Red Flag Warning until 09:00PM Wednesday
...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO THE EVENING... ...BREEZY WINDS OUTSIDE OF STORMS IN SOUTHERN ZONES... .A strong upper level low will create conditions very favorable for the development of thunderstorms Wed into Wed evening. Storms are expected to form in eastern OR early Wed morning and move into SW ID around noon MDT. After this first round moves through, additional storms should form and then continue to move northeast throughout the region. Scattered lightning is likely. Strong to severe outflow gusts are possible near storms. Heavy rain rates on burn scars pose a localized flash flood and debris flow risk. Storms weaken to showers Wednesday night and chances of wetting rains increases through Thursday. The National Weather Service in Boise has issued a Red Flag Warning for lightning, which is in effect from noon to 9 PM MDT Wednesday. The Fire Weather Watch has been replaced by this Red Flag Warning.
* Thunderstorms...Scattered to isolated.
* Outflow Winds...50 to 60 mph.
* Timing...From noon to 9 PM MDT Wednesday.
* AFFECTED AREAS: NORTHERN BOISE BLM ... WESTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST ... EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST ... NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST ... TREASURE VALLEY BLM ... SOUTHERN BOISE/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NF, INCLUDING THE CAMAS PRAIRIE ... OWYHEE MOUNTAINS ... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM ... SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS
Instructions:
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will occur shortly.
Address/Location
Shoshone Paiute Tribal Emergency Response Commission
1935 Fire Lane
Owyhee, NV 89832
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 775-757-2473
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Red Flag Warning