Red Flag Warning issued October 9 at 2:01PM MDT until October 9 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID
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...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 427... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 427 Goose Creek and Raft River Valley/Southern Sawtooth NF/Twin Falls BLM south of the Snake River. * WINDS...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 12 percent. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly based on these criteria for Southeastern Idaho: - Relative humidity at or below 15 percent and wind gusts of at least 25 mph in the mountains, or 30 mph in the Snake Plain. - Thunderstorm coverage of 25 percent, without specific rainfall criteria. - Other high impact events deemed critical by the National Weather Service and area fire management agencies.
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- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- ID, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Goose Creek and Raft River Valley/Southern Sawtooth NF/Twin Falls BLM south of the Snake River
- event
- Red Flag Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-09T14:01:00-06:00
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- ["ID"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-09T14:01:00-06:00
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- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.63966161fe81579f99a7fad082180afef37c3cb4.001.1
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- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ba62d528dfdf866bc2f26ec06061e3f8dd3e9270.001.1"]
- instruction
- A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly based on these criteria for Southeastern Idaho: - Relative humidity at or below 15 percent and wind gusts of at least 25 mph in the mountains, or 30 mph in the Snake Plain. - Thunderstorm coverage of 25 percent, without specific rainfall criteria. - Other high impact events deemed critical by the National Weather Service and area fire management agencies.
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- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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