Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this red flag warning at Jul 12, 2012, 2:21 PM MDT for 7 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 13, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 37 hr. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2012, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
Counties Adams County, ID, Boise County, ID, Gem County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Payette County, ID, Valley County, ID, Washington County, ID
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:05 AM MDT | TSTM WND GST 48 | 6 Sw Road To Pittsburg, ID | PITTSBURG LANDING RAWS AT 1357 FT. |
| Jul 14, 3:04 PM MDT | DEBRIS FLOW | 1 Nnw Riggins, ID | ROCK SLIDE SMALL ENOUGH FOR DEPUTY TO REMOVE AT MILEMARKER 196.5 ON HIGHWAY 95. |
| Jul 14, 3:48 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 46 | N White Bird, ID | LARGE TREES BENT WITH SMALL BRANCHES BROKEN OFF ON PROPERTY. |
| Jul 14, 4:05 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 48 | 6 Sw Road To Pittsburg, ID | PITTSBURG LANDING RAWS AT 1357 FT. |
| Jul 14, 4:05 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.43 | 6 Sw Road To Pittsburg, ID | FELL IN ONE HOUR AT PITTSBURG LANDING RAWS AT 1357 FT. |
| Jul 14, 4:17 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.43 | 4 S Grangeville, ID | HIGH CAMP AT 6110 FT. FELL IN 20 MINUTES FROM 357 PM MDT TO 417 PM MDT. |
| Jul 14, 7:22 PM MDT | DEBRIS FLOW | 3 Ene Road To Pittsburg, ID | ROCK SLIDE ON MILEMARKER 220 ON HIGHWAY 95. |
| Jul 14, 7:42 PM MDT | DEBRIS FLOW | 3 S White Bird, ID | LARGE ENOUGH THAT DOT WAS CALLED IN TO REMOVE ROCK SLIDE AT MILEMARKER 221 ON HIGHWAY 95. |
| Jul 14, 7:50 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | Slate Creek, ID | BROKEN TREE BRANCHES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 3149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
164 WWUS85 KBOI 122021 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 221 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TODAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES IDAHO 418 AND 419... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES...WHICH INCLUDES BURNS BLM...VALE BLM...NORTHERN BOISE BLM...PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES OREGON 636 AND 637...AND IDAHO 400 THROUGH 404... 408...418...AND 419... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND FRIDAY. MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL FIRST REACH WESTERN TWIN FALLS AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS ZONES AND THOSE ZONES WILL BE THE ONLY ONES COVERED BY THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. IDZ418-419-131500- /O.UPG.KBOI.FW.A.0007.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOI.FW.W.0013.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120713T0300Z/ WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-OWYHEE MOUNTAINS- 221 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 418 AND 419... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 418 AND 419... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BRING LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. && $$ IDZ400>404-408-ORZ636-637-131500- /O.UPG.KBOI.FW.A.0007.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOI.FW.W.0013.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ NORTHERN BOISE BLM-WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST- EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST-TREASURE VALLEY-BURNS BLM-VALE BLM- 221 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2012 /121 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TO 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR NORTHERN BOISE BLM... WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY...BURNS BLM AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 400...401...402...403...404...408...636 AND 637... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TO 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION MIDDAY FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ L
8 follow-up statements
980 WWUS85 KBOI 122049 CCA RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 247 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TODAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES IDAHO 418 AND 419... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES...WHICH INCLUDES BURNS BLM...VALE BLM...NORTHERN BOISE BLM...PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES OREGON 636 AND 637...AND IDAHO 400 THROUGH 404... 408...418...AND 419... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND FRIDAY. MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL FIRST REACH WESTERN TWIN FALLS AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS ZONES AND THOSE ZONES WILL BE THE ONLY ONES COVERED BY THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. IDZ418-419-131545- /O.UPG.KBOI.FW.A.0007.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOI.FW.W.0013.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120713T0300Z/ WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-OWYHEE MOUNTAINS- 247 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 418 AND 419... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 418 AND 419... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BRING LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. && $$ IDZ400>404-408-ORZ636-637-131545- /O.UPG.KBOI.FW.A.0007.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ /O.COR.KBOI.FW.W.0013.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ NORTHERN BOISE BLM-WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST- EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST-TREASURE VALLEY-BURNS BLM-VALE BLM- 247 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2012 /147 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TO 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR NORTHERN BOISE BLM... WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY...BURNS BLM AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 400...401...402...403...404...408...636 AND 637... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TO 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BETTER CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION BY THE EVENING HOURS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ L
