Lightning on July 22nd caused the 200 acre Flat Iron fire in the Arbon Valley. The fire was contained by July 23rd.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Lightning on July 22nd caused the 200 acre Flat Iron fire in the Arbon Valley. The fire was contained by July 23rd.
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 22, 12:49 PM MST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 149 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014 .DISCUSSION...EAST IDAHO REMAINS UNDER INFLUENCE OF SOUTHWEST FLOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHORTWAVE PUSHING NORTHEAST FROM CALIFORNIA WORKING WITH DEEP LOW OFF BC CANADA COAST TO MAINTAIN MOIST FLOW INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF STATE INCLUDING CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. ALREADY SEEING BROAD CUMULUS FIELD ACROSS CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH CIRRUS SHIELD EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TOWARD CALIFORNIA FEATURE. RADAR PICKING UP WEAK RETURNS OVER PAHSIMEROI AND LEMHI REGIONS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. NAM AND GFS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS ZONE THOUGH RECENT HRRR RUNS LESS FAVORABLE FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS MAINTAIN RELATIVELY THIN BAND OF ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT JUST ALONG WESTERN EDGE OF FORECAST AREA BOUNDARIES SO WILL KEEP LOWER POPS THROUGH THE CENTRAL MTNS OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ELSEWHERE MUCH DRIER FLOW IN PLACE WITH PWAT VALUES DROPPING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT THROUGH THE SNAKE PLAIN AND SOUTHERN/EASTERN HIGHLANDS. STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW EJECTS NORTH INTO SOUTHERN IDAHO OVERNIGHT WITH GOOD SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION HELPING TO ENHANCE DRYING. FLOW TURNS SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS NORTHERN LOW CENTER REACHES PACNW COAST AND DRY PUNCH EXTENDS ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN IDAHO. HAVE KEPT WEAK POPS ACROSS CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR PRECIP CHANCES WITH DRY UPSTREAM FLOW ON WV SAT IMAGERY. BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED BUT MARGINAL AT THIS TIME FOR EVEN LAKE WIND CONCERNS. UPPER LOW EJECTS EAST ALONG CANADIAN BORDER THROUGH THURSDAY...PUSHING DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION EARLY IN THE DAY. COOLER BUT WINDIER DAY ON THURSDAY WITH SOME CONCERNS FOR FIRE /SEE DISCUSSION BELOW/. GUIDANCE SHOWING WIDE SPREAD IN WIND VALUES SO WILL LEAVE CURRENT GRIDS JUST BELOW ADVISORY CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RIDGE REBOUNDS THROUGH THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. WARMER TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. MODELS STILL HINTING AT SOME HINT OF A RETURN TO MONSOONAL TYPE FLOW BY MONDAY. GFS AND ECMWF DIFFER SLIGHTLY IN AMOUNT OF CONVECTION AND SPREAD MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. BELIEVE ISOLATED POPS OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SUFFICE FOR NOW UNTIL CLEARER PICTURE DEVELOPS. DMH && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD AT ALL TAF SITES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BUT WILL LIKELY BE NORTH OF KSUN SO KEPT IN A MENTION OF VCTS. OTHERWISE...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SET UP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EP && .FIRE WEATHER...LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS AN UPPER LOW BEGINS TO MOVE INLAND IN WASHINGTON STATE. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNDER DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. A DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FOR THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY AS THAT UPPER LOW MOVES ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER...AND LAST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. AS THE LOW MOVES PAST THE AREA...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH SE ID LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WHICH WILL DECREASE RH VALUES AND INCREASE WINDS SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY HAVE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH OUT FOR ALL CRITICAL ZONES FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A RED FLAG DAY OCCURRING AS A RESULT OF LOW RH AND HIGH WINDS. EP && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING IDZ410-425. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING IDZ422-427. &&
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning on July 22nd caused the 200 acre Flat Iron fire in the Arbon Valley. The fire was contained by July 23rd.
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