Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Aug 25, 2011, 3:25 AM MDT for 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 25, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2011, 3:25 AM MDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2011, 8:04 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
Counties Butte County, ID, Custer County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Valley County, ID
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 5094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227 WWUS85 KPIH 250925 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 325 AM MDT THU AUG 25 2011 IDZ475-476-252200- /O.UPG.KPIH.FW.A.0001.110825T1800Z-110826T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0002.110825T1800Z-110826T0600Z/ EAST SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS/SALMON NF- LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 325 AM MDT THU AUG 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 475 AND 476... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 475 EAST SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS/SALMON NATIONAL FOREST...FIRE ZONE 476 LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NATIONAL FOREST GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PASS CREEK SUMMIT TO LITTLE SOLDIER MOUNTAIN. * TIMING: THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: WIDELY SCATTERED TO POSSIBLY SCATTERED IN COVERAGE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS UNDER ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: FUELS ARE CRITICAL IN MANY AREAS ESPECIALLY AT OR BELOW 6000 FEET. ANY NEW LIGHTNING STARTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND SPREAD. EXISTING FIRE SITES... INCLUDING THE SADDLE FIRE COMPLEX COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
2 follow-up statements
905 WWUS85 KPIH 251928 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 128 PM MDT THU AUG 25 2011 IDZ475-476-260600- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110826T0600Z/ EAST SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS/SALMON NF- LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 128 PM MDT THU AUG 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 475 AND 476... * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 475 EAST SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS/SALMON NF...FIRE ZONE 476 LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: WIDELY SCATTERED TO POSSIBLY SCATTERED IN COVERAGE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS UNDER ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: FUELS ARE CRITICAL IN MANY AREAS ESPECIALLY AT OR BELOW 6000 FEET. ANY NEW LIGHTNING STARTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND SPREAD. EXISTING FIRE SITES... INCLUDING THE SADDLE FIRE COMPLEX COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
092 WWUS85 KPIH 260204 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 804 PM MDT THU AUG 25 2011 IDZ475-476-260315- /O.CAN.KPIH.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110826T0600Z/ EAST SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS/SALMON NF- LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 804 PM MDT THU AUG 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 475 AND 476... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS HAS ENDED FOR THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED AT THIS TIME. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT A STORM COULD DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT...BUT THE CHANCE IS VERY LOW. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:53 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PIH | Butte, Custer, Idaho, Lemhi, Valley | 7 hr |
| Aug 24, 9:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 94 min |
| Aug 24, 10:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 10:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Jefferson | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 11:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Fremont, Madison | 41 min |
| Aug 25, 6:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 7:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bonneville, Madison | 41 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.