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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 31, 20136 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2013, 9:38 PM MDT for 6 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 52 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 31, 2013, 9:38 PM MDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2013, 10:30 PM MDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bingham County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Madison County, ID, Teton County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 31, 2:48 PM MDT, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 2:48 PM MDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 3:34 AM MDT, 18 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:57 PM MDT, 4 hours 41 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 31, 6:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Fremont	45 min
Jul 31, 8:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Jefferson	49 min
Jul 31, 8:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bingham	32 min
Jul 31, 11:42 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PIH	Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Cassia, Clark and 9 more	3 hr
Aug 1, 1:23 AM MDT	Lake Wind Advisory	PIH		20 hr
Aug 1, 2:57 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PIH	Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Boise, Bonneville and 19 more	19 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.