A prescribed burn of 250 acres jumped to 800 acres due to unexpected winds jumping containment lines. The fire located near Galena closed State Highway 75 for 4 hours on September 12th from 6 pm to 10 pm between Galena Summit and Stanley.
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.
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A prescribed burn of 250 acres jumped to 800 acres due to unexpected winds jumping containment lines. The fire located near Galena closed State Highway 75 for 4 hours on September 12th from 6 pm to 10 pm between Galena Summit and Stanley. The fire was contained on September 17th.
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 Sep 12, 1:17 PM MST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 217 PM MDT FRI SEP 12 2008 .DISCUSSION... RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DRY WEATHER OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TEMPS WILL GRADUALLY WARM AS THE RIDGE BECOMES BETTER CENTERED OVER THE AREA. MAIN DIFFERENCE IN THE LAST COUPLE MODEL RUNS IS THAT THE GFS BRINGS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH INTO THE AREA TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK. THIS FEATURE WAS NOT AS PREVALENT ON THE PREVIOUS RUN. GIVEN THE INCONSISTENCY...HAVE MADE VERY FEW CHANGES TO THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY IN THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION...CONTINUED VFR CONDITIONS INTO THE WEEKEND UNDER DRY NORTHWEST FLOW. && .FIRE WEATHER...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY THE WEEKEND AND PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS. RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS DURING THE PERIOD WILL MINIMIZE ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. HANKO && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 400 AM MDT FRI SEP 12 2008 IDZ017>025-031-032-131245- 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- 400 AM MDT FRI SEP 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 prescribed burn of 250 acres jumped to 800 acres due to unexpected winds jumping containment lines. The fire located near Galena closed State Highway 75 for 4 hours on September 12th from 6 pm to 10 pm between Galena Summit and Stanley. The fire was contained on September 17th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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