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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

March 21, 2017Bonneville County, Madison County, Teton County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2017, 10:00 PM MDT for Bonneville County, Madison County, Teton County, Idaho. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2017, 10:00 PM MDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2017, 10:45 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Bonneville County, ID, Madison County, ID, Teton County, ID

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 21, 1:56 PM MDT, 8 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 1:56 PM MDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 8:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 10:00 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
1000 PM MDT TUE MAR 21 2017

IDZ019>021-023-220445-
Caribou Highlands ID-Upper Snake Highlands ID-
Upper Snake River Plain ID-Lower Snake River Plain ID-
1000 PM MDT TUE MAR 21 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TETON...SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN BONNEVILLE...MADISON AND EAST
CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM MDT...

At 959 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Iona to 11 miles north of Chesterfield
Reservoir. Movement was northeast at 40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Rigby, Driggs, Swan Valley, Ririe Reservoir, Felt, Victor, Iona,
Ririe, Tetonia, Drummond, Archer, Bone, Tetonia Research Station,
Trail Creek Campground, Green Canyon Hot Springs, Heise and Pine
Creek Pass.

LAT...LON 4304 11192 4366 11193 4421 11109 4413 11109
      4412 11105 4357 11105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 227DEG 45KT 4355 11191 4306 11192

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham, Butte, Power60 min
Mar 21, 9:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBonneville3 hr
Mar 22, 3:54 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPIHBear Lake13 hr
Mar 22, 12:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock72 hr
Mar 22, 1:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCaribou41 min
Mar 22, 4:53 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPIHBear Lake68 hr

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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.