A 6,700 acre wildfire near Arbon was caused by a lighting strike. No structural damage in the open land fire.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A 6,700 acre wildfire near Arbon was caused by a lighting strike. No structural damage in the open land fire.
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 Aug 21, 1:21 PM MST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 221 PM MDT SAT AUG 21 2010 .DISCUSSION... SOUTHWEST FLOW IS PUMPING MOISTURE INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POPPING UP IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT. THIS ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE MOISTURE AND SHOULD DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY. THIS WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. NOTICEABLY COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH HIGHS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 70S. A CHILLY NIGHT IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. TEMPERATURES DO NOT LOOK LIKE THEY WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT FROST OR A FREEZE. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY REBOUND TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER THE REGION. THIS RIDGE SHOULD REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH MID WEEK WITH AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE WEEK. && .AVIATION...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SUN THIS EVENING AND WILL NEED VICINITY TS OR SH. COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL HAVE SOME GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AT IDA. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TAF SITES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ZONES 410 AND 412 WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL STAY STRONG BEHIND THE FRONT BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE IN THE COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AS WELL AS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOME SCATTERED ACTIVITY SUNDAY IN THE FAR EAST IN ZONES 410...411...AND 413. VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL MOVE IN MONDAY. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ410-412. LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ021. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 937 PM MDT FRI AUG 20 2010 IDZ017>025-031-032-220345- 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- 937 PM MDT FRI AUG 20 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AND ALSO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ARCO DESERT. LITTLE RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE EVENING OVER MUCH OF EASTERN IDAHO. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE FORECAST...WITH LIGHTER WINDS OVER THE MAGIC VALLEY AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR BECAUSE OF THE WINDS AND IMPACTS TO BOATERS ON THE LAKE. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER PORTIONS OF THE SNAKE PLAIN AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 409...410 AND 412. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND LAKE WIND ADVISORY...PLEASE GO TO WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES IN THE MOUNTAINS. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ON SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS SATURDAY. .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 6,700 acre wildfire near Arbon was caused by a lighting strike. No structural damage in the open land fire.
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