A 700 acre fire caused by lightning began on July 22nd and ocurred in between American Falls and Minidoka over open fields.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A 700 acre fire caused by lightning began on July 22nd and ocurred in between American Falls and Minidoka over open fields.
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 22, 12:45 PM MST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 145 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012 .DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW OVER VICTORIA ISLAND IN COMBINATION WITH WEAK UPPER SHORTWAVE HAS SHIFTED THE PLUME OF MONSOON MOISTURE BACK OVER SE IDAHO TODAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE UPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA WILL TURN FLOW MORE WESTERLY AND MONSOON MOISTURE WILL SHIFT EAST A BIT FOR MONDAY. EXPECT THIS TO FUEL SCATTERED TSTMS IN THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS...WITH ISOLD COVERAGE ELSEWHERE. THIS CONTINUES TO TRACK EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA AND WESTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTHEAST IDAHO. THUS MONSOON MOISTURE REMAINS LIMITED TO THE SOUTHERN AREAS NEAR THE UTAH BORDER SO THREAT OF ISOLATED CONVECTIVE SHOWERS WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF THE PIH CWA FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. BEHIND THIS UPPER LOW RIDGING BEGINS TO REBOUND OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES BRINGING SLIGHT WARMING TREND FOR LATER IN THE WEEK. MONSOON MOISTURE LURKS TO OUR SOUTH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AND EARLY INDICATIONS ARE FOR ANOTHER WEAK SURGE NORTHWARD FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR ANOTHER THREAT OF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS MAINLY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. DSH && .AVIATION...HAVE VCTS AT ALL TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. PIH DID PICK UP A BRIEF SHOWER TOO AND MAY NEED TO ADD SOME SHOWERS AND TEMPO THUNDER AS WELL ESPECIALLY AT BYI...PIH AND IDA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT OTHER THAN NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WEAK COLD FRONT PASSES MONDAY AND EXPECT 10 TO 20 KNOT WINDS AT BYI...PIH AND IDA MONDAY AFTERNOON. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A BRIEF BREAK. WILL KEEP RED FLAG WARNING GOING THOUGH MAY NOT BE MORE THAN ISOLATED. MONSOONAL MOISTURE IN PLACE AND STARTING TO GET DEVELOPMENT IN CLEAR AIR WEST OF THE MOISTURE AXIS. SO EXPECT SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF POTENTIAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. UPPER LOW PASSES TO NORTH ON MONDAY AND DRIVES THROUGH A WEAK COLD FRONT. FOR NOW THINK BOTH WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON RIDGE TOPS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH FOR RED FLAG CRITERIA. WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT BUT EXPECT BREEZIER CONDITIONS MONDAY. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT BELOW 6500 FEET FOR THE IDZ409-477. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT BELOW 6000 FEET FOR THE IDZ413-476. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT BELOW 5500 FEET FOR THE IDZ412. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 403 AM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012 IDZ017>025-031-032-231200- 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- 403 AM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FIRE WEATHER RED FLAG WARNINGS DUE TO LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO. CHECK THE LATEST URGENT FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BECOME MORE STABLE .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 700 acre fire caused by lightning began on July 22nd and ocurred in between American Falls and Minidoka over open fields.
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