Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 37, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Sep 1, 2012, 1:18 PM MDT for 16 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 9 hr. 2 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
- Sep 1, 2012, 1:18 PM MDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 5:30 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Sw American Falls, ID | ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS...HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE WAS REPORTED ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. TIME WAS APPROXIMATED USING RADAR DATA. |
| Sep 1, 5:50 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 W American Falls, ID | IDAHO POWER LOST THREE 60+ FOOT TOWERS NEAR RAST ROAD IN AMERICAN FALLS DUE TO THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
313 WWUS85 KPIH 011918 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 118 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 .....RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONES 410...411...412...413 AND 476. IDZ410>413-476-020400- /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0037.120901T1918Z-120902T0400Z/ 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- 118 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 410...411... 412...413 AND 476... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM...FIRE ZONE 411 CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF...FIRE ZONE 412 GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF...FIRE ZONE 476 LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF. * TIMING:THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST THROUGH 10 PM MDT TONIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED IN COVERAGE * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * PRECIPITATION: STORMS WILL PRODUCE ABOUT ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. * IMPACTS: NEW FIRE STARTS ARE LIKELY FROM LIGHTNING. GUSTY WINDS COULD SPREAD EXISTING FIRES IN AN UNEXPECTED DIRECTION. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
1 follow-up statement
738 WWUS85 KPIH 020340 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 940 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 410...411... 412...413 AND 476... IDZ410>413-476-020445- /O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120902T0400Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF- GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF- CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF-LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 940 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 410...411... 412...413 AND 476... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM...FIRE ZONE 411 CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF...FIRE ZONE 412 GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF...FIRE ZONE 476 LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO FOR TODAY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE ON TIME. $$ 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 31, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Minidoka | 56 min |
| Aug 31, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 67 min |
| Aug 31, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 64 min |
| Aug 31, 6:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 63 min |
| Aug 31, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 7:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 65 min |
| Aug 31, 8:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia, Minidoka, Power | 88 min |
| Aug 31, 8:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Aug 31, 8:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 9:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 46 min |
| Aug 31, 9:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Jefferson | 67 min |
| Aug 31, 9:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Blaine, Cassia, Lincoln, Minidoka, Oneida, Power | 48 min |
| Aug 31, 10:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock, Franklin, Oneida, Power | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Franklin | 54 min |
| Sep 1, 3:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia, Minidoka | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 3:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Cassia, Minidoka | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 4:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Blaine, Cassia, Minidoka, Power | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Cassia, Power | 64 min |
| Sep 1, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Clark | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 5:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Bannock, Power | 116 min |
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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.