Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Jul 5, 2018, 2:41 PM PDT. It took effect at Jul 6, 2018, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Jul 5, 2018, 2:41 PM PDT (21:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 6, 2018, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2018, 1:33 AM PDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
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240 WWUS86 KOTX 052141 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 241 PM PDT Thu Jul 5 2018 ...Breezy and gusty winds followed by widely scattered thunderstorms Friday afternoon through Friday night... .An approaching cold front will promote breezy and gusty south winds in a continued warm and dry air mass across the Columbia Basin on Friday. The cold front will arrive Friday evening triggering widely scattered thunderstorms moving west to east through the region overnight. WAZ673-674-684-686-687-060945- /O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0002.180706T2100Z-180707T1200Z/ East Washington Northern Columbia Basin (Zone 673)- East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674)- East Washington Okanogan/Methow Valleys (Zone 684)- East Washington Northeast (Zone 686)- East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)- 241 PM PDT Thu Jul 5 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT SCATTERED LIGHTNING FOR MOST OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE OKANOGAN VALLEY... The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity followed by a threat of nocturnal thunderstorms, which is in effect from 2 PM Friday to 5 AM PDT Saturday. * Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 673 East Washington Northern Columbia Basin...Fire Weather Zone 674 East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area...Fire Weather Zone 684 East Washington Okanogan/Methow Valleys...The southern portion of Fire Weather Zone 686 East Washington Northeast and the southern portion of Fire Weather Zone 687 East Washington Okanogan Highlands. * Winds: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidities: 15 to 22 percent. * Thunderstorms: Isolated thunderstorms with little rain fall are expected over the western Columbia Basin. Storms will become wetter and increase in coverage to scattered late Friday night as they move into the eastern basin and northeast Washington mountains. * Outflow winds: Wind gusts to 40 mph are possible with some of these storms Friday night. * Impacts: Breezy and gusty winds on dry fine fuels will promote rapid fire spread. In addition lightning from overnight thunderstorms will promote new fire starts. 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. && $$
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093 WWUS86 KOTX 060558 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 1058 PM PDT Thu Jul 5 2018 ...Breezy and gusty winds followed by widely scattered thunderstorms Friday afternoon through Friday night... .An approaching cold front will promote breezy and gusty south winds in a continued warm and dry air mass across the Columbia Basin on Friday. The cold front will arrive Friday evening triggering widely scattered thunderstorms moving west to east through the region overnight. WAZ673-674-684-686-687-061400- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.180706T2100Z-180707T1200Z/ East Washington Northern Columbia Basin (Zone 673)- East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674)- East Washington Okanogan/Methow Valleys (Zone 684)- East Washington Northeast (Zone 686)- East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)- 1058 PM PDT Thu Jul 5 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT SCATTERED LIGHTNING FOR MOST OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND NE WASHINGTON... * Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 673 East Washington Northern Columbia Basin...Fire Weather Zone 674 East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area...Fire Weather Zone 684 East Washington Okanogan/Methow Valleys...The southern portion of Fire Weather Zone 686 East Washington Northeast and the southern portion of Fire Weather Zone 687 East Washington Okanogan Highlands. * Winds: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidities: 15 to 22 percent. * Thunderstorms: Isolated thunderstorms with little rain fall are expected over the western Columbia Basin. Storms will become wetter and increase in coverage to scattered late Friday night as they move into the eastern basin and northeast Washington mountains. * Outflow winds: Wind gusts to 40 mph are possible with some of these storms Friday night. * Impacts: Breezy and gusty winds on dry fine fuels will promote rapid fire spread. In addition lightning from overnight thunderstorms will promote new fire starts. 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. && $$
682 WWUS86 KOTX 061205 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 505 AM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...Breezy and gusty winds today afternoon followed by scattered thunderstorms tonight... .An approaching cold front will promote breezy and gusty south winds in a continued warm and dry air mass across the Columbia Basin on Friday. The cold front will arrive Friday evening triggering scattered thunderstorms moving west to east through the region overnight. WAZ684-062300- /O.EXT.KOTX.FW.W.0002.180706T2100Z-180707T0300Z/ East Washington Okanogan/Methow Valleys (Zone 684)- 505 AM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY... * Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 684 East Washington Okanogan/Methow Valleys (Zone 684). * Winds: South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidities: 16 to 25 percent. * Impacts: Breezy and gusty winds on dry fine fuels will promote rapid fire spread. 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. && $$ WAZ673-674-686-687-062300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.180706T2100Z-180707T1200Z/ East Washington Northern Columbia Basin (Zone 673)- East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674)- East Washington Northeast (Zone 686)- East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)- 505 AM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT SCATTERED LIGHTNING FOR MOST OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND NE WASHINGTON... * Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 673 East Washington Northern Columbia Basin...Fire Weather Zone 674 East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area...and the southern portions of Fire Weather Zone 686 East Washington Northeast and Fire Weather Zone 687 East Washington Okanogan Highlands. * Winds: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidities: 17 to 25 percent. * Thunderstorms: Isolated thunderstorms with little rain fall are expected over the Columbia Basin east of Moses Lake. Storms will become wetter and increase in coverage late Friday night as they move into the eastern basin and northeast Washington mountains. * Outflow winds: Wind gusts to 40 mph are possible with some of these storms Friday night. * Impacts: Breezy and gusty winds on dry fine fuels will promote rapid fire spread. In addition lightning from overnight thunderstorms will promote new fire starts. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
