...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IN CONJUNCTION WITH DRY FINE FUELS IN THE
GRASSLAND ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL BE PRONE TO FIRE
STARTS DUE TO THE LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WET BUT
ALSO FAST MOVING. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OUTSIDE OF HEAVIER
PRECIPITATION CORES WILL ALLOW FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 610, 639, 640, 641, AND 675...
* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 COVERING THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 640
COVERING THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 639 COVERING THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN
OREGON CASCADES AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 641 COVERING THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BLUE
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS...IN WASHINGTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675
COVERING THE SOUTHERN KITTITAS VALLEY, YAKIMA VALLEY AND
HANFORD DISTRICT.
* TIMING...FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY...LAL'S OF 3 ARE EXPECTED. POCKETS OF LAL
4 POSSIBLE IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS.
* PRECIPITATION...THESE STORMS WILL BE WET UNDER THE RAIN CORES
WITH SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THE FRINGE AREAS OF
STORMS WILL SEE SPOTTY PRECIPITATION.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY.
&&
AN AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TRI-CITIES
AIRPORT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL, CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING,
AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS OR STRONGER WILL IMPACT THE AIRPORT
FROM 600 PM PDT UNTIL POSSIBLY TO 8 PM PDT.
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORROW...
NORTHWESTERN UMATILLA...BENTON...SOUTHWESTERN WALLA WALLA AND
SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM PDT...
AT 545 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PATERSON, OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOARDMAN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KENNEWICK, PASCO, RICHLAND, HERMISTON, PROSSER, BOARDMAN, WEST
RICHLAND, GRANDVIEW, UMATILLA, BENTON CITY, STANFIELD, IRRIGON, ECHO,
WEST PASCO, PLYMOUTH, WALLULA, BADGER, BURBANK, ISLAND VIEW AND
PATERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM PDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OREGON...AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
448 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OREGON THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OREGON
CROOK DESCHUTES GILLIAM
JEFFERSON SHERMAN
IN NORTHEAST OREGON
GRANT MORROW UMATILLA
UNION WALLOWA WHEELER
IN NORTHWEST OREGON
WASCO
IN WASHINGTON THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON
FRANKLIN
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON
BENTON
IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON
COLUMBIA WALLA WALLA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARLINGTON, ATHENA, BEND, BENTON CITY,
BOARDMAN, BROTHERS, BURBANK, COLLEGE PLACE, CONDON, CONNELL,
CULVER, DAYTON, DAYVILLE, ELGIN, ENTERPRISE, FOSSIL,
GRASS VALLEY, HANFORD, HELIX, HEPPNER, HERMISTON, IONE, IRRIGON,
JOHN DAY, JOSEPH, KENNEWICK, LA GRANDE, LA PINE, LEXINGTON,
LONEROCK, LONG CREEK, LOSTINE, MADRAS, MAUPIN, MILTON-FREEWATER,
MITCHELL, MONUMENT, MORO, NORTH POWDER, PASCO, PAULINA,
PENDLETON, PILOT ROCK, POST, PRESCOTT, PRINEVILLE, PROSSER,
REDMOND, RICHLAND, SENECA, SHANIKO, SISTERS, SPRAY, STANFIELD,
STARBUCK, SUNRIVER, THE DALLES, TROY, TYGH VALLEY, UKIAH,
UMATILLA, UNION, WAITSBURG, WALLA WALLA, WALLOWA..IMNAHA,
WARM SPRINGS, AND WASCO.
