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...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING... .Elevated fire weather concerns due to thunderstorms and continued hot and dry conditions through midweek. While these storms may produce wetting rains, there is still high confidence in the probability of isolated dry thunderstorms embedded both Tuesday and Wednesday. Daytime RHs will be in the teens to low 20s. Gusty and erratic winds can occur around thunderstorms with gusts up to 45-60 mph. The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Fire Weather Watch for abundant lightning, which is in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 695 East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains. * TIMING...From Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. * THUNDERSTORMS...Scattered coverage with abundant lightning as well as 10-35% chances of dry isolated storms embedded. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusty erratic winds up to 40-55 mph.

At 648 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles north of Paradise, or 21 miles south of Lewiston, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Anatone.

...HOT, DRY, AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Fire Weather Watch for hot, dry, and unstable conditions with isolated dry thunderstorms, which is in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. * Affected Area: East Washington Central Cascades (Zone 696). * Timing: Wednesday afternoon and evening. * Relative Humidities: Min RH 20 to 30 percent. * Temperatures: 80-90 degrees. * Lightning: Isolated dry thunderstorms. * Outflow Winds: Gusty and erratic winds are possible with any thunderstorms that develop. The outflow winds could travel quite a distance from the core of the storm. * Impacts: Hot, dry, and unstable conditions Wednesday afternoon and evening may lead to rapid fire growth on any new or existing fires. Isolated dry thunderstorms will lead to the potential for new fire starts. Gusty winds with thunderstorms may result in rapid fire spread with any new or existing fires.

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At 642 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles south of Chewelah, or 34 miles northwest of Spokane, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Pea size hail, torrential downpours, and wind gusts to 25 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Springdale, Tum Tum, Valley, Clayton, and Loon Lake. This includes U.S. Highway 395 in Washington between mile markers 183 and 199.

At 338 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 20 miles northeast of Chewelah, or 33 miles northwest of Priest River, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Ruby. This includes U.S. Highway 20 in Washington between mile markers 398 and 417.

* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of Northeast Washington, including the following county, Spokane. * WHEN...Until 600 PM PDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways. Thunderstorms could also produce some lightning and pea sized hail. These storms have a history of torrential rainfall. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 300 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Fairfield, Spangle, Waverly and Plaza. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of Northeast Washington, including the following county, Spokane. * WHEN...Until 530 PM PDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways. Ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 227 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Spokane, Spokane Valley, Cheney, Airway Heights, Medical Lake, Millwood, Town And Country, Country Homes, Fairwood, Dishman, Mead, Fairchild AFB, Trentwood, Green Acres, Spangle, Marshall, Four Lakes, Opportunity, Valleyford and Mica. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

At 658 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17 miles northeast of Paradise, or 19 miles south of Lewiston, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Rogersburg and Waha.

A funnel cloud was reported at 5:47pm this evening near Tonasket, associated with clusters of showers tracking north to south between Tonasket and Bridgeport. Additional funnel clouds possible through the evening as this activity moves through. If a funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your sighting to the National Weather Service.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Portions of North Central and Northeast Washington, including the following counties, in North Central Washington, Okanogan. In Northeast Washington, Ferry. * WHEN...Until 545 PM PDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 243 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.75 and 1.1 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Nespelem Community. Owhi Lake. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

A low pressure system will bring increased moisture with increasing showers and thunderstorms. Heavy rainfall amounts associated with slow-moving thunderstorms may lead to flash flooding and debris flows over recent burn scars and areas of steep terrain Monday afternoon and evening. * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...A portion of North Central Washington, including the following counties, Chelan and Okanogan. * WHEN...From noon PDT today through this evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations including recent burn scars. Flash flooding of recent burn scars may lead to debris flows. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will develop Monday afternoon containing moderate to heavy rain. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

FFWOTX The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Cub Creek burn scar in... Central Okanogan County in north central Washington... * Until 815 PM PDT. * At 510 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Cub Creek burn scar. Between 0.4 and 0.6 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.75 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around the Cub Creek burn scar. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the burn scar. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Chewuch Campground, Falls Creek Campground and Camp Four Campground.

At 323 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sherman Pass, or 44 miles east of Omak. This storm was nearly stationary. HAZARD...Pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Sherman Pass. This includes U.S. Highway 20 in Washington between mile markers 311 and 331.

A low pressure system will bring increased moisture with increasing showers and thunderstorms. Heavy rainfall amounts associated with slow-moving thunderstorms may lead to flash flooding and debris flows over recent burn scars and areas of steep terrain Monday afternoon and evening. * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...A portion of North Central Washington, including the following counties, Chelan and Okanogan. * WHEN...From Monday afternoon through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations including recent burn scars. Flash flooding of recent burn scars may lead to debris flows. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will develop Monday afternoon containing moderate to heavy rain. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* Affected Area: Foothills of Central Washington Cascades (Zone 705), Waterville Plateau (Zone 706), Western Columbia Basin (Zone 707), Eastern Columbia Basin -Palouse -Spokane Area (Zone 708) and Lower Palouse -Snake River (Zone 709). * Winds: West to Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, except 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 MPH on the Waterville Plateau. * Relative Humidities: 10 to 20 percent. * Impacts: Rapid fire spread is likely with any new or existing fires.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 690 Kittitas Valley. * TIMING...Until 10 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon, 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Washington and 701 Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon. * TIMING...Until 10 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...13 to 20 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.

* Affected Area: Foothills of Central Washington Cascades (Zone 705), Waterville Plateau (Zone 706), Western Columbia Basin (Zone 707), Eastern Columbia Basin -Palouse -Spokane Area (Zone 708) and Lower Palouse -Snake River (Zone 709). * Winds: West to Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, except 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 MPH on the Waterville Plateau. * Relative Humidities: 11 to 20 percent. * Impacts: Rapid fire spread is likely with any new or existing fires.

The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 2 PM to 10 PM PDT Friday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area: Foothills of Central Washington Cascades (Zone 705), Waterville Plateau (Zone 706), Western Columbia Basin (Zone 707), Eastern Columbia Basin -Palouse -Spokane Area (Zone 708) and Lower Palouse -Snake River (Zone 709). * Winds: West to Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, except 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 MPH on the Waterville Plateau. * Relative Humidities: 12 to 20 percent. * Impacts: Rapid fire spread is likely with any new or existing fires.