Weather Alerts for Central Panhandle MountainsIssued by the National Weather Service |
 RED FLAG WARNING |
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| CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS | ||
Areas Affected: Palouse/Nezperce Reservation/Hells Canyon Region |
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| Effective: Mon, 7/7 1:30pm | Updated: Wed, 7/9 6:39am | Urgency: Expected |
| Expires: Tue, 7/8 9:00pm | Severity: Severe | Certainty: Likely |
Details:
The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 11 AM to 8 PM PDT Wednesday. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Zone 102 Palouse/Hells Canyon. * TIMING...From 11 AM to 8 PM PDT Wednesday. * WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts around 30 mph. Stronger outflow gusts possible from thunderstorms. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15-20 percent. * IMPACTS...The combination of low humidity with west gusting up to 30 mph along with isolated thunderstorm outflow winds may result in critical fire weather conditions, increasing the risk for new and existing fires to spread quickly. Information: A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. |
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