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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
752 PM PDT FRI AUG 14 2026
..SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY
.A SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL COMBINE WITH A SOUTHERLY PUSH
OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE, BRINGING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THIS
REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS
POSSIBLE BUT LIGHTNING REMAINS A CONCERN IN AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN
DRY, ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE CORE OF ANY HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONALLY,
GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT NEW OR
EXISTING WILDFIRES.
WAZ709-151900-
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LOWER PALOUSE - SNAKE RIVER (ZONE 709)-
752 PM PDT FRI AUG 14 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 709...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM
PDT SATURDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA: LOWER PALOUSE -SNAKE RIVER (ZONE 709).
* THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* 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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