222 WWUS85 KBOI 130236 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 836 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED FOR LIGHTNING TODAY FOR WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES IDAHO 418 AND 419... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES...WHICH INCLUDES BURNS BLM...VALE BLM...NORTHERN BOISE BLM...PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST... BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY...WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES OREGON 636 AND 637...AND IDAHO 400 THROUGH 404... 408...418...AND 419... .MOISTURE WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING RESULTING IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN IDAHO. INITIAL STORMS MAY BE DRY WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WHICH MAY START NEW FIRES...BUT LATER STORMS WILL BRING RAIN AND INCREASED HUMIDITY AS DEEPER MOISTURE ARRIVES FROM THE SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AS AN UPPER LEVEL PACIFIC TROUGH COMES INLAND OVER WASHINGTON. THIS TROUGH WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IDZ418-419-131300- /O.CAN.KBOI.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120713T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0013.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-OWYHEE MOUNTAINS- 836 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LIGHTNING TODAY FOR WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 418 AND 419... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE CONTINUES A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MORE STRONGLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INITIAL STORMS MAY BE DRY WITH GUSTY WINDS BUT LATER STORMS FRIDAY EVENING WILL BRING RAIN AND HIGHER HUMIDITY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. ABUNDANT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. && 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. && $$ IDZ400>404-408-ORZ636-637-131300- /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0013.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ NORTHERN BOISE BLM-WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST- EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST-TREASURE VALLEY-BURNS BLM-VALE BLM- 836 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2012 /736 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TO 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR NORTHERN BOISE BLM...WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY...BURNS BLM AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 400...401...402...403...404...408...636 AND 637... * THUNDERSTORMS...CHANCE OF STORMS SPREADING SOUTH TO NORTH WITH GUSTY WINDS BUT LITTLE OR NO RAIN AT FIRST. LATER STORMS SHOULD BRING RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ L
434 WWUS85 KBOI 131149 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 549 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES...WHICH INCLUDES BURNS BLM...VALE BLM...NORTHERN BOISE BLM...PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST... BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY...WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES OREGON 636 AND 637...AND IDAHO 400 THROUGH 404...408...418...AND 419... .MOISTURE WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING RESULTING IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN IDAHO. INITIAL STORMS MAY BE DRY WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WHICH MAY START NEW FIRES...BUT LATER STORMS WILL BRING RAIN AND INCREASED HUMIDITY AS DEEPER MOISTURE ARRIVES FROM THE SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AS AN UPPER LEVEL PACIFIC TROUGH COMES INLAND OVER WASHINGTON. THIS TROUGH WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IDZ400>404-408-418-419-ORZ636-637-132130- /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0013.120713T1800Z-120714T0300Z/ NORTHERN BOISE BLM-WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST- EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST-TREASURE VALLEY- WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-OWYHEE MOUNTAINS-BURNS BLM-VALE BLM- 549 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 /449 AM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR NORTHERN BOISE BLM...WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST... SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY...WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...BURNS BLM AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 400...401...402...403...404...408...418... 419...636 AND 637... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT /11 AM PDT/ TODAY TO 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS BUT WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN AT FIRST. STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD BE WETTER. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 40 MPH. 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. && $$ L
712 WWUS85 KBOI 132022 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 222 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES...WHICH INCLUDES BURNS BLM...VALE BLM...NORTHERN BOISE BLM...PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST... BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY...WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES OREGON 636 AND 637...AND IDAHO 400 THROUGH 404...408...418...AND 419... ...RED FLAG WARNING EXTENDED IN TIME THROUGH 8PM PDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE BURNS AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE OREGON FIRES ZONES 636 AND 637... A DEEP PLUME OF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHWARD FROM THE GREAT BASIN BRINGING ABUNDANT SHOWERS AND WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTO IDAHO. MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SEATTLE AREA WILL DRIFT EAST BRINGING STRONGER DYNAMICS AND ASSOCIATED WIND FIELDS TO SOUTHEAST OREGON WHICH WILL ALSO INTERACT WITH THE MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME OVER IDAHO. STORMS MAY BE A HYBRID MIX OF BOTH WET AND DRY...BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY CAUSE NEW FIRES ON ALREADY DRY FUELS AND EXISTING FIRES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM BUT NOT THE INTENSE HEAT OF A DAY OR TWO AGO. ORZ636-637-141200- /O.EXT.KBOI.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120715T0300Z/ BURNS BLM-VALE BLM- 222 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 /122 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ SATURDAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR BURNS BLM AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 636 AND 637... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ SATURDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS BUT WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN AT FIRST. STORMS ON SATURDAY WILL BE WETTER AS THE AIR MASS SLOWLY MOISTENS UP UNDER THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE MONSOON PLUME. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. 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. && $$ IDZ400>404-408-418-419-140300- /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120714T0300Z/ NORTHERN BOISE BLM-WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST- EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST-TREASURE VALLEY- WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-OWYHEE MOUNTAINS- 222 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR NORTHERN BOISE BLM...WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY...WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 400...401...402...403...404...408...418 AND 419... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SOME RAINFALL. THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOISTEN UP ON SATURDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL HEAVY RAIN. MOST AREAS WILL NOT SEE THIS HOWEVER. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. 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. && $$ L
