A 326 acre wildfire west of the Pocatello airport began on August 10th and was contained by 8 pm.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 326 acre wildfire west of the Pocatello airport began on August 10th and was contained by 8 pm.
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 Aug 10, 1:42 AM MST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 242 AM MDT Wed Aug 10 2022 .SHORT TERM...Today through Thursday Night. A dynamic weather day is in store across eastern Idaho today with a closed upper level low off the Pacific Coast and broad high pressure centered over the central United States driving strong monsoonal moisture up through the Great Basin. Being in a favored moisture transport region today in between these two upper level features, moist southwest flow will bring scattered showers and thunderstorms along with the potential for flash flooding concerns and potentially severe gusty outflow boundaries. The Weather Prediction Center has issued a slight 15 percent risk for excessive rainfall exceeding flash flood guidelines extending from the Nevada/Utah border region in south-central Idaho up through the Frank Church with a marginal 5 percent risk for the remainder of southeast Idaho. PWATs between 0.75 and 1.50 inches will approach 3 to 5 sigma above normal nearing 200 to 300 percent of normal for thie time of year across the region this afternoon and evening. Precipitation will start off today in western Idaho, gradually working east throughout the day with afternoon convection helping to initiate and develop strong thunderstorms. The main concern with thunderstorms today will be localized flash flooding concerns, strong gusty outflow winds, and hail up to around half-inch to quarter size with sufficiently available DCAPE/CAPE in addition to 30 to 50 kts of 0 to 6 km shear enabling the environment today to produce strong thunderstorms. The development of moderate to heavy precipitation associated with areas of convection will begin mid-afternoon between 2 to 4PM and extend through about midnight with lingering showers overnight across the higher terrain north and east and across the eastern Snake Plain. After a brief break tomorrow morning from precipitation, there will be the potential for patchy fog development across the Snake Plain given saturated lower layers and quieter winds but with cloud cover overhead, this could stifle any significant fog development. In areas that do get to see those clear skies, chances will increase given more effective radiative cooling. Keep an eye on the sky throughout Thursday morning and you will see towering cumulus building over the higher terrain for another day of afternoon showers and thunderstorms but with scattered coverage remaining over the higher terrain as more isolated coverage moves in for the Snake Plain and Magic Valley. The WPC has again issued a marginal 5 percent risk for excessive rainfall exceeding flash flood guidance for Thursday across all of southeast Idaho with a predominant focus on the higher terrain. Temperatures through the period will remain near normal if not above normal today in the 80s to mid 90s, cooling slightly for Thursday into the 80s to low 90s. Synoptic winds outside of convection be up to around 20 to 30 mph with thunderstorms capable of producing winds in excess of 40 to 50 mph. MacKay .LONG TERM...Friday through next Wednesday. The models and cluster forecasts are fairly consistent on monsoon moisture remaining across central and eastern Idaho into next week. There will be some daily fluctuations in where the best chance and also where heavier rainfall will occur, but the general idea is over the higher elevations...especially the southern and eastern highlands. This pattern is also conducive to potentially see an uptick across the central mountains from the Wood River Valley to around Gilmore Summit. We will have to monitor how much rain falls in the coming days to see where any risk from flash flooding/debris flows evolves as where get into the weekend and next week. Afternoon temperatures will generally be at or just below average based on the Blend of Models. However, a lot of that will be fluctuating day to day based on where we see more sun vs clouds down the road. && .AVIATION... The start of more monsoonal moisture makes it into the area today. Rain chances increase at KSUN in the first half of the day before moisture spreads farther east with more widespread rain and storms heading towards KBYI, KPIH, KIDA, and KDIJ around 23Z Wednesday. Conditions could drop to MVFR or even IFR as rain passes over the terminals due to reduced visibility. Most of the activity wraps up around 09Z Thursday. With light winds early Thursday, there is the potential for some development of light mist, though confidence is not high due to some disagreement between CAMs. && .FIRE WEATHER... Today begins several days of showers and thunderstorms across central and eastern Idaho, as monsoon moisture continues to stream into our area. The focus for heavier rainfall will be across the western half of our fire forecasting area, meaning zones 475, 476, 422, 425, 427, and 410/411 west of I-15. There is a 40-60% chance of wetting rains, especially where we can multiple storms to track over the same locations, across those zones. In fact, there is a 20-30% chance of seeing between 0.25-0.5" in some of those same locations. The probability of more than 0.50" rapidly drops off to 10% or less. This fits the current trend where better and deeper moisture arrives with the monsoon push later today. That said, it does look like once you get toward the northern end of 475 and the Moose Fire, wetting rains look less likely...maybe only as high as 30%. In fact, once you get farther east...the probability barely pushes above 30% as the push of deepest moisture doesn't shift far enough east until tonight and Friday. Some of these storms today may produce winds over 40 mph and small hail. The greatest risk of higher winds will be with storms that are initially "drier" across portions of the Snake Plain (410), Magic Valley(425), and South Hills(427). With the shift in better moisture east Thursday, scattered coverage looks to be mainly across 476 in the central mountains, the Snake Plain and southern/eastern highlands(410/411/413). Wetting rain potential is highest across zone 413 at 30-50%. Elsewhere, the chance is 30% or lower. Amounts over 0.25 will be spotty, but still possible across portions of zones 476, 411 and 413 where the probability exceeds 20%. The risk of strong winds drops off tomorrow, but some storms may still eek out winds over 30 mph. Beyond that, the pattern remains in place. We will need to monitor trends, especially when we can get higher resolution data in the mix, to see where we can target higher chances and higher rainfall. && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && www.weather.gov/Pocatello www.facebook.com/NWSPocatello www.twitter.com/NWSPocatello SHORT TERM...MacKay LONG TERM...Keyes AVIATION...AMM/Keyes FIRE WEATHER...Keyes
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A 326 acre wildfire west of the Pocatello airport began on August 10th and was contained by 8 pm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, August 2022
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1055327.