A 580 acre wildfire was started by lightning on the 8th. The grass and brush fire was just to the north of Preston came within a quarter mile of homes on the afternoon of the 9th but no homes were evacuated.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A 580 acre wildfire was started by lightning on the 8th. The grass and brush fire was just to the north of Preston came within a quarter mile of homes on the afternoon of the 9th but no homes were evacuated. The Red Point and Maple Grove campgrounds were closed on the 9th.
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 8, 1:16 PM MST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 216 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS EXCEEDING 15 KNOTS AT POCATELLO AIRPORT AT TIMES TODAY SO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY OUT FOR AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR THROUGH 9 PM TODAY. BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE BAKING HEAT AS RIDGE SHRINKS SOUTHWARD AND LEAVES IDAHO UNDER A SLIGHTLY COOLER NORTHWEST FLOW. SHORT-LIVED...THOUGH. RIDGE CENTER OVER GREAT BASIN WILL REFORM OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES BY TUESDAY BRINGING INCREASED HEAT WITH IT. MOSTLY DRY FOR THE CWA THROUGH TUESDAY. DITTMANN .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. STRENGTH OF RIDGE DOES NOT MATCH LAST WEEKS INTENSITY SO TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE MID 90S OVER THE SNAKE PLAIN INSTEAD OF NEAR 100. LOOKING AT MOISTURE SNEAKING BACK UNDER THE RIDGE BY MIDWEEK FOR NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. UPPER LOW OFF THE PACIFIC COAST THEN BEGINS TO INFLUENCE CWA TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND WITH AN INCREASED SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FORECAST FOR NOW AS WE TAKE A WAIT AND SEE POSITION. DITTMANN && .FIRE WEATHER...GENERALLY QUIET DAY WITH AREAS GETTING 25 MPH WIND GUSTS OVER 15 PERCENT RH FOR THE MOST PART AND WIND GUSTS ARE VERY ISOLATED AT THIS TIME. EXPECT SIMILAR DAY ON MONDAY WITH SOME AREAS ESPECIALLY IN ZONES 406 AND 407 GETTING WIND GUSTS. AT THIS POINT DO NOT THINK WIDESPREAD OR WILL REPRESENT THE WHOLE ZONE SO AM NOT GOING TO ISSUE FIRE WEATHER WATCH AT THIS POINT. THINK ANY THUNDERSTORMS VERY ISOLATED TONIGHT ONLY IN EASTERN HIGHLANDS. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN EARNEST OVER US LATER THIS WEEK WITH DRY AND HOT WEATHER CONTINUING. THINK STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON MONDAY FOR THE MOST PART. GK && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS TODAY WITH GENERAL 10 TO 15 KNOT WINDS FROM BURLEY TO IDAHO FALLS IN SNAKE PLAIN CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. WILL HAVE SIMILAR WIND SCENARIO ON MONDAY AT TAF SITES WITH VFR CONDITIONS AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS TO WEST. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR IDZ021. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 600 AM MDT SUN JUL 8 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-091200- 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- 600 AM MDT SUN JUL 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
A 580 acre wildfire was started by lightning on the 8th. The grass and brush fire was just to the north of Preston and came within a quarter mile of homes on the afternoon of the 9th but no homes were evacuated. the Red Point and Maple Grove campgrounds were closed on the 9th.
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