Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Jun 28, 2012, 3:27 AM MDT for 14 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jun 28, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 28, 2012, 3:27 AM MDT (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2012, 9:00 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, 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 09:30 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, 9.5 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
- 3827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
218 WWUS85 KPIH 280927 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 327 AM MDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONES 410...412 BELOW 5500 FEET...AND 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... .GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS AND ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR TO PRODUCE EXPLOSIVE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IDZ410-290300- /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0005.120628T1800Z-120629T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- 327 AM MDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY 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 NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM. * TIMING: LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND: 30 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY. * HUMIDITY: 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID RATES OF SPREAD ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ IDZ412-290300- /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0005.120628T1800Z-120629T0300Z/ GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF- 327 AM MDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONE 412 BELOW 5500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 5500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 412 GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF BELOW 5500 FEET. * TIMING: LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND: 25 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY. * HUMIDITY: 4 TO 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID RATES OF SPREAD ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ IDZ413-290300- /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0005.120628T1800Z-120629T0300Z/ CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF- 327 AM MDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF BELOW 6000 FEET. * TIMING: LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND: 25 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY. * HUMIDITY: 8 TO 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS: EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID RATES OF SPREAD ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ VALLE
1 follow-up statement
773 WWUS85 KPIH 290301 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 901 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONES 410 AND 412 BELOW 5500 FEET AND FIRE ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... IDZ410-290415- /O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120629T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- 901 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONE 410... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND HUMIDITY IS ON THE RISE ACROSS THE AREA. $$ IDZ412-290415- /O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120629T0300Z/ GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF- 901 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONE 412 BELOW 5500 FEET... THE RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 5500 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND HUMIDITY IS ON THE RISE ACROSS THE AREA. $$ IDZ413-290415- /O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120629T0300Z/ CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF- 901 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... THE RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND HUMIDITY IS ON THE RISE ACROSS THE AREA. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
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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.