Wildfire, Clark
- When
- September 28, 9:00 AM MST to September 29, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Clark County, 12 mi NW of Dubois
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 44.284, -112.351 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Idaho, September 28 to 29, 2003
400 acre East fork fire burned grass, sage and cottonwoods. No structural damage reported.
Where it happened
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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.
400 acre East fork fire burned grass, sage and cottonwoods. No structural damage reported.
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 28, 9:00 AM MST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 9:00 AM MST, 0 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 1000 AM MDT SUN SEP 28 2003 WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUES UNDER BLOCKING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SITUATED OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS PATTERN SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK. 12Z ETA CONTINUES TO SHOW BACK DOOR FRONT SLIDING INTO THE UPPER MID WEST WITH TAIL OF FRONT BRUSHING ALONG THE DIVIDE MONDAY NIGHT. STILL LOOKS DRY FOR THIS AREA WITH A 3 TO 4 DEGREE COOLING EFFECT ON TEMPERATURES. NO UPDATES. SURVICK .KSFX...OPERATIONAL...VCP 32. .PIH....NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 4:45 AM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
IDZ017>023-031-032-290000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 545 AM MDT SUN SEP 28 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
- Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, September 28, 2003
- Tornado in New York, September 28, 2003
- Flash Flood in Connecticut, September 28, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, September 28, 2003
- Storm Surge in New Jersey, September 28, 2003
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Connecticut, September 28, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 28, 2003
- Hail in New Mexico, September 28, 2003
- Flash Flood in Delaware, September 28, 2003
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 28, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, September 28, 2003
- Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, September 28, 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: 5337647.