Fifteen-hundred acre heavy timber and douglas fir fire 15 miles north of Challis. Threatened structures but caused no damage.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Fifteen-hundred acre heavy timber and douglas fir fire 15 miles north of Challis. Threatened structures but caused no damage.
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 Jul 16, 2:26 PM MST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 326 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2007 .SHORT TERM...UPPER HIGH REMAINS OVER THE 4 CORNERS...WITH THE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING NWD THRU WRN WY/MT. MID LEVEL MSTR CONTINUES TO FLOW UP THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER HIGH INTO NV/UT/ID AND IS FUELING SCT TSTMS OVER THE SRN HIGHLANDS...AND ISOLD TSTMS ELSEWHERE. INITIAL OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THESE TSTMS ARE PRODUCING MEASURABLE PRECIP. THE TSTMS SHOULD DIE OUT FOR THE MOST PART AROUND SUNSET. MID LEVEL MSTR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION. BY THU...THE MID LEVEL MSTR SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN WITH THE INCREASING SW UPPER FLOW AHEAD OF THE PACIFIC CLOSED LOW OFF THE OR COAST. THIS SHOULD LIMIT THE BULK OF THE TSTMS TO THE ERN HIGHLANDS. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. .LONG TERM...THE UPPER RIDGE DOES NOT MOVE ENOUGH TO THE EAST TO ALLOW A BREAK IN THE HOT TEMPS. IN FACT...THE UPPER HIGH INTENSIFIES OVER CO/WY OVER THE WEEKEND AND PUSHES BACK WWD. THIS WILL PUSH TEMPS BACK UP AND HOLD THEM THERE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ONLY EXPECT ISOLD TSTMS IN THE MTNS DURING THE AFTN/EVE HRS. HEDGES && .FIRE WEATHER...WATCHING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN IDAHO AT THIS HOUR. MOST ACTIVITY HAS FORMED ACROSS ZONES 409/412/413 AND IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. SO FAR...WATCHING FOR ONSET OF WETTING RAINS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND POSSIBILITY OF RED FLAG FOR STORMS ESPECAILLY MOVING OUT OVER THE SNAKE PLAIN/MAGIC VALLEY. STILL HAVE FORECAST OF MIX OF WET/DRY STORMS THROUGH EVENING WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STORMS SHOULD DECREASE OVERNIGHT...BUT EXPECT ISOLATED ACTIVITY TO REMAIN OVERNIGHT ACROSS FIRE DISTRICT. TUESDAY STILL PROMISES A BETTER CHANCE OF STORMS THROUGH OUT THE DAY AND HOPEFULLY WETTING RAINS. WILL MONITOR FOR RED FLAG POTENTIAL IF MORE NUMEROUS STORMS DO NOT PRODUCE RAINFALL. BOTH NAM AND GFS MODELS MAINTAINED CONSISTENCY ON DRYING TREND FOR WED TO SAT AS MOISTURE TRACK SHIFTS INTO CENTRAL ROCKIES WITH EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER RIDGE. HAVE ADJUSTED HUMIDITY GRIDS DOWNWARD FOR THIS PERIOD...WITH WIDE AREA OF SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS EXPECTED. WITH WINDS ALSO PICKING UP STARTING WED AS PACIFIC UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES...WILL MONITOR CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE FIRE WATCH/RED FLAG FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. KEYES && .AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO AS FORECASTED...MOVING NORTHEAST. MOST OF THE STORMS SO FAR HAVE BEEN ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO AND CENTRAL MTNS. STRONGEST STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND EVEN SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. EXPECT LOCALIZED MVFR/OBSCURATIONS WITH STORMS AS KBYI JUST WENT TO 4SM VISIBILITY WITH LINE OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH. WE SHOULD SEE PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY ALONG TWEB 340...343...344. STORMS SHOULD BE COME MORE ISOLATED OVERNIGHT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF -SHRA/-TSRA TUESDAY. COVERAGE STILL LOOKS A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD BUT STILL EXPECT LOCALIZED MVFR/OBSUCATION CONDITIONS WITH STRONGER CELLS. KEYES && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 410 AM MDT MON JUL 16 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-171015- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 410 AM MDT MON JUL 16 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRIMARILY OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL MEANDER INTO THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF EASTERN IDAHO. A MORE WIDESPREAD DISTRIBUTION OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL... EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR 208-233-0834.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Fifteen hundred acre heavy timber and douglas fir fire 15 miles north of Challis started by lightning. The fire threatened structures but caused no damage.
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