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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
233 PM PDT MON JUN 9 2014

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND OREGON THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY...

.A MARINE PUSH WILL CAUSE WINDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS
EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE
ACROSS CENTRAL WASHINGTON. CONSEQUENTLY...ANY NEW FIRES WILL
EXPERIENCE RAPID SPREAD...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN WASHINGTON
SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN. STRONGER WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ON
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COOL
FRONT...CREATING HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS A LARGER
PORTION OF THE AREA.

WAZ675-100300-
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EASTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN-
233 PM PDT MON JUN 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE
WA675...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONE WA675...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN WAZ675...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 675 EASTERN
  WASHINGTON SOUTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED DURING
  THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND
  CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE SPREAD.

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.

&&

$$

ORZ641-WAZ641-100300-
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LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
233 PM PDT MON JUN 9 2014

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS FIRE WEATHER ZONES
OR641 AND WA641...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM PDT TUESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ORZ641...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 641 LOWER
  COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON. IN WAZ641...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 641
  LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXPECTED DURING
  THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND
  CRITICALLY DRY FUELS MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE SPREAD.

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.

&&

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON (ALL LOWER CASE)