A fire began 6 miles west of Shelley on June 17th and extremely strong winds through June 18th expanded it to 300 acres. The fire occurred in the lava fields without significant fuel and was 100 percent contained by the evening of the 19th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A fire began 6 miles west of Shelley on June 17th and extremely strong winds through June 18th expanded it to 300 acres. The fire occurred in the lava fields without significant fuel and was 100 percent contained by the evening of the 19th.
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 17, 2:28 AM MST, 10 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 328 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG ZONAL FLOW WILL SET UP TODAY WITH THE UPPER LEVEL JET MOVING OVER NORTHERN IDAHO. INCREASING 700MB FLOW (35-40KTS) ACROSS THE REGION ALONG WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES (9.5+C/KM) SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY ACROSS THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THE LOST RIVER...BIRCH CK...AND ST ANTHONY REGIONS THIS AFTERNOON/EVE. AREAL COVERAGE ACROSS THE MAGIC VALLEY AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS WAS NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO WARRANT A HIGHLIGHT AND THUS THE ADVISORY WAS REMOVED FROM THESE AREAS. MONDAY EXPECT THE JET TO MOVE SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OVER NORTHERN IDAHO. STRONG 700MB FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY WITH THE ADDITION OF A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING FRONTAL BOUNDARY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...FLOW AND CORRESPONDING STATISTICAL GUIDANCE LOOK STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT YET ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY. EXPECT A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY PARTICULARLY FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH OUR AREA. WEDNESDAY BEGINS TO DRY OUT AS RIDGING STARTS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. EXPECT MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY BECOMING MUCH COOLER THAN NORMAL MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WYATT .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. RIDGING WILL BRING DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SATURDAY EXPECT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO RETURN AS THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. EXPECT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE DROPPING TO NEAR NORMAL ON SATURDAY. WYATT && .AVIATION...A STRONG UPPER JET WAS PUNCHING EAST INTO THE NW STATES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS SRN IDAHO TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY AS A MOSTLY DRY LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DIGS INTO THE NW STATES MONDAY. CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO SCT-BKN MID-LEVEL WAVE CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. HUSTON && .FIRE WEATHER...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WAS NOTED PUSHING THROUGH THE NW STATES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RELATIVELY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS SRN IDAHO. STRONG LOW-LEVEL DRYING WAS OBSERVED OVER BOISE YESTERDAY EVENING (700MB DEW POINT DEPRESSION OF 49 DEG) WHICH IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT SRN IDAHO TODAY. INCREASING WINDS WILL ALSO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORM TRACK GRADUALLY DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ZONES 409 AND 412 WHERE FUELS REMAIN CRITICAL. HIGH FIRE BEHAVIOR SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS ZONE 410 AND THE LOWER PORTIONS OF ZONE 476/411/413 BELOW ROUGHLY 5500 MSL. THE MOSTLY DRY UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIND WILL DIG SOUTHEAST INTO NRN IDAHO MONDAY PROVIDING CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND A RED FLAG WARNING. MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY MODERATE SOME AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. A BROAD FLAT UPPER TROUGH WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION TUESDAY RESULTING IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE WEST AHEAD OF YET ANOTHER APPROACHING PAC LOW. HUSTON && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ019>021-032. WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY IDZ020-021. RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY IDZ409-412. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 518 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 IDZ017-019>023-032-181130- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 518 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN BEGINS TODAY WITH MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER AND LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN...THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS AND THE LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI. LOOK FOR LIGHT SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MAGIC VALLEY AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS BELOW 4500FT. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT HERE FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 6PM MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY LOOK FOR STRONG WINDS AGAIN ON MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER AND LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN. ADDITIONALLY... LOOK FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ACROSS MAINLY THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LOOK FOR MUCH COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .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. IDZ018-024-025-031-181130- SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 518 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LOOK FOR MODERATE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LOOK FOR MODERATE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN ON MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON PARTICULARLY FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. LOOK FOR MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .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 fire began 6 miles west of Shelley on June 17th and extremely strong winds through June 18th expanded it to 300 acres. The fire occurred in the lava fields without significant fuel and was 100 percent contained by the evening of the 19th.
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