# Fire Weather Watch: East Washington Central Cascades; 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 00:21 ingested 2026-07-15 08:13

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Fire Weather Watch — East Washington Central Cascades; Central Washington Cascade Foothills; Waterville Plateau; Western Columbia Basin
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Possible.
...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY...

.One wave of showers and thunderstorms will track south to north
through central Washington Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
This activity will be a mix of wet and dry thunderstorms with
scattered lightning strikes. Rainfall amounts between a trace and
a tenth of an inch. As this activity drifts north of Highway 2
Thursday morning, lightning activity is expected to become
isolated with rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch.
Thunderstorms are expected to redevelop Thursday afternoon and
early evening. Coverage will be isolated to scattered. 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.

The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Fire Weather
Watch for thunderstorms, which is in effect from late tonight
through Thursday morning.

* Affected Area: East Washington Central Cascades (Zone 696),
Foothills of Central Washington Cascades (Zone 705),
Waterville Plateau (Zone 706) and Western Columbia Basin (Zone
707).

* Thunderstorms: Isolated to scattered coverage. Mainly dry
thunderstorms with rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an
inch.

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

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

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