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Red Flag Warning issued for Saturday

With a dry and windy forecast, the National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Red Flag Warning, due to an increased risk of fire danger.

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR

GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES

410 AND 427…

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Red Flag

Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in

effect from 3 PM to 9 PM MDT Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch is

no longer in effect.

* AFFECTED AREA…Fire Weather Zone 410 covering the Upper Snake

River Valley and Idaho Falls BLM, and Fire Weather Zone 427

covering Goose Creek, Raft River Valley, Southern Sawtooth

National Forest, and Twin Falls BLM south of the Snake River.

* WINDS…West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…12 to 17 percent.

* IMPACTS…Once a fire starts, fast fire spread rates and high

intensity fires are likely to result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions

are either occurring now, or will shortly based on any one or more

of these criteria for Southeastern Idaho:

* Relative humidity at or below 15 percent and wind gusts of at

least 25 mph in the mountains, or 30 mph in the Snake Plain.

* Thunderstorm coverage of 25 percent, without specific rainfall

criteria.

* Other high impact events deemed critical by the National

Weather Service and area fire management agencies.

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