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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 27, 20214 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Jul 27, 2021, 2:05 AM MDT for 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 27, 2021, 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 27, 2021, 2:05 AM MDT (08:05 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 27, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 27, 2021, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Custer County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Valley County, ID

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2021-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2021-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-379 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3421 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

341 
WWUS85 KPIH 270805
RFWPIH

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
205 AM MDT Tue Jul 27 2021

IDZ475-271615-
/O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0022.210727T2000Z-210728T0400Z/
East Salmon River Mountains/Salmon NF-
205 AM MDT Tue Jul 27 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 475...

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Red Flag
Warning for scattered thunderstorms, which is in effect from 2 PM
this afternoon to 10 PM MDT this evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 475 East Salmon River 
  Mountains/Salmon NF.

* IMPACTS...Scattered dry-thunderstorms may produce new fire
  starts as well as gusty and erratic winds.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph are possible near
  thunderstorms.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are expected to develop. 

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
338 
WWUS85 KPIH 271748
RFWPIH

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
1148 AM MDT Tue Jul 27 2021

IDZ475-280400-
/O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0022.210727T2000Z-210728T0400Z/
East Salmon River Mountains/Salmon NF-
1148 AM MDT Tue Jul 27 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 475...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 475 East Salmon River 
  Mountains/Salmon NF.

* IMPACTS...Scattered dry-thunderstorms may produce new fire 
  starts as well as gusty and erratic winds.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph are possible near 
  thunderstorms.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are expected to develop.

&&

$$
948 
WWUS85 KPIH 280407
RFWPIH

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
1007 PM MDT Tue Jul 27 2021


IDZ475-280515-
/O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210728T0400Z/
East Salmon River Mountains/Salmon NF-
1007 PM MDT Tue Jul 27 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR 
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 475...

Thunderstorm activity has ended across the East Salmon River
Mountain region. Therefore the Red Flag Warning has been allowed
to expire. Showers and thunderstorms are expected each day for the
rest of the week, with locally heavy rainfall possible. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 3:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHCassia3 hr
Jul 27, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake44 min
Jul 27, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake48 min
Jul 27, 4:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHBear Lake, Franklin115 min

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.