# Red Flag Warning: Okanogan  Highlands & Kettle Mountains; Colville Reservation; Okanogan Valley — 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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Red Flag Warning — Okanogan  Highlands & Kettle Mountains; Colville Reservation; Okanogan Valley
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: Okanogan Highlands and Kettle Mountains (Zone
699), Colville Reservation (Zone 702) and Okanogan Valley
(Zone 703).

* Thunderstorms: Isolated to scattered thunderstorms Thursday
morning with a second round of storms Thursday afternoon and
evening. 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 wind gusts Thursday morning up
to 30 mph. Outflow wind gusts Thursday afternoon and evening up
to 50 mph.

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

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