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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Spokane, WA

September 28, 202413 counties in Washington; 5 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this red flag warning at Sep 28, 2024, 1:49 PM PDT for 13 counties in Washington; 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Sep 29, 2024, 11:00 AM 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 28, 2024, 1:49 PM PDT (20:49 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2024, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired
Sep 29, 2024, 7:00 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, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 28, 10:45 AM PDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 10:45 AM PDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 7:49 PM PDTFire Weather WatchOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more18 hr
Sep 28, 12:54 PM PDTFreeze WatchOTXFerry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens16 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2024Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2024Every red flag warning in 2024

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.