Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Jul 11, 2012, 4:05 AM MDT for 16 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 11, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 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
- Jul 11, 2012, 4:05 AM MDT (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 11, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2012, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
Counties Bannock County, ID, Bear Lake County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Clark County, ID, Custer County, ID, Franklin County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Madison County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID, Teton County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
523 WWUS85 KPIH 111005 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 405 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT TO 9 PM MDT TODAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONES 410...411 BELOW 6000 FEET...412 BELOW 5500 FEET...413 BELOW 6000 FEET...AND 476 BELOW 6000 FEET... IDZ410-112215- /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0013.120711T1500Z-120712T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- 405 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONE 410... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF 3 OR BETTER ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: MIXED WET AND DRY STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT STORM MOVEMENT MAY BE TOO QUICK TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER AN AREA. AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH CAN GENERALLY BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS MAY MAKE FIGHTING AN ESTABLISHED FIRE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$ IDZ412-112215- /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0013.120711T1500Z-120712T0300Z/ GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF- 405 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONE 412 BELOW 5500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 5500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 412 GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF BELOW 5500 FEET. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF 3 OR BETTER ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: MIXED WET AND DRY STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT STORM MOVEMENT MAY BE TOO QUICK TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER AN AREA. AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH CAN GENERALLY BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS MAY MAKE FIGHTING AN ESTABLISHED FIRE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$ IDZ411-413-476-112215- /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0013.120711T1500Z-120712T0300Z/ CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF- CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF-LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 405 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 411...413 AND 476 BELOW 6000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 411 CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF BELOW 6000 FEET...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF BELOW 6000 FEET...FIRE ZONE 476 LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF BELOW 6000 FEET. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF 3 OR BETTER ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: MIXED WET AND DRY STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT STORM MOVEMENT MAY BE TOO QUICK TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER AN AREA. AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH CAN GENERALLY BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS MAY MAKE FIGHTING AN ESTABLISHED FIRE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
2 follow-up statements
888 WWUS85 KPIH 111440 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 840 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT TO 9 PM MDT TODAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONES 409...410...411 BELOW 6000 FEET...412 BELOW 5500 FEET...413 BELOW 6000 FEET...476 BELOW 6000 FEET...AND 477 BELOW 6500 FEET... IDZ409-120300- /O.EXA.KPIH.FW.W.0013.120711T1500Z-120712T0300Z/ MIDDLE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/TWIN FALLS BLM- 840 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONE 409... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 409 MIDDLE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/TWIN FALLS BLM. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF 3 OR BETTER ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: MIXED WET AND DRY STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT STORM MOVEMENT MAY BE TOO QUICK TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER AN AREA. AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH CAN GENERALLY BEEXPECTED. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS MAY MAKE FIGHTING AN ESTABLISHED FIRE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$ IDZ477-120300- /O.EXA.KPIH.FW.W.0013.120711T1500Z-120712T0300Z/ SAWTOOTH RANGE/NORTHERN SAWTOOTH NF- 840 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONE 477 BELOW 6500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 477 SAWTOOTH RANGE/NORTHERN SAWTOOTH NF BELOW 6500 FEET. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF 3 OR BETTER ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: MIXED WET AND DRY STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT STORM MOVEMENT MAY BE TOO QUICK TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER AN AREA. AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH CAN GENERALLY BEEXPECTED. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS MAY MAKE FIGHTING AN ESTABLISHED FIRE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$ IDZ410-120300- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0013.120711T1500Z-120712T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- 840 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONE 410... * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF 3 OR BETTER ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: MIXED WET AND DRY STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT STORM MOVEMENT MAY BE TOO QUICK TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER AN AREA. AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH CAN GENERALLY BEEXPECTED. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS MAY MAKE FIGHTING AN ESTABLISHED FIRE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$ IDZ412-120300- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0013.120711T1500Z-120712T0300Z/ GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF- 840 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONE 412 BELOW 5500 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 412 GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF BELOW 5500 FEET. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF 3 OR BETTER ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: MIXED WET AND DRY STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT STORM MOVEMENT MAY BE TOO QUICK TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER AN AREA. AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH CAN GENERALLY BEEXPECTED. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS MAY MAKE FIGHTING AN ESTABLISHED FIRE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$ IDZ411-413-476-120300- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0013.120711T1500Z-120712T0300Z/ CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF- CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF-LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 840 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 411... 413 AND 476 BELOW 6000 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 411 CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF BELOW 6000 FEET...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF BELOW 6000 FEET...FIRE ZONE 476 LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF BELOW 6000 FEET. * TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS: LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF 3 OR BETTER ARE EXPECTED. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * PRECIPITATION: MIXED WET AND DRY STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT STORM MOVEMENT MAY BE TOO QUICK TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER AN AREA. AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH CAN GENERALLY BEEXPECTED. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS MAY MAKE FIGHTING AN ESTABLISHED FIRE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
149 WWUS85 KPIH 120245 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 845 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 IDZ409>413-476-477-120345- /O.CAN.KPIH.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120712T0300Z/ MIDDLE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/TWIN FALLS BLM- UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF- GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF- CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF-LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- SAWTOOTH RANGE/NORTHERN SAWTOOTH NF- 845 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 409 410 411 412 413 476 477... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO AGAIN ON THURSDAY...AND A RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA AFFECTED TODAY. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 5:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Oneida | 26 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.