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WWUS86 KPDT 130536
RFWPDT
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1036 PM PDT MON AUG 12 2013
...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN THROUGH TONIGHT...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST WILL CONTINUE TO SEND MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION
TODAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST OREGON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING COULD STILL RESULT IN
NEW FIRE STARTS DUE TO DRY FUELS.
ORZ611-630-130645-
/O.EXP.KPDT.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130813T0600Z/
DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
1036 PM PDT MON AUG 12 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR611 AND OR630...
THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED OVER CENTRAL OREGON. ABUNDANT
LIGHTNING IS NOT EXPECTED OVER FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR611 AND OR630
ALTHOUGH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.
$$
ORZ632>635-638-WAZ633-131200-
/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130813T1200Z/
SOUTHERN BLUE AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-EAGLE CAP DISTRICT-
WALLOWA DISTRICT-BAKER VALLEY-BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
1036 PM PDT MON AUG 12 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ACROSS FIRE WEATHER
ZONES OR632...OR633...OR634...OR635...OR638 AND WA633...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 632 SOUTHERN BLUE
AND STRAWBERRY MOUNTAINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 633 NORTHERN BLUE
MOUNTAINS OF OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 634 EAGLE CAP
DISTRICT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 635 WALLOWA DISTRICT AND FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 638 BAKER VALLEY. IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
633 BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON.
* TIMING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA TO
THE NORTHEAST BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.
* THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE OUTFLOW GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH AND SMALL HAIL.
* PRECIPITATION...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS WITH
THE MORE MOIST STORMS PRODUCING 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN.
* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL...3 TO 4.
* IMPACTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY
RESULT IN NUMEROUS FIRE STARTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
&&
$$
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