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RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR IDAHO FIRE ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF BELOW 6000 FEET.

* TIMING...LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WINDS...AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* SUSTAINED WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY. NEW STARTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

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.