Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Jul 2, 2012, 2:04 PM MDT for 16 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 3, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 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 2, 2012, 2:04 PM MDT (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 3, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 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 20:08 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 12:00Z, 8.1 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
603 WWUS85 KPIH 022004 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 204 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONE 476 BELOW 6000 FEET... ZONE 410...AND ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH IDAHO TUESDAY MORNING AND BRING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITY TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. IDZ410-030815- /O.UPG.KPIH.FW.A.0004.120703T1600Z-120704T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0007.120703T1600Z-120704T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- 204 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THROUGH 9 PM TUESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD 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. && $$ IDZ413-476-030815- /O.UPG.KPIH.FW.A.0004.120703T1600Z-120704T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0007.120703T1600Z-120704T0300Z/ CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF-LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 204 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF BELOW 6000 FEET. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM THROUGH 9 PM TUESDAY. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && MESSICK $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
4 follow-up statements
227 WWUS85 KPIH 022053 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 253 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONE 476 BELOW 6000 FEET... ZONE 410...AND ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH IDAHO TUESDAY MORNING AND BRING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITY TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. IDZ410-031100- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0007.120703T1600Z-120704T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- 253 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND... * AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THROUGH 9 PM TUESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD 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. && $$ IDZ413-476-031100- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0007.120703T1600Z-120704T0300Z/ CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF-LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 253 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND BELOW 6000 FEET ELEVATION... * AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF BELOW 6000 FEET. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM THROUGH 9 PM TUESDAY. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && MESSICK $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
044 WWUS85 KPIH 030927 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 327 AM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONE 476 BELOW 6000 FEET... ZONE 410...AND ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH IDAHO THIS MORNING AND BRING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITY TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. IDZ410-032200- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0007.120703T1600Z-120704T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- 327 AM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND... * AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THROUGH 9 PM TUESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD 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. && $$ IDZ413-476-032200- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0007.120703T1600Z-120704T0300Z/ CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF-LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 327 AM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND BELOW 6000 FEET ELEVATION... * AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF BELOW 6000 FEET. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM THROUGH 9 PM TUESDAY. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
252 WWUS85 KPIH 031949 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 149 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONE 476 BELOW 6000 FEET... ZONE 410...AND ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASSED THROUGH IDAHO THIS MORNING AND BRING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITY...TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. IDZ410-040300- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120704T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM- 149 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND... * AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 410 UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM TONIGHT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD 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. && $$ IDZ413-476-040300- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120704T0300Z/ CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF-LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 149 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND BELOW 6000 FEET ELEVATION... * AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF BELOW 6000 FEET. * TIMING...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM THROUGH 9 PM TUESDAY. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
970 WWUS85 KPIH 040312 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 912 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONE 476 BELOW 6000 FEET... ZONE 410...AND ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRED. CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED ACROSS THE AREA EXCEPT FOR A FEW SITES ACROSS 476...THOUGH CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. IDZ410-413-476-040415- /O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120704T0300Z/ UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM-CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF- LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 912 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONE 476 BELOW 6000 FEET... ZONE 410...AND ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ 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 2, 1:56 PM MDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PIH | 28 hr |
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.