The Kimama Wildfire was caused by a lightning strike on June 29th and grew to 300 acres. The fire was located 3 miles northwest of Paul and was contained by the afternoon of June 30th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
The Kimama Wildfire was caused by a lightning strike on June 29th and grew to 300 acres. The fire was located 3 miles northwest of Paul and was contained by the afternoon of June 30th. No structures were threatened.
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, 1:00 PM MST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 200 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013 .DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY WAS SHOWING TWO MODEST CIRCULATIONS ROTATING ABOUT THE GREAT BASIN HIGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WAVE LIFTING OUT OF WINNEMUCCA ACROSS THE NEVADA STATE LINE IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS NE INTO THE CNTRL IDAHO MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON DURING MAX HEATING AND SHOULD PROVIDE DECENT SUPPORT FOR MODERATELY STRONG CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CNTRL AND SOUTH-CNTRL HIGHLANDS THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. DECENT BUOYANCY AND MOISTURE VALUES SHOULD SUPPORT SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE INVERTED-V CHARACTER OF THE SOUNDINGS ALSO SUPPORT WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 45KTS. AFTER 9 PM...CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH RAPIDLY BEHIND THE EXITING WAVE. THE GFS CONTINUES TO ANCHOR THE RIDGE OVER NEVADA THROUGH MID-WEEK BEFORE ALLOWING IT TO BREAK DOWN UNDER AN ADVANCING PACIFIC WAVE THAT PUSHES EAST THROUGH CANADA FRIDAY/SATURDAY WITH SE IDAHO CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PASSING TROUGH TO OUR NORTH AND THE ACTIVE MONSOONAL HIGH TO OUR SOUTH. YESTERDAY AFTERNOONS 00Z ECMWF MAINTAINED A STRONGER RIDGE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE WEAKENING BRIEFLY TO THE PASSING CANADIAN TROUGH FRIDAY WITH THE RIDGE REBOUNDING OVER THE REGION SATURDAY. BOTH MODELS SHOW SPURIOUS ILL-TIMED SUB-TROPICAL WAVES ROTATING AROUND THE HIGH THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. THUS HAVE MAINTAINED SOME MENTION OF DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON AND HAVE CONTINUED THE RECENT FORECAST TREND OF WARMING THE DAYTIME HIGHS LATE NEXT WEEK GIVEN THE STRONGER LOOK TO GREAT BASIN RIDGE. EACH DAY OFFERS A NEW SOLUTION BEYOND MID-WEEK...SO UNCERTAINTY REMAINS HIGH IN THE LATTER FORECAST PERIODS. HUSTON && .AVIATION...WV IMAGERY SHOWING WAVE OF MOISTURE DRIFTING ACROSS STATE THIS MORNING. SOME SHOWERS APPEARING ON RADAR ACROSS SE IDAHO...MOSTLY OVER SE HIGHLANDS. MODELS SUGGESTING FURTHER CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. GREATEST CONFIDENCE IN THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THUS MENTIONED VCTS IN KSUN TAF. LESS CONFIDENCE FOR TS AT OTHER TERMINALS...BUT INCLUDED VCSH. HINSBERGER && .FIRE WEATHER...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A WAVE OF ENERGY RIDES OVER THE AMPLIFYING UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE WEST. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND POSSIBLY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. UPPER RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE AREA AND SHIFT WESTWARD SLIGHTLY. MODELS HINTING AT ANOTHER WAVE OF MOISTURE RIDING OVER THE RIDGE ON MONDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. AFTER MID-WEEK...UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO FLATTEN AND SHOULD LEAD TO SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY. UNTIL THEN...AFTERNOON RH WILL REMAIN LOW. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT AS WE REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A STRONG UPPER RIDGE. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. HINSBERGER && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 344 AM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-300945- 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- 344 AM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. SOME MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EXTREMELY HOT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAINLY BE IN HIGH ELEVATIONS. .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
218 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013
IDZ018-032-292115-
BUTTE ID-CUSTER ID-
218 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO
NORTH CENTRAL BUTTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO
UNTIL 315 PM MDT
AT 212 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF MACKAY EXTENDING EAST THROUGH
BORAH PEAK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 315 PM MDT INCLUDE...
DICKEY...
LAT...LON 4418 11434 4447 11379 4447 11368 4445 11365
4445 11360 4443 11352 4446 11345 4432 11333
4424 11332 4423 11316 4396 11379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 237DEG 9KT 4419 11412 4406 11380
HUSTON1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Kimama Wildfire was caused by a lightning strike on June 29th and grew to 300 acres. The fire was located 3 miles northwest of Paul and was contained by the afternoon of June 30th. No structures were threatened.
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