Red Flag Warning issued June 28 at 9:18AM PDT until June 28 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS

Red Flag Warning issued June 28 at 9:18AM PDT until June28 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALER-S-OR1253AF089908.RedFlagWarning.1253AF15FF80OR.PDTRFWPDT.a248402fc5f59ac6807e39ab545282eew-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2015-06-28T09:18:00-07:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for CentralMountains of Oregon; Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District; East Slopes ofCentral Oregon Cascades (Oregon) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetRed FlagWarningExpectedSevereLikelySAME2015-06-28T09:18:00-07:002015-06-28T21:00:00-07:00NWSPendleton (Northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington)Red Flag Warning issued June 28 at9:18AM PDT until June 28 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS Pendleton...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMSAND GUSTY WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF

EASTERN OREGON AND SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON TODAY THROUGH

MONDAY EVENING...

.AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM ALONG THE COAST WILL SEND ADDITIONAL

MOISTURE AND ENERGY EAST OF THE CASCADES TODAY...AND THE SYSTEM

WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS INTO

SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON.

IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EASTERN COLUMBIA

RIVER GORGE AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON

LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY.

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING

FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER

ZONES 610...611 AND 640...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 610 EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL

OREGON CASCADES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 611 DESCHUTES NATIONAL

FOREST -MINUS SISTERS RANGER DISTRICT AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE

640 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.

* TIMING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN THIS AFTERNOON AND

EVENING.

* LIGHTNING ACTIVITY...4.

* PRECIPITATION...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL

UNDERNEATH THE CORE OF THUNDERSTORMS...AND A QUARTER OF AN

INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH

THUNDERSTORMS.

* IMPACTS...NEW FIRE STARTS ARE POSSIBLE...AND ANY FIRES THAT

DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO DRY FUELS AND GUSTY

OUTFLOW WINDS. OUTDOOR BURNING AND FIREWORKS ARE NOT

RECOMMENDED.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.WMOHEADERUGCORZ610-61--640VTEC/O.CON.KPDT.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150629T0400Z/TIME...MOT...LOCCentralMountains of Oregon; Deschutes National Forest - minus Sisters Ranger District; East Slopes ofCentral OregonCascadesFIPS6041005FIPS6041013FIPS6041017FIPS6041019FIPS6041023FIPS6041031FIPS6041035FIPS6041037FIPS6041039FIPS6041047FIPS6041065FIPS6041069UGCORZ610UGCORZ611UGCORZ640

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