A fire started around 6 pm west of Chubbuck on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Several people were evacuated from homes on North Laughran Road between West Tyhee and West Siphon.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A fire started around 6 pm west of Chubbuck on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Several people were evacuated from homes on North Laughran Road between West Tyhee and West Siphon. 35 homes were threatened but the fire was contained by 10 pm with no damage occurring.
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 4, 12:58 PM MST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 158 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2014 .DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SOME INSTABILITY WHERE A MINOR WAVE CROSSING WESTERN MONTANA TRAILS SOUTH THROUGH GILMORE AND THE LEMHI RANGE. NO THUNDERSTORMS YET...AND THE DISTURBANCE WILL BE JUST NIPPING MONIDA PASS AREA IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. THE OTHER AREA IS A THIN CONVECTIVE LINE FROM NEAR ROGERSON TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF POCATELLO. THE WAVE IN WESTERN MONTANA ALSO EXTENDS SOUTH TO NEAR ROGERSON TO INTERSECT THIS LINE. SIMILAR STORY...SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS SHOW SOME MID LEVEL CONVERGENCE...BUT NO THUNDERSTORMS SO FAR AND GIVEN ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS...WILL BE APPROACHING THE WYOMING LINE. BY THIS EVENING AND FIRE WORKS TIME...THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE OVER. MONSOON MOISTURE REMAINS DOWN IN ARIZONA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A BROAD AND FLAT HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. THROUGH TUESDAY...MODELS KEEP US IN DRY AIR. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MIGHT SEE SOME OF THAT UNSTABLE AIR WORK NORTH TO IDAHO. THE 12Z RUN OF THE GFS MODEL GOT A LITTLE DRIER. TRYING TO TIME AN EASTERLY WAVE SOUTH OF THE RIDGE 5 DAYS OUT IS DIFFICULT. FOR NOW LEFT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. BESIDES...MODELS SHOW A TROUGH WORKING THROUGH WASHINGTON STATE ABOUT THAT TIME. RS && .AVIATION...TERMINALS EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR THROUGH PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...BUT SHOULD REMAIN CONFINED TO THE SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS. HINSBERGER && .FIRE WEATHER...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. TOMORROW...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL DROP OUT OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ACROSS THE SNAKE PLAIN. SPC OUTLOOK SUPPORTS ELEVATED FIRE RISK TOMORROW ACROSS THE UPPER SNAKE PLAIN. COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL BRING THE FIRST RED FLAG WARNING TO SOUTHEAST IDAHO OF THE YEAR AS FUELS BELOW 5500 FT ARE CRITICAL. BEYOND TOMORROW...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS EXPECTED. MODELS ARE HINTING AT THE RETURN OF MONSOON MOISTURE WEDNESDAY MEANING A RETURN OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FORECAST. HINSBERGER && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY BELOW 5500 FEET FOR THE IDZ410. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 244 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2014 IDZ022-042130- CASSIA ID- 244 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO UNTIL 330 PM MDT AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDAHOME..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY... RURAL NORTHEASTERN CASSIA COUNTY... LAT...LON 4257 11311 4236 11301 4226 11330 4241 11344 TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 236DEG 14KT 4239 11327 RS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 428 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2014 IDZ021-023-042315- BINGHAM ID-POWER ID-BANNOCK ID- 428 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHWESTERN BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO EAST CENTRAL POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO SOUTH CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 515 PM MDT AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF POCATELLO..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POCATELLO... CHUBBUCK... LAT...LON 4279 11262 4291 11263 4305 11237 4284 11227 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 246DEG 15KT 4288 11256 HEDGES
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A fire started around 6 pm west of Chubbuck on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Several people were evacuated from homes on North Laughran Road between West Tyhee and West Siphon. 35 homes were threatened but the fire was contained by 10 pm with no damage occurring.
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