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Red Flag Warning issued June 23 at 2:45AM PDT until June 23 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Pendleton OR...DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY....A dry and strong cold front will produce gusty winds and lowrelative humidity across the Lower Columbia Basin down to centralOregon this afternoon and evening.The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Red FlagWarning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effectfrom 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM PDT this evening.* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 640 Central Mountains ofOregon.* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 percent.* IMPACTS...Windy conditions combined with low RHs will resultin rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior.A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditionsare either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination ofstrong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures cancontribute to extreme fire behavior.

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