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The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a Red Flag Warning for Grays Harbor County for dry thunderstorms and gusty outflow winds, which is in effect from 2 AM to 11 PM PDT Wednesday.
Primary concern will be dry lightning strikes during Thunderstorms. Gusty outflow winds possible in and around any thunderstorms that develop.
Scattered lightning in dry fuels can cause multiple fire starts. Thunderstorms can also bring sudden sharp wind shifts on existing fires, causing rapid changes in a fire's rate of spread and direction of spread. Thunderstorm outflow winds can be a threat for several hours following the start of a new lightning-caused fire. If a fire were to begin, air quality may diminish in the surrounding area.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either imminent or occurring now. Any fires that develop will likely spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Air quality information can be found on: AirNow
Wildfire locations can be found on: PNW Smoke Map
Additional fire information can be found on: InciWeb
Emergency Management's role in Grays Harbor county
Emergency Management is responsible for developing and maintaining a Countywide infrastructure for emergency/disaster preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery.
This is accomplished by means of a cooperative, multi-jurisdictional organization which includes the Cities of Aberdeen, Cosmopolis, Elma, Hoquiam, McCleary, Montesano, Oakville, Ocean Shores, Westport, the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, the Quinault Indian Nation, all 15 County Fire Districts and every Grays Harbor County Department.
Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Emergency Management is responsible for maintaining the EOC in a constant state of readiness. During a countywide disaster, the EOC becomes the hub of information gathering and dissemination, strategic decision making, resource allocation and incident coordination. Representatives from law enforcement, fire services and public health, environmental health, EMS, as well as other organizations from throughout the county work together to coordinate the response.
Emergency management Functions
Emergency Management actively prepares for and participates in the following functions:
- Disaster Planning
- Disaster/Emergency Response Planning
- Disaster/Emergency Recovery Planning
- Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
- Emergency Preparedness
- Exercises for Disaster & Emergency Response
- Hazardous Materials Response Planning
- Public Education & Outreach
- Responder Training
- StormReady
- TsunamiReady
StormReady
The StormReady program helps community leaders prepare their communities for severe weather. Severe weather includes thunderstorms, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, high heat, high winds, and extreme cold weather. Although no community is storm proof, StormReady communities are better prepared to save lives through planning, education, and awareness.
TsunamiReady helps community leaders and emergency managers strengthen their local operations by being sufficiently prepared to save lives in the event of a Tsunami through better planning, education and awareness. Although no community is tsunami proof, being TsunamiReady can help minimize loss to our community.
Grays Harbor County continues to hold both designations of StormReady and TsunamiReady.