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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 2, 2009Lincoln County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2009, 6:03 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Idaho. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2009, 6:03 PM MDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2009, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, ID

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 2:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:49 AM MDT, 14 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:48 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 6:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Power	48 min
Jul 2, 7:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bingham	55 min
Jul 2, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Minidoka	46 min
Jul 2, 8:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bingham, Power	58 min
Jul 2, 9:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bannock, Power	60 min
Jul 2, 9:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bannock, Bonneville, Caribou	65 min
Jul 3, 1:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Butte	51 min
Jul 3, 2:08 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Blaine	3 hr
Jul 3, 2:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Butte	53 min
Jul 3, 2:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Butte	41 min
Jul 3, 3:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bingham, Jefferson	65 min
Jul 3, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bonneville, Jefferson	53 min
Jul 3, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bannock, Bingham, Bonneville	87 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bingham, Bonneville	59 min
Jul 3, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou	26 min
Jul 3, 5:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Oneida	62 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.