Red Flag Warning issued for Friday
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE
ZONES 476 AND 477 BELOW 6000 FEET…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF
SAWTOOTH RANGE/NORTHERN SAWTOOTH NF
* AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO…FIRE ZONE 476 LEMHI AND LOST RIVER
RANGE/CHALLIS NF BELOW 6000 FEET…FIRE ZONE 477 SAWTOOTH
RANGE/NORTHERN SAWTOOTH NF BELOW 6000 FEET.
* TIMING…FROM 12 NOON FRIDAY UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY NIGHT.
* THUNDERSTORMS…WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS
GREATER THAN 3.
* OUTFLOW WINDS…GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
* PRECIPITATION…EACH THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY GENERATE LESS
THAN ONE TENTH OF ONE INCH OF RAINFALL.
* IMPACTS…THE FREQUENCY OF LIGHTNING WILL BE ENOUGH TO
GENERATEA HIGH PROBABILITY THAT A WILDFIRE MAY START.
MIDDLE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/TWIN FALLS BLM
GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF
* AFFECTED AREA…IN IDAHO…FIRE ZONE 412 GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT
RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF.
* TIMING…FROM 12 NOON FRIDAY UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY NIGHT.
* THUNDERSTORMS…WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF 3
OR HIGHER.
* OUTFLOW WINDS…GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
* PRECIPITATION…THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DRY WITH LESS THAN ONE
TENTH OF ONE INCH OF PRECIPITATION IN A STORM.
* IMPACTS…LIGHTNING ACTIVITY AT THIS LEVEL WITH THE RECEPTIVE
FUELS MEANS THE PROBABILITY OF IGNITING A WILDFIRE IS VERY
HIGH.