531 WWUS85 KBOI 140249 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 849 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 8PM PDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE BURNS AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE OREGON FIRES ZONES 636 AND 637... UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL DRIFT EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN OREGON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL BRING INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AREAS CLOSEST TO THE LOW. MOST STORMS WILL BE WET BUT SOME MAY START NEW FIRES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN AREAS WHERE FUELS ARE DRIEST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. IDZ400>404-408-418-419-140400- /O.EXP.KBOI.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120714T0300Z/ NORTHERN BOISE BLM-WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST- EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST-TREASURE VALLEY- WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-OWYHEE MOUNTAINS- 849 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR NORTHERN BOISE BLM...WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...TREASURE VALLEY...WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 400...401...402...403...404...408...418 AND 419... THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. $$ ORZ636-637-141300- /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120715T0300Z/ BURNS BLM-VALE BLM- 849 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2012 /749 PM PDT FRI JUL 13 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ SATURDAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR BURNS BLM AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 636 AND 637... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ SATURDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING SOUTH TO NORTH WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS BUT LITTLE IF ANY RAIN TONIGHT. STORMS ON SATURDAY WILL BE WETTER AS THE AIR MASS MOISTENS UP UNDER THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE MONSOON PLUME. STRONGEST STORMS WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. 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. && $$ L
285 WWUS85 KBOI 141251 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 651 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 8PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE BURNS AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE OREGON FIRES ZONES 636 AND 637... UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL DRIFT EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN OREGON TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL BRING INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AREAS CLOSEST TO THE LOW. MOST STORMS WILL BE WET BUT SOME MAY START NEW FIRES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN AREAS WHERE FUELS ARE DRIEST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. ORZ636-637-142100- /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120715T0300Z/ BURNS BLM-VALE BLM- 651 AM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 /551 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR BURNS BLM AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 636 AND 637... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /8 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTH AND WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS IN THE SOUTH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAY LAST INTO THE EVENING. STORMS WILL NOT BE AS DRY AS YESTERDAY BECAUSE MONSOONAL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE NORTH TODAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ L
115 WWUS85 KBOI 141943 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 143 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MDT /MIDNIGHT PDT/ SUNDAY FOR LIGHTNING FOR BURNS BLM AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 636 AND 637... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MDT /MIDNIGHT PDT/ SUNDAY. ORZ636-637-150700- /O.EXT.KBOI.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120715T0700Z/ BURNS BLM-VALE BLM- 143 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012 /1243 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012/ * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTH AND WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS IN THE SOUTH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF STORMS SUSTAINING OVERNIGHT. STORMS WILL NOT BE AS DRY AS YESTERDAY BECAUSE MONSOONAL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED...THUS HAIL...LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALL LIKELY WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND CLOSED LOW APPROACHES. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. 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. && $$ L
487 WWUS85 KBOI 150646 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 1246 AM MDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM MDT /MIDNIGHT PDT/... ORZ636-637-150800- /O.EXP.KBOI.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120715T0700Z/ BURNS BLM-VALE BLM- 1246 AM MDT SUN JUL 15 2012 /1146 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM MDT /MIDNIGHT PDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING FOR LIGHTNING FOR BURNS BLM AND VALE BLM...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 636 AND 637... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM MDT /MIDNIGHT PDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING. STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 1 AM MDT /MIDNIGHT PDT. $$ L
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.