Wildfire, Lincoln
- When
- July 12, 6:00 PM MST to July 22, 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 10 mi E of Alpine
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 42.264, -110.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Wyoming, July 12 to 22, 2003
The East Table Wildfire was an accidental, human-caused fire. The fire crossed the Snake River and approached Highway 89, resulting in the closure of Highway 89 for several days.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 RIW wrote it up.
The East Table Wildfire was an accidental, human-caused fire. The fire crossed the Snake River and approached Highway 89, resulting in the closure of Highway 89 for several days. The fire burned 3,595 acres. The estimated cost of fighting the fire was 3.3 million dollars.
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 Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 12, 12:28 PM MST, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 12:28 PM MST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 128 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2003 NOT GOING TO GET INTO COMPARISON OF MM5 AND NOGAPS DATA WITH 12Z INITIALIZATION OF GFS JUST CRANKING UP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL NOT MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO GRIDS BASED ON THIS DATA. UPPER HIGH CENTERED NEAR YUMA TODAY TO REMAIN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CURRENT POSTION AND FOUR CORNERS THROUGH EXTENDED. 130 KT JET STREAK OVER NORTH CENTRAL PACIFIC TO ROUND UPPER LOW OFF OF B.C. COAST...ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS JET STREAK TO DRIVE SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT ACROSS MONTANA SUNDAY...BACKING INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL WYOMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING RESPECTIVELY. CONVECTION WITH FRONT SHOULD STAY WELL NORTH OF WYOMING WITH AREA UNDER MORE STABLE WESTERLY FLOW. CONTEMPLATED FIRE WX WATCH WITH A BIT MORE WIND SUNDAY...BUT DO NOT SEE DEWPOINT CRASHES AND WINDS TO THE EXTENT OF LAST TUESDAY/S RED-FLAG SCENARIO. UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD BACK IN TUESDAY AS JET STREAK HEADS EASTWARD. SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE BEGINNING TO WORK INTO SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MAY MAKE IT UP OUR WAY TOWARD END OF WEEK. AEM RIW...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:05 AM MST, 13 hours 55 minutes before
WYZ001>020-022>030-131130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 505 AM MDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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
- Heat in California, July 12, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Heat in California, July 12 to 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 2003
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, July 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: 5379614.