The Kettles, ID Weather Warnings

Red Flag Warning issued July 16 at 11:08AM MDT until July 17 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID ...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. 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 422 Sawtooth Range/Northern Sawtooth NF and Fire Weather Zone 427 Goose Creek and Raft River Valley/Southern Sawtooth NF/Twin Falls BLM south of the Snake River. * IMPACTS...Scattered thunderstorms can produce frequent lightning that may in turn produce wildfire starts in receptive fuels. * THUNDERSTORMS...In the Sawtooth NF that is north of the Snake River, the thunderstorms will be a mixture of wet and dry thunderstorms, while south of the Snake River in Zone 427 the thunderstorms should be nearly all dry, less than 0.10 of an inch rainfall accumulation. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Erratic winds suddenly gusting to 50 mph are possible. 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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