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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1056 AM PDT SAT JUL 25 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SATURDAY
FOR MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST...
WAZ699-700-704-260500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.260725T1800Z-260726T0500Z/
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND KETTLE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 699)-
SELKIRK MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 700)-
METHOW VALLEY (ZONE 704)-
1056 AM PDT SAT JUL 25 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
699, 700, AND 704...
* AFFECTED AREA: OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND KETTLE MOUNTAINS (ZONE
699), SELKIRK MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 700) AND
METHOW VALLEY (ZONE 704).
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 30
MPH. WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWESTERLY SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE
METHOW VALLEY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 15 TO 24 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SATURDAY MAY LEAD TO
RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR ONGOING FIRES.
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.
WAZ702-703-705>707-260500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.260725T1800Z-260726T0500Z/
COLVILLE RESERVATION (ZONE 702)-OKANOGAN VALLEY (ZONE 703)-
FOOTHILLS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON CASCADES (ZONE 705)-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU (ZONE 706)-WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 707)-
1056 AM PDT SAT JUL 25 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
702, 703, 705, 706, AND 707...
* AFFECTED AREA: COLVILLE RESERVATION (ZONE 702), OKANOGAN
VALLEY (ZONE 703), FOOTHILLS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON CASCADES
(ZONE 705), WATERVILLE PLATEAU (ZONE 706) AND WESTERN COLUMBIA
BASIN (ZONE 707).
* WINDS: WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30
TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 14 TO 23 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SATURDAY MAY LEAD TO
RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR ONGOING FIRES.
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.
IDZ101-WAZ701-708-709-260500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0014.260725T1800Z-260726T0500Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 701)-
EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN - PALOUSE - SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 708)-
LOWER PALOUSE - SNAKE RIVER (ZONE 709)-
1056 AM PDT SAT JUL 25 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
101, 701, 708, AND 709...
* AFFECTED AREA: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE
101), FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 701), EASTERN
COLUMBIA BASIN -PALOUSE -SPOKANE AREA (ZONE 708) AND LOWER
PALOUSE -SNAKE RIVER (ZONE 709).
* WINDS: WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH. HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS ON THE WEST PLAINS, EASTERN COLUMBIA
BASIN, AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES: 14 TO 26 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY SATURDAY MAY LEAD TO
RAPID FIRE SPREAD WITH ANY NEW OR ONGOING FIRES.
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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