Wildfire, Blaine
- When
- September 21, 8:00 AM MST to September 23, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Blaine County, 1 mi E of Gannett
- Reported by
- INSURANCE COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 43.412, -113.980 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Idaho, September 21 to 23, 2003
1000 acre Gannett fire burned sage and grass. No structural damage.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
1000 acre Gannett fire burned sage and grass. No structural damage.
What forecasters said that day
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 Sep 21, 2:00 AM MST, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 2:00 AM MST, 6 hours before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 300 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2003 A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT EXTENDING INTO SOUTHEAST IDAHO. JET STREAM REMAINS WELL TO THE NORTH AS WELL AS ANY EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW RESULTING IN A CONTINUED DRY FORECAST WITH A SLIGHT WARMING TREND. LATEST GFS RUN LOOKS TO BE THE MOST REASONABLE RUN WE HAVE SEEN FOR SEVERAL DAYS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AROUND 135W WITH NO CLEAR PROGRESSION. SURVICK KSFX...OPERATIONAL...VCP 32. .PIH....NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 4:00 AM MST, 4 hours before
IDZ017>023-031-032-220000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 500 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... TRAINED SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR OTHER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in U.S. Virgin Islands, September 21, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, September 21, 2003
- High Surf in Florida, September 21 to 22, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 21, 2003
- Wildfire in Oregon, September 21 to 23, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 21, 2003
- Wildfire in California, September 21 to 23, 2003
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 21, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, September 21, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, September 21, 2003
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 21, 2003
- Hail in Missouri, September 21, 2003
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, September 2003
Sources
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: 5337646.