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SVRPQR The National Weather Service in Portland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central Clackamas County in northwestern Oregon... West central Hood River County in northwestern Oregon... Southeastern Multnomah County in northwestern Oregon... Southeastern Clark County in southwestern Washington... Southwestern Skamania County in southwestern Washington... * Until 530 PM PDT. * At 503 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles west of Lolo Pass to near Estacada, moving north at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Washougal, Sandy, Stevenson, Cascade Locks, Vancouver, Gresham, Camas, Troutdale, Skamania, Mount Hood Village, Estacada, North Bonneville, Multnomah Falls, Boring, Corbett, Fairview, Wood Village, Dodson, Warrendale, and Bonneville Fish Hatchery. In Washington this includes State Route 14 between mile markers 10 and 42. This includes the following highways in Oregon... Interstate 84 between mile markers 14 and 43. U.S. Highway 26 east of Portland between mile markers 15 and 39.

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS TODAY, EXTENDING TO THE EASTERN SLOPES, WHILE SOUTHEASTERN OREGON SEES DRY, WINDY, AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS... .A potent weather system will bring a myriad of impacts to the forecast area today. For the Cascade Mountains and east slopes, strong to severe thunderstorms will trek across primarily the spine of the Cascades starting in the afternoon down around central Oregon, advancing northward into the Washington Cascades by the evening. While storms along the Cascades are expected to be accompanied by a significant wetting rain, isolated to scattered storms extending into the east slopes and portions of the Columbia Basin will be much drier, leading to critical fire weather conditions due to abundant lightning with a lack of wetting rain. For southeastern Oregon, this same weather system will usher in hot and dry desert air, leading to breezy winds combined with low RHs and locally unstable conditions. Showers and storms are not anticipated to track as far east as southeastern Oregon. Users should note that OR641 and WA691 are under partial Red Flag Warnings. The Warned zones include only the western half of each zone, and not the entirety of the zone. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 641 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon. * IMPACTS...Thunderstorms will be capable of producing frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and erratic, gusty outflow winds. This combination will promote conditions conducive to new fire starts and rapid fire spread for new and existing fires. * THUNDERSTORMS...Abundant lightning with frequent cloud-to- ground lightning strikes. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusty winds up to 50 mph.

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS TODAY, EXTENDING TO THE EASTERN SLOPES, WHILE SOUTHEASTERN OREGON SEES DRY, WINDY, AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS... .A potent weather system will bring a myriad of impacts to the forecast area today. For the Cascade Mountains and east slopes, strong to severe thunderstorms will trek across primarily the spine of the Cascades starting in the afternoon down around central Oregon, advancing northward into the Washington Cascades by the evening. While storms along the Cascades are expected to be accompanied by a significant wetting rain, isolated to scattered storms extending into the east slopes and portions of the Columbia Basin will be much drier, leading to critical fire weather conditions due to abundant lightning with a lack of wetting rain. For southeastern Oregon, this same weather system will usher in hot and dry desert air, leading to breezy winds combined with low RHs and locally unstable conditions. Showers and storms are not anticipated to track as far east as southeastern Oregon. Users should note that OR641 and WA691 are under partial Red Flag Warnings. The Warned zones include only the western half of each zone, and not the entirety of the zone. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 642 Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains. * WINDS...South 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 11 percent. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds with dry conditions may lead to rapid fire spread. Unstable conditions may promote extreme fire behavior as well.

At 213 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles north of Scaredman Recreation Site, or 22 miles southwest of Oakridge, moving north at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Douglas County. This includes the Cottage Grove/Lane fire.

At 212 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles north of Scaredman Recreation Site, or 20 miles southwest of Oakridge, moving north at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Dorena and Disston.

At 203 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Camp Comfort Recreation Site, or 28 miles northwest of Crater Lake, moving north at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Toketee Falls, Boulder Flat Recreation Site, Soda Springs Reservoir, Horseshoe Bend Campground, Eagle Rock Campground, and Camp Comfort Recreation Site. This will include portions of the Homestead and Diamond Complexes.

