1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Boise, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 15, 2:45 PM MST, 15 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST IDAHO/SOUTHEAST OREGON AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE IDAHO 345 PM MDT MON JUL 15 2002 AFTERNOON CONVECTION ALREADY IN PLACE OVER SOUTHWEST ID LIFTING NORTH-NORTHEAST INTO MT. UPPER LEVEL S/WV WEST CENTRAL NV AT 20Z TO LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST ID AND SUPPLY NEEDED DYNAMICS TO DEEP MONSOONAL MOISTURE BAND MAINLY OVER SOUTHWEST ID ZONES. SOUTHEAST ORE ZONES DRIER THAN SUN AND DIURNAL CONVECTION THOSE AREAS LESS THAN SOUTHWEST ID. AS OF 21Z STORM SPOTTER CALLS AROUND SOUTHWEST ID ONLY SHOWING SOME LIGHT RAIN/SMALL HAIL/LITTLE WIND WITH THESE PASSING CELLS. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CELL AROUND SOUTHERN UT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT MONSOONAL MOISTURE NORTH THROUGH EASTERN NV/UT INTO EASTERN HALF OF ID TUE/WED FOR HIGHEST POPS EASTERN ZONES/LOWER POPS SOUTHEAST ORE ZONES. H7 THETA-E RIDGE AXIS LIES ACROSS CENTRAL MOUNTAINS FOR SLIGHT CHANCE OF DIURNAL CONVECTION NORTHERN ZONES. TEMPS LITTLE CHANGED FROM TODAY...REMAINING NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. IN EXTENDED PERIOD MODELS AGREE TO KEEP L/WV HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS OVER NORTH AMERICAN ROCKIES AND SHALLOW L/WV TROUGH IN GULF OF ALASKA THROUGH FRI/SAT. THIS KEEPS PACIFIC STORM TRACK WELL NORTH OF CWFA ALONG CANADIAN BORDER WITH LITTLE AFFECT FROM PASSING S/WVS. WEAK SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER CWFA WILL KEEP DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONAL TEMPS IN MOST OF CWFA. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN JUST EAST OF CWFA BUT WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY IF IT SHIFTS ONLY SLIGHTLY WEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ID. PARKER .BOI...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Mahogany Mountain Fire rapidly spread from 2000 to over 14,000 acres due to strong winds on July 15th, spreading to over 41,000 acres before being contained on July 21st. No structures were lost. Total cost of fighting the fire was $1.0 million.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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