Weather

The Benton County Fire Department and the National Weather service have issued an URGENT Fire & Weather advisory for today July 23rd 2pm to 5pm a significant storm is to pass though the Columbia Basin Area including Benton Franklin and Umatilla Counties. This will be a fast moving storm with…

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Fire has burned less than 300 acres, but has consumed an expensive wind turbine, and some evacuations have taken place, but they are Level 1 (low level).

Lightning and Windy Tuesday Afternoon and Evening - RED FLAG WARNING

A fast moving fire which started last night on the Hanford Reservation has grown to 15,000 acres burned over night.

According to information released by Incident Commander Tony Gilmer, the Powerline Fire near Mattawa has been mostly contained, and no structures lost.
The blaze was first reported about four miles north of Mattawa, near Vantage. Winds pushed the fire up  to the east towards the Saddle Mountain …

I received this email from KID as a residential customer and it explains the schedule for those residents that are voluntarily following the watering schedule. Here are the details on the irrigation shortfall.

Despite a lot of snow in the mountains, especially late, and a lot here, we just didn't get the snowpack needed.

The National Weather Service is saying that the storm could contain small hail and gusty winds. Winds could reach up to 25 MPH.

Remember how many days last summer we were told not to go outside because the air quality was so bad? Expect more of the same.

Lightening is likely to start a wildfire, which is predicted to burn fast due to dry weeds.

Warm weather paired with cold fronts are expected to glide by, creating winds and high fire danger.