# Red Flag Warning: Kootenai National Forest/Talley Lake District/fnf; Western Lolo 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 — Kootenai National Forest/Talley Lake District/fnf; Western Lolo 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 5 PM this afternoon to 6 AM MDT Sunday.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 104 and 106.

* TIMING...From 5 PM this afternoon to 6 AM MDT Sunday.

* LIGHTNING...Multiple rounds of thunderstorms expected this
afternoon, evening, and overnight into early Sunday morning. Little
to any precipitation is expected with dry thunderstorms.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...Through 10 pm thunderstorms will bring outflow
winds up to 50 mph. 5% chance for isolated wind gusts near 60 mph
for any given location.

* IMPACTS...Lightning strikes will have the potential to start new
fires, and gusty outflow winds could cause rapid spread of new and
existing wildfires.

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