A planned controlled burn blew out of control on June 29th. The planned burn of 180 acries ended up burning 1100 acres near the town of Bancroft in Caribou County.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A planned controlled burn blew out of control on June 29th. The planned burn of 180 acries ended up burning 1100 acres near the town of Bancroft in Caribou County. Local fire departments were able to have the fire controlled by 9 pm and no structures were damaged on the private 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 Jun 29, 1:09 AM MST, 9 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 209 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MOISTURE WILL BE VERY LIMITED SO EXPECT THE DRY AND WARM WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG EXCEPT FOR LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THEN. A SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN STATES AND IDAHO SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL KICK UP THE WIND WITH 10-20 MPH SUSTAINED AND HIGHER GUSTS. THERE WILL SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS MAINLY THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL ANTICIPATED. HIGHS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...INCLUDING AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S SYSTEM WILL BE IN THE 80S AND 90S FOR MOST OF OUR AREA. WE WILL RETURN TO SOUTHWEST FLOW FOR NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER SYSTEM CLIPS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS TUESDAY...BUT IT APPEARS THAT ANY THREAT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE LOW. WE WILL ALSO SEE AN INCREASE IN WINDS AS WELL. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT A CERTAINTY...THE RIDGE APPEARS TO BUILD FAR ENOUGH WEST TO HELP TAP INTO SOME SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE AND DRAW INTO NORTHWARD TOWARD IDAHO. THE CURRENT FORECAST WILL KEEP JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. IT WILL REMAIN WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND 90S FOR MOST LOCATIONS. KEYES && .AVIATION...CONTINUED VFR CONDITIONS INTO THE WEEKEND. RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED AS WELL. && .FIRE WEATHER...VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE...WINDS WILL PICK UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF EAST IDAHO. VALLE && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 327 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2012 IDZ017>025-031-032-300930- 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- 327 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER OVERALL WITH LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS STILL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A PASSING SYSTEM ON SUNDAY WILL PRODUCE SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...WITH LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER THE REST OF EASTERN IDAHO. A SIMILAR SCENARIO IS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. OTHERWISE...THE PATTERN OF WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUES THE REST OF THE PERIOD. .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 planned controlled burn blew out of control on June 29th. The planned burn of 180 acries ended up burning 1100 acres near the town of Bancroft in Caribou County. Local fire departments were able to have the fire controlled by 9 pm and no structures were damaged on the private land fire.
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