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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED

National Weather Service Missoula MT

430 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH

SUNDAY MORNING DUE TO LIGHTNING FOR KOOTENAI, WEST LOLO, AND FLATHEAD

RESERVATION...



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY

EVENING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR DEERLODGE/WEST

BEAVERHEAD AND EAST BEAVERHEAD...



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.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 potentially bring critical fire weather conditions to

southwest Montana.



MTZ104-106-107-220630-

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Kootenai-West Lolo-Flathead Reservation-

430 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH

SUNDAY MORNING...



The National Weather Service in Missoula MT has issued a Fire Weather

Watch.



* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 104, 106, and 107.



* TIMING...From Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.



* LIGHTNING...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms will transition to

  nocturnal thunderstorms. Dry surface conditions could lead to

  lightning producing storms with little to no precipitation.



* OUTFLOW WINDS...Through 9 pm erratic winds 25 to 40 mph.



* IMPACTS...Lightning strikes will have the potential to start new

  fires, and gusty outflow winds could cause rapid spread of new and

  existing wildfires.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of

this Fire Weather Watch.



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MTZ110-111-220630-

/O.COR.KMSO.FW.A.0006.260823T1800Z-260824T0300Z/

Deerlodge/West Beaverhead-East Beaverhead-

430 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026



...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY

EVENING...



The National Weather Service in Missoula MT has issued a Fire Weather

Watch.



* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 110 and 111.



* TIMING...From Sunday afternoon through Sunday evening.



* WINDS...Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.



* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 15 to 25 percent.



* IMPACTS...Any new or existing fires may spread rapidly.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of

this Fire Weather Watch.



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