A human caused fire by fireworks burned over 200 acres near Menan Butte. 13 engines, 2 dozers, 3 single engine air tankers and 1 heavy air tanker were on the scene.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A human caused fire by fireworks burned over 200 acres near Menan Butte. 13 engines, 2 dozers, 3 single engine air tankers and 1 heavy air tanker were on the scene. It was noticed first at 11 pm on July 1st and was contained by July 3rd.
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 1, 1:03 PM MST, 8 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 203 PM MDT Sat Jul 1 2017 .DISCUSSION...Tonight through Saturday. Cloud cover working into the western portions of the state this afternoon per satellite imagery. Expect some destabilization to occur later this afternoon into this evening for a threat of thunderstorms. Have kept slight chance for thunder over most higher elevations, but HRRR remarkably consistent today that the main threat will be from convection developing over NV and shifting northeast into the South Central Highlands, shifting north toward the Eastern Magic Valley and weakening as the region continues to spread across the Snake Plain. Isolated wind gusts up to 40 mph remain possible, but do not expect severe gusts at this point. Upper trough lingers Sunday, with a potential repeat in convection. Threat should be limited to the eastern half of the forecast area, and mainly over higher elevations. Upper ridge rebounds Monday through the remainder of the week, with center of upper high located over the four corners region. This continues to be a favorable pattern for moisture to work north through the Great Basin, and the threat for afternoon dry thunderstorms continues each day especially mid week and beyond. It will be difficult to pin down the location for development, so made very little change to expected precip chances later in the week. Otherwise, the impact concern this week remains with the increased temperatures, especially Tuesday and beyond. So far, Thursday and Friday appear to be the hottest of the week with temps likely approaching triple digits in many lower elevations. Warmer overnight lows could exasperate conditions, especially for people sensitive to increased heat. Cloud cover from thunderstorms may be a mitigating factor, but this will be a potential threat to keep an eye on as we move toward mid week. DMH && .AVIATION...A weak storm crosses the state in the next 24 hours, spawning a few storms here, there and yonder over the mountains. At the moment, KSUN and KDIJ would stand to be the most impacted. KIDA, KPIH and KBYI COULD see impacts if storms happen to wander across the Plain or adjacent terrain. Little rain and gusty winds over 25kts can be expected IF a cell passes over a given airport. Keyes && .FIRE WEATHER...A weak storm crosses the state in the next 24 hours, kicking off isolated dry storms over the mountains. Right now, the Snake Plain looks dry BUT outflow (30+mph) from storms could move out into the Plain and produce strong winds or even try to kick off a storm or 2. The rest of next week should be very warm with low humidities with very strong high pressure building across the Rockies. Highs by midweek will be pushing 95-100 at lower elevations and 75-85 in the mountains. Humidities will drop to 10-20% for the Snake Plain and other low valleys and upper teens to mid 20s at higher elevations. We will see inversions at night so mid/upper slopes will remain quite dry. We WILL NOT be storm free though it appears. Limited monsoon moisture works around the ridge for possible isolated (and dry) storms over higher terrain. It will be hard to pinpoint which ranges will see storms each day at the moment, but the possibility is there each day. Keyes && .HYDROLOGY...Rivers across East Idaho have shown a definite downward trend over the past week with peak flows now likely behind us. Some lingering issues remain at a few locations, however. It remains to be seen how much impact the hot temperatures this week will have on the rivers. Some increase is expected in the basins of the Tetons, the Big Lost and in the Central Mountains by later in the week. DMH && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A human caused fire by fireworks burned over 200 acres near Menan Butte. 13 engines, 2 dozers, 3 single engine air tankers and 1 heavy air tanker were on the scene. It was noticed first at 11 pm on July 1st and was contained by July 3rd.
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