At 159 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Talent, or near Ashland, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Winds around 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Medford, Ashland, Eagle Point, Talent, Agate Reservoir, Roxy Ann Peak, White City, and Phoenix.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 631 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN CALIFORNIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SISKIYOU IN OREGON THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST OREGON DOUGLAS JACKSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASHLAND, GREEN, HILT, HOWARD PRAIRIE, KLAMATH RIVER, MEDFORD, ROSEBURG, SISKIYOU SUMMIT, SUTHERLIN, UMPQUA, WINCHESTER, AND YREKA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 631 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OREGON THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN CENTRAL OREGON DESCHUTES THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEND, BROTHERS, LA PINE, REDMOND, SISTERS, AND SUNRIVER.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 631 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OREGON THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OREGON CLACKAMAS HOOD RIVER LANE LINN MARION MULTNOMAH IN WASHINGTON THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON CLARK SKAMANIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBANY, AMBOY, BATTLE GROUND, CASCADE LOCKS, DETROIT, EUGENE, FLORENCE, GOVERNMENT CAMP, GRESHAM, HOOD RIVER, LEBANON, MOLLALA, MOUNT ST. HELENS, MULTNOMAH FALLS, OAKRIDGE, OREGON CITY, PARKDALE, PORTLAND, RIDGEFIELD, SALEM, SANDY, SKAMANIA, STAYTON, STEVENSON, SWEET HOME, VANCOUVER, WASHOUGAL, WILLAMETTE PASS, AND YACOLT.

...WARM, VERY DRY, AND WINDY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN OR636, OR637, ID423, AND ID426... ...HIGH HAINES, WARM, DRY, AND WINDY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN IDAHO ZONES 401, 402, 403, AND 421... * Affected Area...In Idaho, Fire Weather Zones 423 Owyhee Mountains and 426 Southern Highlands. In Oregon, Fire Weather Zones 636 Burns BLM and 637 Vale BLM. * Timing...Until 8 PM MDT /7 PM PDT/ this evening. * Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts 30 to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 8 percent. * Temperatures...Up to 93.

* IMPACTS...Abundant lightning on dry fuels could lead to numerous new fire starts. Gusty, shifting outflow winds could also result in changing fire behavior and spread. These winds could also present a danger to aircraft and ground personnel. * AFFECTED AREA...In California...Fire weather zones 280 and 281. In Oregon...Fire weather zones 616, 617, 620, 621, 622 and 623. * THUNDERSTORMS...Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and move from south to north through the area into the evening. These storms will contain frequent and abundant cloud to ground lightning. Some of the stronger thunderstorms may contain strong to severe wind gusts and hail. Rainfall is expected with these storms and could be heavy at times. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusts up to 60 mph. * HAIL POTENTIAL...5 to 15 percent chance of one half to 1 inch diameter hail. * DETAILED URL...View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr

* IMPACTS...Strong winds combined with critically low relative humidity can lead to the rapid growth and spread of new and existing fires. * AFFECTED AREA...In Oregon, the southeastern corner of Fire Weather Zone 624, including Lakeview. Much of Fire Weather Zone 625 south of Summer Lake and the Christmas Valley. This includes the Warner Peak Fire, Adel, Paisley and the Hart Mountain Refuge. In California, the eastern half of Fire Weather Zone 285, including Alturas. * WIND...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent. * DETAILED URL...View the hazard area in detail at https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr

