# Red Flag Warning: Deerlodge/Western Beaverhead National Forest — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-22 09:08 ingested 2026-08-23 06:38

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Red Flag Warning — Deerlodge/Western Beaverhead National Forest
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FLATHEAD RESERVATION AND EAST
BEAVERHEAD...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM MDT
SUNDAY DUE TO LIGHTNING FOR KOOTENAI AND WEST LOLO...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY DUE TO
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD...

...

.Antecedent conditions have been very dry and warm. The Kootenai
Forest especially has received well below normal precipitation since
early July. Thunderstorms with little to no precipitation Saturday
evening and overnight will be followed Sunday with a dry cold front.
Increased winds and lowering relative humidities behind the front on
Sunday will bring critical fire weather conditions to southwest
Montana across Fire Weather Zone 110.

The National Weather Service in Missoula MT has issued a Red Flag
Warning in effect from 1 PM to 8 PM MDT Sunday.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 110.

* TIMING...From 1 PM to 8 PM MDT Sunday.

* WINDS...Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts of 25 to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 15 to 25 percent.

* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor
burning is not recommended.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.