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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
1257 AM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025

IDZ427-080000-
/O.NEW.KPIH.FW.W.0014.250807T2000Z-250808T0000Z/
Goose Creek and Raft River Valley/Southern Sawtooth NF/Twin Falls
BLM south of the Snake River-
1257 AM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 427...

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Red Flag
Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in
effect from 2 PM this afternoon to 6 PM MDT this evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 427 Goose Creek and Raft River
  Valley/Southern Sawtooth NF/Twin Falls BLM south of the Snake
  River. The affected area includes all areas south or east of the
  town of Elba.

* WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 13 percent.

* IMPACTS...When coupled with extremely low fuel moistures, gusts
  of this magnitude and humidity below 15 percent leads to rapid
  fire spread rates and high intensity wildfires.

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:

- 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.

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