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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
311 AM PDT THU AUG 13 2026
A WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA 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.
WAZ699-702-131115-
/O.CAN.KOTX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-260813T1500Z/
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND KETTLE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 699)-
COLVILLE RESERVATION (ZONE 702)-
311 AM PDT THU AUG 13 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 699 AND 702...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING.
LIGHTNING HAS SUBSIDED IN THE AREA, THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
WAZ696>698-140100-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FW.W.0019.260813T1900Z-260814T0500Z/
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)-
311 AM PDT THU AUG 13 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 696, 697, AND
698...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
10 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA: EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADES (ZONE 696),
EAST PORTION OF NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK/LAKE CHELAN
NATIONAL RECREATION AREA (ZONE 697) AND EAST WASHINGTON NORTH
CASCADES (ZONE 698).
* THUNDERSTORMS: 20 TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 30 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.
IDZ101-WAZ700-701-131500-
/O.CON.KOTX.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-260813T1500Z/
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE 101)-
SELKIRK MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 700)-
FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 701)-
311 AM PDT THU AUG 13 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING
FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101, 700, AND 701...
* AFFECTED AREA: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE (ZONE
101), SELKIRK MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 700) AND
FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON (ZONE 701).
* THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 30 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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