# Red Flag Warning: East Washington Central Cascades; East Portion of North Cascades National Park / Lake Chelan National Recreation Area; East Washington North Cascades; Methow Valley; Central Washington Cascade Foothills; Waterville Plateau; Western Columbia Basin — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-15 23:21 ingested 2026-07-16 08:16

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## extract

Red Flag Warning — East Washington Central Cascades; East Portion of North Cascades National Park / Lake Chelan National Recreation Area; East Washington North Cascades; Methow Valley; Central Washington Cascade Foothills; Waterville Plateau; Western Columbia Basin
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

.Two rounds of showers and thunderstorms will impact Central and
Eastern Washington between Wednesday night and Thursday evening.
The first round will track south to north through Central
Washington Wednesday night into Thursday morning and will consist
of a mix of wet and dry thunderstorms with scattered lightning
strikes. Rainfall amounts will generally range from a trace to a
tenth of an inch, but may be higher if multiple storms move over
the same area. As this activity drifts north of Highway
2 Thursday morning, lightning activity will become isolated. A
second round of thunderstorms will track southwest to northeast
late Thursday morning into Thursday evening. A few storms could
be strong during this time with frequent lightning and hail.
Gusty outflow winds and new fire starts will be a concern with
any thunderstorms from Wednesday night through Thursday evening.

* Affected Area: East Washington Central Cascades (Zone 696), East
Portion of North Cascades National Park/Lake Chelan National
Recreation Area (Zone 697), East Washington North Cascades (Zone
698), Methow Valley (Zone 704), Foothills of Central Washington
Cascades (Zone 705), Waterville Plateau (Zone 706) and Western
Columbia Basin (Zone 707).

* Thunderstorms: Isolated to scattered coverage. A mix of wet and
dry thunderstorms with rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an
inch. Locally higher rainfall amounts possible where multiple
storms move over the same area.

* Outflow Winds: Erratic outflow winds ranging from 20 to 40 mph.

* Impacts: New fire starts from lightning. New fires could be
impacted by gusty outflow winds.

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