINDS SLACKEN AND HUMIDITY CAN RECOVER TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS. WAZ673-676-677-684-687-220700- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0600Z/ EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)- EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 676)- EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)- EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS (ZONE 687)- 1056 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (FWZ101)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. LOCALLY BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ESPECIALLY ON THE LEE OF THE CASCADES AND CENTRAL BASIN HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB WELL ABOVE 20 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. $$ IDZ101-WAZ674-686-220900- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 1056 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (FWZ101)... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 674 EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674) AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 686 EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686). * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH LOCALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSISTING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: NEAR 20 PERCENT SLOWLY RISING OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 50S. * IMPACTS: DRY...WARM...AND BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR EXISTING FIRES. * COMMUNITIES: BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...COEUR D'ALENE... PRICHARD...PLUMMER...ST MARIES...CALDER PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
961 WWUS86 KOTX 220855 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 155 AM PDT MON AUG 22 2016 IDZ101-WAZ674-686-221000- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160822T0900Z/ NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)- EAST WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 674)- EAST WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)- 155 AM PDT MON AUG 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RH FOR THE IDAHO PANHANDLE...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND THE PALOUSE AND SPOKANE AREA... BREEZY AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RECOVERED TO WELL ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. $$
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Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.