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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 10, 201322 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Aug 10, 2013, 3:54 AM MDT for 22 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 10, 2013, 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: Aug 10, 2013, 3:54 AM MDT (09:54 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 10, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 10, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID

All 22 counties

Bannock County, ID, Bear Lake County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Boise County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Clark County, ID, Custer County, ID, Franklin County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Madison County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID, Teton County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID, Valley County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Aug 10, 3:30 AM MDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:30 AM MDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 5:04 AM MDT, 22 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
504 AM MDT FRI AUG 9 2013

IDZ017>025-031-032-101115-
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-
CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-
BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI-
504 AM MDT FRI AUG 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE THREAT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HAS PROMPTED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE ZONES 475 AND 476. GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY HAS RESULTED IN A RED FLAG WARNING
FOR FIRE ZONES 413...422 AND 427.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HIGHER FIRE
RISK OVER THE WEEKEND. A RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR MOST
OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY
INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL...
EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE
FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR
208-233-0834.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 3:54 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PIH	Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Boise, Bonneville and 16 more	24 hr
Aug 10, 1:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bear Lake	46 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2013 Every red flag warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.