{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.0c2091d84143a87476e9bb96687cf02a2ba70142.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Red Flag Warning issued July 22 at 1:49PM PDT until July 23 at 10:00PM PDT by NWS Seattle WA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-22","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.0c2091d84143a87476e9bb96687cf02a2ba70142.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Seattle WA"},"word_count":391,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Red Flag Warning: Red Flag Warning issued July 22 at 1:49PM PDT until July 23 at 10:00PM PDT by NWS Seattle WA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** North and Central Coastal Strip; North Coastal Lowlands; Central Coastal Lowlands; West Portion of the Olympic Mountains; East Portion of the Olympic Mountains\n**Issued by:** NWS Seattle WA\n**Sent:** 2026-07-22T13:49:00-07:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-22T13:49:00-07:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-22T22:00:00-07:00\n\n## Description\nThe National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a Red Flag\nWarning for lightning and gusty outflow winds, which is in effect\nuntil 10 PM PDT Thursday.\n\n* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 649 North and Central\nCoastal Strip, Fire Weather Zone 650 North Coastal Lowlands,\nFire Weather Zone 651 Central Coastal Lowlands, Fire Weather\nZone 652 West Portion of the Olympic Mountains and Fire\nWeather Zone 661 East Portion of the Olympic Mountains.\n\n* WINDS...Southwest 5 to 10 mph.\n\n* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 24 percent.\n\n* LIGHTNING...Isolated thunderstorm coverage is possible across\nthe southern Cascade Mountains and portions of southwest\nWashington. Thunderstorms will develop late Wednesday night\nand move from south to north across the area.\n\n* OUTFLOW WINDS...Any storms that develop will be capable of\ngusty and erratic outflow winds between 25 and 30 miles per\nhour. Outflow winds can occur ahead of and behind storms and\ncause erratic wind directions.\n\n* TEMPERATURES...Up to 99.\n\n* TIMING...4 PM PDT this afternoon to 10 PM PDT Thursday\nafternoon.\n\n* IMPACTS...Lightning in dry fuels can cause multiple fire\nstarts. Thunderstorms can also bring sudden sharp wind shifts\non existing fires, causing rapid changes in a fire's rate of\nspread and direction of spread. Thunderstorm outflow winds can\nbe a threat for several hours following the start of a new\nlightning- caused fire. If a fire were to begin, air quality\nmay diminish in the surrounding area.\n\n* IMPACTS...Scattered lightning in dry fuels can cause multiple\nfire starts. Thunderstorms can also bring sudden sharp wind\nshifts on existing fires, causing rapid changes in a fire's\nrate of spread and direction of spread. Thunderstorm outflow\nwinds can be a threat for several hours following the start of\na new lightning-caused fire. If a fire were to begin, air\nquality may diminish in the surrounding area.\n\n## Instructions\nA Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions\nare either imminent or occurring now. Any fires that develop will\nlikely spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended."}