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RFWBOI
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1040 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
IDZ403-421-ORZ670-671-674-675-171300-
/O.NEW.KBOI.FW.A.0013.260917T1800Z-260918T0300Z/
NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST-
SOUTHERN BOISE/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NF, INCLUDING THE CAMAS PRAIRIE-
BURNS BLM-STEENS MOUNTAIN-NORTHWESTERN VALE BLM-BAKER VALLEY-
1040 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026 /940 AM PDT WED SEP 16 2026/
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR LIGHTNING FOR NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL
FOREST...SOUTHERN BOISE/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NF, INCLUDING THE CAMAS
PRAIRIE...BURNS BLM...STEENS MOUNTAIN...NORTHWESTERN VALE BLM AND
BAKER VALLEY...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 403...421...670...
671...674 AND 675...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR LIGHTNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...IN IDAHO, FIRE WEATHER ZONES 403 NORTHERN
BOISE NATIONAL FOREST, 421 SOUTHERN BOISE/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NF
AND INCLUDING THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN OREGON, FIRE WEATHER ZONES
670 BURNS BLM, 671 STEENS MOUNTAIN, 674 NORTHWESTERN VALE BLM
AND 675 BAKER VALLEY.
* TIMING...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED COVERAGE WITH ABUNDANT LIGHTNING.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRE THAT DEVELOPS WILL CATCH AND SPREAD
QUICKLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.
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