by Much of Oregon is under a fire weather watch and red flag warning amid rising chances of thunderstorms.
The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. on July 29 because to thunderstorms that produced plentiful lightning and wind gusts of 50-60 mph, along with dry fuels, according to the alert.
The affected areas include:
- Western forested Blue Mountains
- Central Blue Mountains
- Southern Blue Mountains
- Central mountains of Oregon
- Southern Deschutes National Forest
- Southern Oregon Cascades
- Klamath Basin
- Fremont-Winema National Forest
- South Central Oregon Desert, including Bureau of Land Management land in eastern Lake and western Harney counties
- Burns BLM
- Southern Grasslands
A red flag warning indicates that dangerous fire weather conditions are occurring now or may occur soon
The NWS also issued a fire weather advisory from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. on July 29 due to the possibility of lightning from thunderstorms starting new flames and wind gusts affecting both new and existing fires.
