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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 25, 20217 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Jun 25, 2021, 2:15 AM MDT for 7 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jun 25, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2021, 2:15 AM MDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 25, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 25, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Bannock County, ID, Bear Lake County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Franklin County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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 was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 1:32 PM MDTDEBRIS FLOW6 Sse Cherry Creek, IDPUBLIC PROVIDED VIDEO OF A DEBRIS FLOW ACROSS BOTH NORTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 15 JUST NORTH OF THE UTAH BORDER WITH WATER, MUD, AND LOGS ON THE ROADWAY FROM THUNDERSTORM RUNOFF. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR AND TIME OF VIDEO SUBMISSION.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2021-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2021-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

210 
WWUS85 KPIH 250815
RFWPIH

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
215 AM MDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 413...

IDZ413-252100-
/O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0007.210625T1800Z-210626T0300Z/
Caribou Range/Caribou NF-
215 AM MDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 413...

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Red Flag
Warning for scattered thunderstorms, which is in effect from noon
today to 9 PM MDT this evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 413 Caribou Range/Caribou NF.

* IMPACTS...Scattered thunderstorms will produce lightning and
  gusty erratic winds. A mix of wet and dry thunderstorms is
  forecast, with some producing wetting rains over one quarter of
  an inch.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusts over 35 mph possible. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly based on these criteria
for Southeastern Idaho:

- Relative humidity at or below 15 percent and wind gusts of at
least 25 mph in the mountains, or 30 mph in the Snake Plain.

- Thunderstorm coverage of 25 percent, without specific rainfall
criteria.

- Other high impact events deemed critical by the National
Weather Service and area fire management agencies.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
010 
WWUS85 KPIH 252046
RFWPIH

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
246 PM MDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 413...

IDZ413-260300-
/O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210626T0300Z/
Caribou Range/Caribou NF-
246 PM MDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 413...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 413 Caribou Range/Caribou NF.

* IMPACTS...Scattered thunderstorms will produce lightning and 
  gusty erratic winds. A mix of wet and dry thunderstorms is 
  forecast, with some producing wetting rains over one quarter 
  of an inch.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...Gusts over 35 mph possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly based on these criteria
for Southeastern Idaho:

- Relative humidity at or below 15 percent and wind gusts of at
least 25 mph in the mountains, or 30 mph in the Snake Plain.

- Thunderstorm coverage of 25 percent, without specific rainfall
criteria.

- Other high impact events deemed critical by the National
Weather Service and area fire management agencies.

&&

$$
354 
WWUS85 KPIH 260245
RFWPIH

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
845 PM MDT Fri Jun 25 2021

IDZ413-260345-
/O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210626T0300Z/
Caribou Range/Caribou NF-
845 PM MDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR  
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 413...

Thunderstorm activity has diminished and any remaining
precipiation would consist of some isolated showers. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 12:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake56 min
Jun 25, 1:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHTeton49 min
Jun 25, 1:59 PM MDTLake Wind AdvisoryPIHBannock, Bingham, Power31 hr
Jun 25, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHPower43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.