A catalytic converter ignited a large tall grass fire near the Utah border near Stone Idaho burnign 11,400 acres of federal, state and private lands. The fire was started on June 20th and considered contained by June 24th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A catalytic converter ignited a large tall grass fire near the Utah border near Stone Idaho burnign 11,400 acres of federal, state and private lands. The fire was started on June 20th and considered contained by June 24th. No structures or buildings were damaged.
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 Jun 20, 3:19 AM MST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 419 AM MDT WED JUN 20 2007 .SHORT TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. BROAD UPPER RIDGE OVER GREAT BASIN WILL DRIFT EWD TO ROCKIES TODAY. WITH SLIGHT SOUTHERLY MOVEMENT OF UPPER TROF/CLOSED LOW ALONG ALASKAN COAST...CWA IS SQUARELY IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND THE PACNW TROF. WEAK SHORTWAVE SWINGING THRU BASE OF THE TROF WILL MOVE ACROSS CWA THIS AFTN/EVE. LAST TWO NAM RUNS STILL SHOWING DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE TROF IN AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. AS WITH PREVIOUS RUNS...MOISTURE FOR STORMS IS MINIMAL SO COVERAGE WILL BE SPOTTY AND QPFS LESS THAN 0.1 INCH. NEXT SHORTWAVE TROF ARRIVES LATE SATURDAY BUT ALL/MOST OF ITS MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN ID PANHANDLE. ONLY IMPACT IN CWA WILL BE PASSAGE OF DRY COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT SAT WHICH WILL BRING COOLER AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. PERIOD STARTS WITH DRY COLD FRONT AND COOLING TREND MENTIONED ABOVE. LATEST GUIDANCE SHOWING SUNDAY MAX TEMPS 8 TO 10 DEG COOLER THAN SAT. UPPER PACNW LOW MOVES QUICKLY THRU WASH AND INTO SW CANADA BY MON WITH PERIOD OF ZONAL FLOW INTO TUES. TEMPS BEGIN TO REBOUND ON TUES...WITH MID 80S EXPECTED ACROSS SNAKE PLAIN SITES. MEANWHILE UPPER RIDGE NEAR FOUR CORNERS REESTABLISHES ITSELF AND SHIFTS FLOW TO SOUTHERLY OVER CWA. THIS WILL ALLOW MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO FLOW INTO UTAH WITH NRN EDGE POSSIBLY REACHING ID/UT BORDER ON WED SO HAVE INCLUDED SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AROUND BEAR LAKE FOR THAT PERIOD. WARANAUSKAS && .FIRE WEATHER...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE POSITIONED OVER SE IDAHO THIS MORNING WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG THE CNTRL CALIFORNIA COAST LIFTS NE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL HELP TO INITIATE CONVECTION OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ALSO INCREASE THE WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. CRITICAL FUEL LEVELS COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH WITH MINIMUM RH BELOW 15 PERCENT HAS PROMPTED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE ZONES 412 AND 413 THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE RIDGE AXIS REMAINS JUST TO OUR EAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE FLOW RELAXES AND TEMPERATURES REMAIN WARM AND RH LOW EACH DAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM POSITIONED OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST WILL BEGIN TO MIGRATE SLOWLY INLAND OVER THE WEEKEND FOR A COOLING TREND WITH STRONGER WINDS. HUSTON && .AVIATION...WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY. A WEAK SHORT-WAVE LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WILL HELP TO SPARK ISOLATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS FROM STANLEY (KSNT) THROUGH SALMON (KSMN). HUSTON && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR IDZ412-413. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 431 AM MDT WED JUN 20 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-211045- 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- 431 AM MDT WED JUN 20 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A WEAK TROUGH WILL SPARK ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL MTNS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS THIS AFTN/EVE. AREAS NEAR STORMS MAY BRIEFLY SEE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 catalytic coverter from an automobile ignited an 11,400 acre wildfire near the Utah border near Stone, Idaho. The fire began on June 20th and was considered contained by June 24th. No buildings or structures were lost in the tall grass fire.
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