Fire weather warning issued

Developing thunderstorms have prompted a fire weather warning.

From the National Weather Service in Spokane:

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING LIKELY...

.A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PROMOTE SCATTERED AFTERNOON

AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CASCADES TODAY. THESE STORMS

WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ALONG THEIR TRACKS WHICH MAY LEAD

TO NEW FIRE STARTS.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR

ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 682...685 AND THE

WESTERN PORTIONS OF ZONES 677 AND 684...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG

WARNING FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT

THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA: FIRE WEATHER ZONE 677 EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL

CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 682 EAST

WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS (ZONE 682)...FIRE WEATHER

ZONE 684 EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW VALLEYS (ZONE 684)

AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 685 EAST WASHINGTON NORTH CASCADES (ZONE

685).

* THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM SOUTH TO

NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE ABUNDANT

LIGHTNING. HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

* OUTFLOW WINDS: LOCAL GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY PRECEDE THESE

STORMS AND RADIATE OUTWARD FROM NEARBY STORMS.

* IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS FROM LIGHTNING AS WELL AS EXISTING FIRE

GROWTH FROM ERRATIC AND GUSTY THUNDER OUTFLOW WINDS. HEAVY

DOWNPOURS ON RECENT BURN SCARS MAY ALSO TRIGGER FLASH FLOODS AND

DEBRIS FLOWS.