...ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AND BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY WITH A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM
PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WINDS FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 640, 641, AND 675...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ640...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 640. IN ORZ641...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 641. IN WAZ641...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 641. IN
WAZ675...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675.

* TIMING...PEAK LIGHTNING ACTIVITY WILL BE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH
THE EVENING. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY...STARTING AT 2 LATE AFTERNOON THEN RISING TO
3 DURING THE EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION...PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT AND STORMS WILL
MOVE FAST SO THE CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN IS LOW.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AS BREEZY
TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY BY EVENING.

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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