Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Sep 2, 2017, 2:15 PM PDT for 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Sep 3, 2017, 12:00 PM 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
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2017, 2:15 PM PDT (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 3, 2017, 12:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2017, 8:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 8 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, 9.3 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
- 3344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
968 WWUS86 KOTX 022115 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 215 PM PDT Sat Sep 2 2017 ...Hot...dry...and unstable conditions Sunday... .There is the potential for plume dominated fires Sunday afternoon and early evening as hot and dry conditions combine with an unstable atmosphere. This will result in Haines 5 or 6 conditions. IDZ101-WAZ680-682-685-687-031400- /O.UPG.KOTX.FW.A.0005.170903T1900Z-170904T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0017.170903T1900Z-170904T0300Z/ Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone 101)- East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 680)- East Washington Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 682)- East Washington North Cascades (Zone 685)- East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)- 215 PM PDT Sat Sep 2 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR HIGH HAINES FOR EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Red Flag Warning for high haines, which is in effect from noon to 8 PM PDT Sunday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 101 Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone 101)...Fire Weather Zone 680 East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 680)...Fire Weather Zone 682 East Washington Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 682)...Fire Weather Zone 685 East Washington North Cascades (Zone 685) and Fire Weather Zone 687 East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687). * Haines: 5 or 6. * Winds: West to southwest 5 to 10 mph Sunday...shifting to north Sunday night and Monday. * Timing: Sunday afternoon and early evening * Relative Humidities: 10 to 20 percent. * Temperatures: 80s in the mountains...low to mid 90s valleys. * Impacts: Any new or existing fires will have the potential to become plume dominated. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
591 WWUS86 KOTX 031327 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 627 AM PDT Sun Sep 3 2017 ...Hot...dry...and unstable conditions Sunday... .There is the potential for plume dominated fires Sunday afternoon and early evening as hot and dry conditions combine with an unstable atmosphere. This will result in Haines 5 or 6 conditions. IDZ101-WAZ680-682-685-687-040300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0017.170903T1900Z-170904T0300Z/ Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone 101)- East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 680)- East Washington Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 682)- East Washington North Cascades (Zone 685)- East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)- 627 AM PDT Sun Sep 3 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HIGH HAINES FOR EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... * Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 101 Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone 101)...Fire Weather Zone 680 East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 680)...Fire Weather Zone 682 East Washington Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 682)...Fire Weather Zone 685 East Washington North Cascades (Zone 685) and Fire Weather Zone 687 East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687). * Haines: 5 or 6. * Winds: West to southwest 5 to 10 mph Sunday...shifting to north Sunday night and Monday. * Timing: Sunday afternoon and early evening * Relative Humidities: 10 to 20 percent. * Temperatures: 80s in the mountains...low to mid 90s valleys. * Impacts: Any new or existing fires will have the potential to become plume dominated. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
445 WWUS86 KOTX 040252 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 752 PM PDT Sun Sep 3 2017 IDZ101-WAZ680-682-685-687-040400- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170904T0300Z/ Northern and Central Idaho Panhandle (Zone 101)- East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 680)- East Washington Central Cascade Mountains (Zone 682)- East Washington North Cascades (Zone 685)- East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)- 752 PM PDT Sun Sep 3 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HIGH HAINES FOR EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... Expect winds to shift and blow from the north tonight and then more from the northeast and east tomorrow which is a change, otherwise locations have become cooler and more stable therefore the red flag warning for high haines will be allowed to expire. $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.