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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Spokane, WA

September 17, 20238 counties in Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Sep 17, 2023, 2:39 AM PDT for 8 counties in Washington. It took effect at Sep 18, 2023, 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 17, 2023, 2:39 AM PDT (09:39 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 18, 2023, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Sep 18, 2023, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Sep 16, 3:53 PM PDT, 10 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 3:53 PM PDT, 10 hours 46 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.