Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
1108 AM MDT Thu Jul 16 2026

...Remnants of a Southwest Monsoon Intensifies Friday...

.Coverage of thunderstorms increases tomorrow, with all except the
lower elevations expecting lightning activity to increase as
thunderstorm coverage exceeds 25 percent in many locations. Some
areas in the central Idaho mountains may see wetting rains, but it
will be limited to the highest elevations there.

IDZ411-413-171200-
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Centennial Mountains and Snake River Range/Targhee NF-
Caribou Range/Caribou NF-
1108 AM MDT Thu Jul 16 2026

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 411 AND 413...

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Red Flag
Warning for scattered thunderstorms, which is in effect from noon
to 9 PM MDT Friday.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 411 Centennial Mountains and
  Snake River Range/Targhee NF and Fire Weather Zone 413 Caribou
  Range/Caribou NF.

* IMPACTS...Scattered thunderstorms can produce frequent lightning
  that may in turn produce wildfire starts in receptive fuels.

* THUNDERSTORMS...In the Caribou portion of the Caribou-Targhee
  National Forest and adjoining BLM lands, thunderstorms will be
  mainly dry. In the Big Hole mountains and in the Wyoming
  portions of the Targhee National Forest, thunderstorms will be a
  mixture of wet and dry (rainfall accumulation of less than 0.10
  of an inch).

* OUTFLOW WINDS...Erratic winds suddenly gusting to 50 mph are
  possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly based on these criteria
for Southeastern Idaho:

- Thunderstorm coverage of 25 percent, without specific rainfall
criteria.

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