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RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT FOR LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 411 AND 413 BELOW 6500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 411 CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF BELOW 6500 FEET...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF BELOW 6500 FEET.

* TIMING...FROM NOON SATURDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVELS OF THREE OR HIGHER.

* OUTFLOW WINDS...WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH.

* PRECIPITATION...INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORM CELLS WILL PRODUCE LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH RAINFALL.

* IMPACTS...THE FREQUENCY OF LIGHTNING WILL BRING A HEIGHTENED LIKELIHOOD THAT A WILDFIRE MAY START.

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.