1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 3, 8:40 AM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 940 AM MDT SAT AUG 3 2002 LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. TWO EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES IN SOUTHWEST FLOW TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST IDAHO TODAY. FIRST CAUSING SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS IN CASSIA COUNTY. ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES ALSO REPORTED NEAR SUN VALLEY. THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE POCATELLO AND IDAHO FALLS AREA OVER THE NEXT 4 TO 5 HOURS. SECOND DISTURBANCE IN WESTERN NEVADA WILL REACH FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING MOVING FROM TWIN FALLS AREA TO ISLAND PARK BETWEEN 600 PM AND MIDNIGHT. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MEASURABLE RAIN REPORTED SO FAR. EMBEDDED FEATURES SUPPORTED BY CAPE 200 TO 600 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME SPEED DIVERGENCE ALOFT THAT APPEARS TO INCREASE AS JET SKIRTS ALONG THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA. TOWARDS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT H3 65KT JET MAX ALSO MOVES UP THROUGH CENTRAL NEVADA. OMEGA FIELD ALSO STRETCHED BETWEEN TWIN FALLS AND ISLAND PARK TODAY. NO UPDATES AT THIS TIME. SURVICK .KSFX...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21. BYI 87/57/85/54 3422 .PIH...NONE. PIH EB 085/055 086/054 088 07342
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Horse Butte wildfire burned more than 12,000 acres in mountains southeast of Burley. No damage to property.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, August 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5314223.