Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Jun 25, 2012, 3:42 AM MDT for 14 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jun 25, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 25, 2012, 3:42 AM MDT (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 25, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 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, Franklin County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Madison County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID, Teton County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 4556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
846 WWUS85 KPIH 250942 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 342 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM TODAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN SOUTHEAST ZONE 410... .VERY DRY AIR AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE UPPER SNAKE PLAIN OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO TODAY AS THE LOW NEAR THE OREGON COAST BEGINS TO MOVE INLAND. THE LOW WILL TRACK THROUGH THE IDAHO PAN HANDLE ON TUESDAY...THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT PASSING THE SNAKE PLAIN NEAR SUN RISE TUESDAY. IDZ410-252200- /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0004.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- 342 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONE 410... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM. * TIMING: 11 AM MDT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WIND: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 8 TO 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
2 follow-up statements
858 WWUS85 KPIH 251553 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 953 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM TODAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO ZONES 410 AND PORTIONS OF 413 BELOW 6000 FT... .VERY DRY AIR AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE UPPER SNAKE PLAIN OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO TODAY AS THE LOW NEAR THE OREGON COAST BEGINS TO MOVE INLAND. THE LOW WILL TRACK THROUGH THE IDAHO PAN HANDLE ON TUESDAY...THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT PASSING THE SNAKE PLAIN NEAR SUN RISE TUESDAY. IDZ413-260300- /O.EXA.KPIH.FW.W.0004.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF- 953 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF FIRE ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 413 IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND VERY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ADJOINING VALLEYS INCLUDING POCATELLO AND VICINITY BELOW 6000 FT. * TIMING: 11 AM MDT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WIND: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 8 TO 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ410-260300- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0004.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- 953 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE 410... * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM. * TIMING: 11 AM MDT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WIND: SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 8 TO 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID RATES OF SPREAD. 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. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
808 WWUS85 KPIH 260241 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 841 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 410 AND 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... IDZ410-413-260345- /O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120626T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM-CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF- 841 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 410 AND 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 410 AND 413 BELOW 6000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING. LOCALIZE SPOTS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. HUMIDITIES IN MANY AREAS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 PERCENT AS WELL UNTIL WE GET LATER INTO THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS ARE COMING TO AN END. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:17 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | PIH | 30 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.