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Mesoscale Discussion 1619

August 5, 201521 counties in Idaho; Teton County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 5, 2015, 12:40 PM MDT for 21 counties in Idaho; Teton County, Wyoming. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2015, 12:40 PM MDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2015, 2:45 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 22 counties

Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Camas County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Clark County, ID, Franklin County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Gooding County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Madison County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID, Teton County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID, Teton County, WY

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 474Aug 5, 1:40 PM MDT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 1:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte and 12 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Idaho, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.