* WHAT...Flash flooding and debris flows caused by excessive rainfall continue to be possible. The greatest concern remains over the 2024 burn areas associated with active wildfires, but there is also a small probability that rainfall rates could approach threshold values over burn areas from previous years. * WHERE...Portions of Oregon, including the following areas, Cascades of Lane County, Cascades of Marion and Linn Counties and North Oregon Cascades and southwest Washington, including the following area, South Washington Cascades. * WHEN...From 2 PM PDT this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Heavy rainfall over Cascade burn areas during the period of the watch. Residents near the 2024 burn areas associated with active wildfires should prepare for potential flooding impacts. Be sure to stay up to date with information from local authorities. Heavy rainfall could trigger flash flooding of low-lying areas, urbanized street flooding, and debris flows in and near recent wildfire burn scars. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - National Weather Service Meteorologists are forecasting heavy rainfall, which may lead to flash flooding and debris flows over recent burn areas in the Cascades. Hourly rainfall rates up to 0.75 inches per hour will be possible. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS TODAY, EXTENDING TO THE EASTERN SLOPES, WHILE SOUTHEASTERN OREGON SEES DRY, WINDY, AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS... .A potent weather system will bring a myriad of impacts to the forecast area today. For the Cascade Mountains and east slopes, strong to severe thunderstorms will trek across primarily the spine of the Cascades starting in the afternoon down around central Oregon, advancing northward into the Washington Cascades by the evening. While storms along the Cascades are expected to be accompanied by a significant wetting rain, isolated to scattered storms extending into the east slopes and portions of the Columbia Basin will be much drier, leading to critical fire weather conditions due to abundant lightning with a lack of wetting rain. For southeastern Oregon, this same weather system will usher in hot and dry desert air, leading to breezy winds combined with low RHs and locally unstable conditions. Showers and storms are not anticipated to track as far east as southeastern Oregon. Users should note that OR641 and WA691 are under partial Red Flag Warnings. The Warned zones include only the western half of each zone, and not the entirety of the zone. The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Red Flag Warning for abundant lightning, which is in effect from 2 PM this afternoon to 11 PM PDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of Fire Weather Zone 641 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon. The easternmost extent of the Warning ends at a line extending from Boardman to Ione. * IMPACTS...Thunderstorms will be capable of producing frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and erratic, gusty outflow winds. This combination will promote conditions conducive to new fire starts and rapid fire spread for new and existing fires. * THUNDERSTORMS...Abundant lightning with frequent cloud-to- ground lightning strikes. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusty winds up to 50 mph.

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS TODAY, EXTENDING TO THE EASTERN SLOPES, WHILE SOUTHEASTERN OREGON SEES DRY, WINDY, AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS... .A potent weather system will bring a myriad of impacts to the forecast area today. For the Cascade Mountains and east slopes, strong to severe thunderstorms will trek across primarily the spine of the Cascades starting in the afternoon down around central Oregon, advancing northward into the Washington Cascades by the evening. While storms along the Cascades are expected to be accompanied by a significant wetting rain, isolated to scattered storms extending into the east slopes and portions of the Columbia Basin will be much drier, leading to critical fire weather conditions due to abundant lightning with a lack of wetting rain. For southeastern Oregon, this same weather system will usher in hot and dry desert air, leading to breezy winds combined with low RHs and locally unstable conditions. Showers and storms are not anticipated to track as far east as southeastern Oregon. Users should note that OR641 and WA691 are under partial Red Flag Warnings. The Warned zones include only the western half of each zone, and not the entirety of the zone. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 642 Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains. * WINDS...South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 percent. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds with dry conditions may lead to rapid fire spread. Unstable conditions may promote extreme fire behavior as well.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 641 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon. * IMPACTS...Thunderstorms will be capable of producing frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and erratic, gusty outflow winds. This combination will promote conditions conducive to new fire starts and rapid fire spread for new and existing fires. * THUNDERSTORMS...Abundant lightning with frequent cloud-to- ground lightning strikes. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusty winds up to 50 mph.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 642 Southern Blue and Strawberry Mountains. * WINDS...South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 percent. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds with dry conditions may lead to rapid fire spread. Unstable conditions may promote extreme fire behavior as well.

* WHAT...Flash flooding and debris flows caused by excessive rainfall continue to be possible over the 2024 burn areas associated with active wildfires. * WHERE...Portions of Oregon, including the following areas, Cascades of Lane County, Cascades of Marion and Linn Counties and North Oregon Cascades and southwest Washington, including the following area, South Washington Cascades. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through late Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Heavy rainfall is expected over the 2024 burn areas associated with active wildfires. Residents near these areas should prepare for potential flooding impacts. Be sure to stay up to date with information from local authorities. Heavy rainfall could trigger flash flooding of low-lying areas, and debris flows in and near recent wildfire burn scars. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - National Weather Service Meteorologists are forecasting heavy rainfall over 2024 burn areas associated with active wildfires, which may lead to flash flooding and debris flows. Hourly rainfall rates up to 0.75 inches per hour will be possible. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 641 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon...mainly west of Hermiston. * IMPACTS...Thunderstorms will be capable of producing frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and erratic, gusty outflow winds. This combination will promote conditions conducive to new fire starts and rapid fire spread for new and existing fires. * THUNDERSTORMS...Abundant lightning with frequent cloud-to- ground lightning strikes. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusty winds up to 50 mph.