475 WWUS86 KOTX 062222 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 322 PM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...Breezy and gusty winds this afternoon followed by scattered thunderstorms tonight... .An approaching cold front will promote breezy and gusty south winds in a continued warm and dry air mass across the Columbia Basin this afternoon. The cold front will arrive Friday evening triggering scattered thunderstorms moving west to east through the region overnight. WAZ673-674-686-687-071200- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180707T1200Z/ East Washington Northern Columbia Basin (Zone 673)- East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674)- East Washington Northeast (Zone 686)- East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)- 322 PM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT SCATTERED LIGHTNING FOR MOST OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND NE WASHINGTON... * 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 the southern portions of Fire Weather Zone 686 East Washington Northeast (Zone 686) and Fire Weather Zone 687 East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687). * Winds: Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidities: 17 to 25 percent. * Thunderstorms: Isolated thunderstorms with little rain fall are expected over the Columbia Basin east of Moses Lake. Storms will become wetter and increase in coverage late tonight as they move into the eastern basin and northeast Washington mountains. * Outflow winds: Wind gusts to 40 mph are possible with some of these storms overnight tonight. * Impacts: Breezy and gusty winds on dry fine fuels will promote rapid fire spread. In addition lightning from overnight thunderstorms will promote new fire starts. 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. && $$ WAZ684-070300- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180707T0300Z/ East Washington Okanogan/Methow Valleys (Zone 684)- 322 PM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY... * Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 684 East Washington Okanogan/Methow Valleys (Zone 684). * Winds: South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidities: 16 to 25 percent. * Impacts: Breezy and gusty winds on dry fine fuels will promote rapid fire spread. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
033 WWUS86 KOTX 070256 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 756 PM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...Breezy and gusty winds this afternoon followed by scattered thunderstorms tonight... .A cold front will promote breezy and gusty south winds into the evening. The cold front will also aid in triggering scattered thunderstorms moving southwest to northeast through the region overnight. WAZ684-070400- /O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180707T0300Z/ East Washington Okanogan/Methow Valleys (Zone 684)- 756 PM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY... Gusty winds continue but relative humidity has increased and no longer at critical values, therefore the red flag warning has been allowed to expire. $$ WAZ673-674-686-687-071100- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180707T1200Z/ East Washington Northern Columbia Basin (Zone 673)- East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674)- East Washington Northeast (Zone 686)- East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)- 756 PM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING FOR MOST OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... * Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 673 East Washington Northern Columbia Basin (Zone 673)...Fire Weather Zone 674 East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674)...Fire Weather Zone 686 East Washington Northeast (Zone 686) and Fire Weather Zone 687 East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687). * Winds: Southwest 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * Relative Humidities: 16 to 36 percent relative humidity minimums of this afternoon are now increasing. * Thunderstorms: Isolated thunderstorms with little rain fall are forming over the Columbia Basin east of Moses Lake. Storms will become wetter and increase in coverage late tonight as they move into the eastern basin and northeast Washington mountains. * Outflow winds: Wind gusts to 40 mph are possible with some of these storms overnight tonight. * Impacts: Breezy and gusty winds on dry fine fuels will promote rapid fire spread. In addition lightning from overnight thunderstorms will promote new fire starts. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
517 WWUS86 KOTX 070524 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 1024 PM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...Gusty winds with scattered thunderstorms tonight... .A cold front will promote breezy and gusty south winds tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will move southwest to northeast through the region tonight. WAZ673-674-686-687-071200- /O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180707T1200Z/ East Washington Northern Columbia Basin (Zone 673)- East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674)- East Washington Northeast (Zone 686)- East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)- 1024 PM PDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING FOR MOST OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... * 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 686 East Washington Northeast (Zone 686) and Fire Weather Zone 687 East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687). * Winds: Southwest 5 to 15 mph. * Relative Humidities: 20 to 36 percent relative humidity minimums of this afternoon are increasing. * Thunderstorms: Isolated thunderstorms with little rain fall will move through the eastern basin and northeast Washington mountains. * Outflow winds: Wind gusts to 40 mph are possible with some of these storms tonight. * Impacts: Breezy and gusty winds on dry fine fuels will promote rapid fire spread. In addition lightning from overnight thunderstorms will promote new fire starts. 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. && $$
379 WWUS86 KOTX 070833 RFWOTX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Spokane WA 133 AM PDT Sat Jul 7 2018 WAZ673-674-686-687-070945- /O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180707T1200Z/ East Washington Northern Columbia Basin (Zone 673)- East Washington Palouse and Spokane Area (Zone 674)- East Washington Northeast (Zone 686)- East Washington Okanogan Highlands (Zone 687)- 133 AM PDT Sat Jul 7 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LIGHTNING FOR FIRE ZONES 673, 674, 686 and 687... The National Weather Service in Spokane has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Thunderstorms have ended over the Columbia Basin of Washington. A few lightning strikes are still possible until 5am over the Palouse, Spokane area, and extreme northeast Washington but abundant lightning is not expected. $$
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