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RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 412 AND 413...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 412 GOOSE CREEK AND RAFT RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH NF...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF.

* TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FROM 3 PM UNTIL 9 PM.

* THUNDERSTORMS...COULD PRODUCE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF 3 OR HIGHER.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

* PRECIPITATION...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD 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.

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.