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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
744 AM PDT THU AUG 13 2026
A WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY,
BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE CASCADES.
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.
IDZ101-WAZ700-701-131545-
/O.EXP.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)-
744 AM PDT THU AUG 13 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR
THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101, 700, AND 701...
WAZ696>698-140500-
/O.CON.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)-
744 AM PDT THU AUG 13 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM
PDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 696,
697, AND 698...
* 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, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE RAIN CORES. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW
WINDS COULD CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AROUND NEW AND EXISTING
WILDFIRES. POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN COULD RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOWS
ON SENSITIVE BURN SCARS.
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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