Lightning caused a fire start near Downey on July 16th and reached nearly 400 acres. The fire was 100 percent contained by the evening of July 17th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Lightning caused a fire start near Downey on July 16th and reached nearly 400 acres. The fire was 100 percent contained by the evening of July 17th.
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 16, 12:57 PM MST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 157 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014 .DISCUSSION...NW FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MINOR UPPER TROF IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE PAC NW ON THU...WHICH WILL RESULT IN A FEW SHOWERS AND TSTMS OVER THE NE PART OF THE FCST AREA THU AFTN AND EVE. ISOLD SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRI AFTN/EVE NEAR THE MT AND UT BORDERS. BY SATURDAY...A STRONGER UPPER TROF BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE PAC NW. THIS WILL TURN THE UPPER FLOW TO THE SW THRU THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL ALLOW MONSOON MOISTURE TO MAKE ITS WAY NORTHWARD INTO ID. THIS WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS AND TSTMS SAT AND SUN AFTN/EVE. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. THE UPPER TROF DIGS OVER THE W COAST BY MON...WITH SW FLOW PUSHING MOST OF THE MOISTURE OUT OF THE AREA. THIS PATTERN HOLDS THRU WED...WITH ONLY ISOLD TSTMS EXPECTED OVER THE MTNS. HEDGES && .AVIATION...WILL HAVE CONTINUED CLEAR SKIES THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK WAVE WILL BEING IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS AT PIH SHOULD DIE DOWN BY SUNSET. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...WILL HAVE CONTINUED CLEAR WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND A BREAK FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. EXPECT A WEAK SYSTEM TO DRIVE THROUGH THURSDAY AND A RETURN TO MAINLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ZONES 475...476...410...411 AND 413 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT LEAST BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS FLOW ALOFT BECOMES SOUTHWESTERLY BY SATURDAY. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON IDZ021. &&
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused a fire start about 7 miles southeast of Arimo on July 16th and reached nearly 400 acres. The fire was 100 percent contained by the evening of July 17th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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