A 50 acre wildfire began just east of exit 80 off of interstate 15 near Fort Hall on June 19th. The fire began at 6 pm EDT and threatened homes and area structires.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A 50 acre wildfire began just east of exit 80 off of interstate 15 near Fort Hall on June 19th. The fire began at 6 pm EDT and threatened homes and area structires. the fire was contained at 8 pm and was in total control by June 20th.
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 19, 1:20 PM MST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 220 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 2012 .DISCUSSION...BROAD TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE OVER EASTERN IDAHO TONIGHT. CONVECTIVE CLOUD COVER ENTRENCHED OVER NORTHERN TIER ZONES WITH CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANOTHER THIN BATCH OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE OVER SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. LATEST MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO TRY TO FORCE VERY LIGHT QPF AMOUNTS THIS EVENING NEAR THE BEAR LAKE AREA. VIS SAT SHOWS WEAK CU DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THAT AREA SO FEEL THE MODEL PRECIP GENERATION IS OVERDONE. NEVERTHELESS HAVE NUDGED POPS SLIGHTLY HIGHER FOR THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS REMAIN GUSTY IN THE SNAKE PLAIN BUT BELOW GENERAL ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. WILL KEEP LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN PLACE FOR THE EVENING. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN FOR THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS UPPER LOW STRENGTHS OFF PACNW COAST. EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF LOW KEEPS EASTERN IDAHO ON EDGE OF POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION. HAVE MAINTAINED LOW POPS OVER MAINLY THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. COULD BE SOME CONCERNS WITH INCREASING WINDS ESPECIALLY FRIDAY/SATURDAY AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER GREAT BASIN. SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES ON SUNDAY WITH ALL MEDIUM RANGE MODELS NOW PULLING MOISTURE NORTH INTO EASTERN IDAHO BY SUNDAY. CONVECTION COULD SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY TUESDAY. WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT LOW POPS MAINLY OVER ELEVATION REGIONS WHILE KEEPING BULK OF THE SNAKE PLAIN DRY. DMH && .AVIATION...BROAD UPPER TROUGHING OVER THE AREA...BUT IT HAS LIMITED MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. TERMINALS WILL SEE VFR CONDITIONS THRU THE PERIOD. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE WINDS TODAY. CURRENT TRENDS MAKE THE MAV GUIDANCE MORE BELIEVABLE WITH THE LOWER WIND SPEEDS. PIH COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 30KTS THIS AFTERNOON NEAR PEAK HEATING. HINSBERGER && .FIRE WEATHER...A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL BE SHIFTING EASTWARD TOMORROW ALLOWING RIDGING TO BUILD IN BEHIND IT. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THROUGH THE WEEKEND ALLOWING WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER TO FILTER INTO THE AREA. WHILE THE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE LOW FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO TRIGGER ANY RED FLAG CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO HOLD THE NEXT PAC LOW OFF THE NW COAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS NORTH THROUGH COLORADO AND INTO ERN MONTANA. THIS PLACES SE IDAHO ON THE FRINGE OF A MOIST SW FLOW ROTATING THROUGH OREGON AND INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND A VERY DRY SW FLOW LIFTING NE ACROSS NEVADA INTO WRN WYOMING. HINSBERGER/HUSTON && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ021. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 453 AM MDT TUE JUN 19 2012 IDZ021-201100- LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- 453 AM MDT TUE JUN 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOOK FOR BREEZY WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WARRANTING A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR. EXPECT MUCH COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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. IDZ017>020-022>025-031-032-201100- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER 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- 453 AM MDT TUE JUN 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LOOK FOR MUCH COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY AFTERNOON WINDS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. EXPECT ISOLATED AFTERNOON MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. .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 50 acre wildfire began just east of exit 80 off of interstate 15 near Fort Hall on June 19th. The fire began at 6 pm EDT and threatened homes and area structires. the fire was contained at 8 pm and was in total control by June 20th.
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