The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a “red flag” fire weather warning for much of Central and north-central Oregon from 1 p.m to midnight Wednesday, predicting “abundant lightning” from thunderstorms that could ignite dry, fine fuels across lower-level grasslands.
The red flag warning stretches from the east slopes of the Central and Northern Oregon Cascades to the Lower Columbia Basin, Blue Mountain foothills and into eastern Washington.