Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Jul 26, 2016, 1:57 AM MDT for 10 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 26, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 26, 2016, 1:57 AM MDT (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 26, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
Counties Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Clark County, ID, Custer County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Madison County, ID, Teton County, ID, Valley County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
775 WWUS85 KPIH 260757 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 157 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 475...476 AND ZONE 411... IDZ475-476-262100- /O.UPG.KPIH.FW.A.0004.160726T2000Z-160727T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0007.160726T2000Z-160727T0400Z/ EAST SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS/SALMON NF- LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 157 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 475 AND 476... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 475 AND 476. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AROUND 2 PM AND CONTINUING THROUGH 10 PM MDT. * PRECIPITATION: GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.10 INCHES. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTS OF 40 T0 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. FIRES MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID RATES OF GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$ IDZ411-262100- /O.UPG.KPIH.FW.A.0004.160726T2000Z-160727T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0007.160726T2000Z-160727T0400Z/ CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF- 157 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 411... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 411...PRIMARILY THE CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS FROM MONIDA PASS EASTWARD THROUGH ISLAND PARK. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AROUND 2 PM AND CONTINUING THROUGH 10 MPH MDT. * PRECIPITATION: GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.10 INCHES. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. FIRES MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID RATES OF GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$
2 follow-up statements
228 WWUS85 KPIH 262006 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 206 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 475...476 AND ZONE 411... IDZ475-476-270400- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160727T0400Z/ EAST SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS/SALMON NF- LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 206 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 475 AND 476... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 475 AND 476. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 10 PM MDT. * PRECIPITATION: GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.10 INCHES. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTS OF 40 T0 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. FIRES MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID RATES OF GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$ IDZ411-270400- /O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160727T0400Z/ CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF- 206 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 411... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 411...PRIMARILY THE CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS FROM MONIDA PASS EASTWARD THROUGH ISLAND PARK. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH 10 MPH MDT. * PRECIPITATION: GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.10 INCHES. * OUTFLOW WINDS: GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. FIRES MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID RATES OF GROWTH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO. && $$
954 WWUS85 KPIH 270343 RFWPIH URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 943 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 411...475 AND 476... IDZ475-476-270445- /O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160727T0400Z/ EAST SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS/SALMON NF- LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF- 943 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 475 AND 476... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. $$ IDZ411-270445- /O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160727T0400Z/ CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF- 943 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 411... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS AND FAR WESTERN WYOMING. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OR STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bear Lake, Caribou | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.