Intense 50 to 60 mph thunderstorm winds caused a small wildfire of 1000 acres to grow and spread rapidly to 45,862 acres just south and southeast of Shoshone. No homes were damaged, but 5 outbuildings were destroyed and 5 were damaged.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Intense 50 to 60 mph thunderstorm winds caused a small wildfire of 1000 acres to grow and spread rapidly to 45,862 acres just south and southeast of Shoshone. No homes were damaged, but 5 outbuildings were destroyed and 5 were damaged. Damage was caused to two large power transmission lines maintained by Idaho Power.
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 6, 2:35 AM MST, 10 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 335 AM MDT FRI JUL 6 2007 .SHORT TERM...UPPER HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN CONTINUES TO KEEP TEMPERATURES UP ACROSS THE FCST AREA AGAIN TODAY. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM BREAK THE UPPER HIGH AND ITS ASSOCIATED RIDGE DOWN TO ZONAL FLOW ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL GIVE SOME RELIEF TO THE HOT TEMPS THRU THE WEEKEND...BUT NOT TOO MUCH. BOTH GFS AND ETA MOS SHOW RECORD OR RECORD MATCHING HIGHS AT KPIH TODAY. THIS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS. THE WV LOOP SHOWS MID LEVEL MSTR WORKING ITS WAY THRU THE UPPER HIGH INTO ERN ID. BOTH GFS AND NAM PICK UP ON THIS...AND KEEP IT IN PLACE THIS AFTN. BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF THIS MSTR YESTERDAY...AND THE RESULTING ISOLD TSTMS THAT DEVELOPED...WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT POSSIBIILITY AGAIN TODAY. WILL BE CARRYING ISOLD TSTMS OVER THE MTNS THIS AFTN AND EVE. WITH THE VERY DRY LOW LEVEL AIRMASS...THESE TSTMS WILL HAVE LITTLE TO NO PRECIP AT THE SFC. BOTH GFS AND NAM ARE SHOWING MORE EXTENSIVE MID LEVEL MSTR ON SATURDAY...SO WILL INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF DRY TSTMS DURG THE AFTN/EVE HOURS AGAIN. THE MSTR SEEMS TO SHIFT TO THE SRN AND ERN HIGHLANDS ON SUNDAY...SO WILL LIMIT TSTMS TO THOSE AREAS. .LONG TERM...BY MONDAY...THE UPPER HIGH/RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD BACK UP. THE RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD THRU THE WEEK. THIS SCENARIO IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE ECMWF...AND MEANS MORE HOT AND DRY WEATHER TO COME. THE GFS IS SUGGESTING SOME MID LEVEL MSTR MAKING ITS WAY BACK IN ON WED...BUT NOT BUYING OFF ON THAT JUST YET. WILL WAIT FOR A LITTLE MORE CONTINUITY BEFORE ADDING TSTMS INTO THE EXTENDED FCST. HEDGES && .FIRE WEATHER...IT APPEARS TODAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR FOR MUCH OF DISTRICT. CUMULUS AND EVEN SOME DRY TSTORMS POPPED UP ALONG THE WY/ID BORDER AND ALSO ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTNS....ZONES 405 THRU 407. NAM DID FAIRLY WELL WITH PLACEMENT EXCEPT FOR SE CORNER IN ZONE 413. MODELS/SATELLITE SHOW MOISTURE ROTATING INTO ID TODAY SO EXPECT A LITTLE BETTER CHC IN CENTRAL MTNS AND ALONG THE WY/ID BORDER ESPECIALLY SE CORNER. WITH THE HEAT...DRY FUELS AND LOW RH...THE DRY TSTORMS WILL PUT ZONES 405/406/407/413 INTO RED FLAG CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON. WILL BE ISSUING RED FLAG WARNING FOR THOSE AREAS THIS MORNING. THE RIDGE APPEARS TO BREAK DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND....ALLOWING MOISTURE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE GEM STATE. THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE AND IF IT WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WET THUNDERSTORMS. NOT DOUBT DRY STORMS WILL BE THERE ALONG DRY FUELS AND HOT WEATHER...ALTHOUGH COOLER THAN FRIDAY. HUMIDITIES DO COME UP BUT AFTER DRY SPELL IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO PREVENT FIRES FROM STARTING/SPREADING DUE TO RECENT HEAT AND DRY SPELL. THERE IS ALSO SOME HINT OF SOME GUSTY WINDS ACROSS UPPER SNAKE PLAIN AND NORTHERN MTNS...ZONES 405...406...410...411. WILL ISSUE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ZONES 405/406/407/411/412/413 FOR POSSIBILITY OF DRY STORMS IN THOSE ZONES AND WILL MONITOR THROUGH FRIDAY TO SEE WHERE WET STORMS MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY. THINGS SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT SUNDAY WITH A FEW STORMS ALONG THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE DISTRICT. WILL MONITOR TO SEE IF ANY HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE NEEDED. THE RIDGE RETURNS FOR NEXT WEEK FOR MORE HOT AND DRIER WEATHER. KEYES && .AVIATION...MORE HEAT FOR FRIDAY ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO. WE WILL SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF PM/EVENING CUMULUS BUILDUP OVER THE MTNS. AM EXPECTING ISOLATED DRY STORMS OVER THE CENTRAL MTNS AND ALONG THE BORDERS WITH WY AND MT. THIS WOULD MAINLY AFFECT TWEB340...343...344. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VFR THOUGH. STORMS WOULD PRODUCE LITTLE RAIN BUT GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS. EXPECT A FEW CLOUDS OVER THE SNAKE PLAIN/MAGIC VALLEY BUT STORMS SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THOSE AREAS. A LITTLE BETTER CHC OF STORMS ON SATURDAY OVER THE MTNS...SHIFTING TO ALONG THE ID/WY BORDER FOR SUNDAY. KEYES && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...RED FLAG WARNING FOR ZONES 405-407 AND 413 TODAY. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ZONES 405-407 AND 411-413 FOR SATURDAY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 508 AM MDT FRI JUL 6 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-071200- 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- 508 AM MDT FRI JUL 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS DUE TO DRY LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS DUE TO DRY LIGHTNING. .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.
Intense 50 to 60 mph thunderstorm winds caused a small wilfire of 1000 acres to grow and spread rapidly to 45,682 acres just south and southeast of Shoshone. No homes were damaged, but 5 outbuildings were destroyed and 5 were damaged. Damage was caused to two large power transmission lines maintained by Idaho Power.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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