Coeur D Alene Warnings, Watches and Advisories

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Do not drive vehicles through flooded areas. The water depth or fast flowing water/mud/debris from a flash flood will make road conditions unsafe. Do not rely soley on data presented here or other third-party websites - always check your official national and local weather service agency website, socials, radio and/or TV stations for making critical decisions related to weather events.

Please carefully read each posted Warning and Alert as it relates to the area(s) being affected. We may provide a wider range of issued severe weather warnings for surrounding cities and counties, so some alerts may not directly impact this location. This is done to help with preparing for severe weather that may overlap or be heading towards Coeur D Alene.

Use the Radar Maps link provided to understand the trajectory of a storm.

Red Flag Warning

Area
Palouse/Nezperce Reservation/Hells Canyon Region
Red Flag Warning issued July 18 at 7:44AM MDT until July 18 at 11:00PM MDT by NWS Missoula MT

The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 2 PM this afternoon to 10 PM PDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Zone 102 Palouse/Hells Canyon. * TIMING...From 2 PM this afternoon to 10 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...West 10 to 15 mph with gusts 25 to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise extreme caution with any outdoor burning.

Red Flag Warning

Area
Caribou Range/Caribou NF; Goose Creek and Raft River Valley/Southern Sawtooth NF/Twin Falls BLM south of the Snake River
Red Flag Warning issued July 18 at 1:40AM MDT until July 19 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT 1PM TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR IDAHO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 427 AND 413... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 413 Caribou Range/Caribou NF and Fire Weather Zone 427 Goose Creek and Raft River Valley/Southern Sawtooth NF/Twin Falls BLM south of the Snake River. * IMPACTS...Critical fire weather conditions are expected this afternoon. Lightning may generate new fire starts. Any new fire starts or existing fires may spread rapidly. * THUNDERSTORMS...25 to 45 percent coverage expected. * OUTFLOW WINDS...A dry low level environment will promote the potential for storms to produce gusty outflow wind gusts in excess of 40 mph, locally higher to 50 mph.

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