# Red Flag Warning: Okanogan  Highlands & Kettle Mountains; Colville Reservation — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-16 20:50 ingested 2026-07-17 08:17

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

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Red Flag Warning — Okanogan  Highlands & Kettle Mountains; Colville Reservation
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE INLAND
NORTHWEST THURSDAY NIGHT...

...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OKANOGAN, METHOW VALLEYS FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...

...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WATERVILLE PLATEAU FRIDAY AFTERNOON
SHIFTING TO WESTERLY IN THE EVENING...

.Additional showers and storms will redevelop tonight for much of
the Inland Northwest. Gusty outflow winds around 30 mph will be
possible with this activity. Rainfall amounts up to a tenth of an
inch are possible, with locally higher amounts where multiple
storms move over the same area. Dry and breezy conditions will
develop in portions of central Washington Friday afternoon. A
sharp wind shift from south to west will impact the Waterville
Plateau Friday evening.

* Affected Area: Okanogan Highlands and Kettle Mountains (Zone
699) and Colville Reservation (Zone 702).

* Thunderstorms: Scattered thunderstorms possible overnight into
Friday morning. Rainfall amounts up to a tenth of an inch
possible, with locally higher amounts where multiple storms move
over the same area.

* Outflow Winds: Gusty and erratic thunderstorm outflow winds up
to 30 mph will be possible through Friday morning.

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

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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.