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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Pocatello, ID

March 20, 2017Bear Lake County, Idaho; Lincoln County, Wyoming

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this river flood watch at Mar 20, 2017, 12:05 PM MDT for Bear Lake County, Idaho; Lincoln County, Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 23, 2017, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2017, 12:05 PM MDT (18:05 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2017, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2017, 11:49 AM MDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Flood severity
None

Counties Bear Lake County, ID, Lincoln County, WY

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The river

Written for the forecast point Bear River at Border (BRBW4). The gauge peaked at 8.78 ft at Mar 25, 2017, 5:00 PM MDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
7.5 ft
Moderate stage
10.5 ft
Major stage
11.7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 10039500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 12:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock48 hr
Mar 20, 12:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock, Caribou14 days
Mar 20, 12:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHButte, Custer4 days

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Idaho, 2017River Flood Watches in Wyoming, 2017Every river flood watch in 2017

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.