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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1055 PM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
A WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA INTO EARLY
THURSDAY, BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
REGION. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO START NEW
WILDFIRES, AND GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD CAUSE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AROUND NEW AND EXISTING WILDFIRES.
WAZ696>698-703>706-130700-
/O.EXP.KOTX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-260813T0600Z/
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADES (ZONE 696)-
EAST PORTION OF NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK/LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA (ZONE 697)-
EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE 698)-
OKANOGAN VALLEY (ZONE 703)-METHOW VALLEY (ZONE 704)-
FOOTHILLS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON CASCADES (ZONE 705)-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU (ZONE 706)-
1055 PM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 696, 697, 698, 703, 704,
705, AND 706...
THE THREAT HAS ENDED. THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED
LIGHTNING STRIKE INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
IDZ101-WAZ699>702-131500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-260813T1500Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND KETTLE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 699)-
SELKIRK MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 700)-
FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 701)-
COLVILLE RESERVATION (ZONE 702)-
1055 PM PDT WED AUG 12 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101, 699, 700, 701, 702...
* AFFECTED AREA: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE
101), OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND KETTLE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 699),
SELKIRK MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 700),
FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 701) AND COLVILLE
RESERVATION (ZONE 702).
* THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* IMPACTS: LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO START NEW
FIRES, AND GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS COULD CAUSE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AROUND NEW AND EXISTING WILDFIRES.
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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