The Lead Draw was a 160 acre fire southeast of Scout Mountain that began July 27th and was contained on July 29th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
The Lead Draw was a 160 acre fire southeast of Scout Mountain that began July 27th and was contained on July 29th.
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 27, 1:38 PM MST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 238 PM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES SHOWERS ALONG THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI REGION. LOOK FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING ALONG THE LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI REGION...UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...EASTERN HIGHLANDS AND THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS BECAUSE OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS WILL LIKELY JUST SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...IF ANY... BECAUSE OF HEAVY CLOUD COVER OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE BREEZY ACROSS THE AREA BUT HAVE FAILED TO REACH MODERATE LEVELS CURRENTLY BECAUSE OF HEAVY CLOUD COVER EARLIER TODAY. LOOK FOR WINDS TO INCREASE MORE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT TAPER OFF QUICKLY EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL PICK UP TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN PART BECAUSE OF AN LINGERING WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BACK OFF TO NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TODAY THROUGH MONDAY BECAUSE OF THIS WEAK COLD FRONT. EXPECT A REBOUND IN TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH A HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BACK IN. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES OVER NORTHERN IDAHO. EXPECT TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. WYATT && .AVIATION...LOOK FOR VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. EXPECT BREEZY TO MODERATE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WINDS AROUND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT. LOOK FOR BREEZY TO MODERATE WINDS TO CONTINUE AGAIN PARTICULARLY FOR KBYI...KPIH AND KIDA. VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY FOR KIDA AND KPIH. WYATT && .FIRE WEATHER...THE LATEST SATELLITE/RADAR IMAGERY WAS SHOWING A BROAD AREA OF CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION SHIFTING EAST INTO/ACROSS THE SE HIGHLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRESENCE OF CLOUD COVER HAS SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED HEATING/MIXING ACROSS THE REGION AND THUS HAVE DECIDED TO DROP ALL RED FLAG HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. STILL MAY SEE SOME BREEZY WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVE...ESPECIALLY NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS...LIKE THE LINE CURRENTLY WORKING EAST FROM LEADORE ALONG THE MONTANA BORDER...BUT MINIMUM HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME DROPPING BELOW THE 15 PERCENT CRITERIA. AS FOR SUNDAY...BREEZY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY BUT GENERALLY RUNNING BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA WITH MARGINAL HUMIDITY LEVELS...THUS WILL ADD MENTION OF WIND TO IMPACTED ZONES BUT HOLD OFF ON ANY WARNINGS AT THIS TIME. SW EXTENT OF LOW PASSING EAST THROUGH CANADA BREAKS AWAY FROM PARENT LOW AND SETTLES OFF THE NW COAST MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PLACING SE IDAHO IN PRECARIOUS POSITION BETWEEN STRONG WIND FLOW AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE NW...OCCASIONAL DRY SLOTTING OVER SRN IDAHO...AND MONSOONAL SURGES LIFTING NORTH OUT OF GREAT BASIN INTO THE SE HIGHLANDS. WILL TRY TO REMAIN NIMBLE WITH FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS AS TIME PROGRESSES. HUSTON && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 323 AM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-281145- 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- 323 AM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA BECAUSE OF THE COMBINATION OF THUNDERSTORMS...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR MONDAY AND BEYOND. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
247 PM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013
IDZ019-020-032-272145-
CLARK ID-JEFFERSON ID-BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-BONNEVILLE ID-FREMONT ID-
247 PM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL BUTTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO
CLARK COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO
NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
UNTIL 345 PM MDT
AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER INL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD IDAHO FALLS THIS
AFTERNOON.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTRAL INL AND MUD LAKE...
SOUTHWEST INL...
DUBOIS...
SOUTHEAST INL...
CAMAS...
LAT...LON 4359 11226 4337 11293 4363 11354 4395 11307
4424 11288 4424 11282 4433 11282 4451 11270
4447 11250 4448 11246 4446 11242 4446 11239
4448 11237 4428 11190
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 301DEG 18KT 4442 11245 4381 11276
4362 11332
HUSTONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 355 PM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013 IDZ017-020-021-272245- BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-BONNEVILLE ID-BLAINE ID- 355 PM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO SOUTHEASTERN BUTTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO WEST CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 445 PM MDT AT 347 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE INL COMPLEX...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IF WINDS BEGIN TO OUTRUN THE STORMS THEMSELVES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TABER... ATOMIC CITY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4342 11216 4311 11300 4338 11327 4361 11271 TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 295DEG 19KT 4352 11270 4337 11306 JKEYES
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Lead Draw was a 160 acre fire southeast of Scout Mountain that began July 27th and was contained on July 29th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, July 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 471721.