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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Pocatello, ID

May 30, 2018Fremont County, Madison County, Teton County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2018, 1:49 PM MDT for Fremont County, Madison County, Teton County, Idaho. It was in force for 26 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: May 30, 2018, 1:49 PM MDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2018, 2:15 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fremont 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 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 May 30, 1:42 PM MDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 1:42 PM MDT, 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 1:34 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 1:37 PM MDT, 12 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
May 29, 6:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Caribou	89 min
May 29, 7:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Fremont	62 min
May 29, 7:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Caribou	53 min
May 30, 7:25 AM MDT	River Flood Advisory	PIH	Custer	3 days
May 30, 10:54 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PIH	Blaine	50 hr
May 30, 1:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bonneville	26 min
May 30, 1:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Cassia	23 min
May 30, 2:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Cassia	44 min
May 30, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bannock	41 min
May 30, 2:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bannock	28 min
May 30, 2:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bannock, Caribou, Oneida, Power	51 min
May 30, 2:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Power	32 min
May 30, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Power	74 min
May 30, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bonneville	33 min
May 30, 3:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Caribou	48 min
May 30, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Caribou	37 min
May 30, 4:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Cassia	50 min
May 30, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Cassia	47 min
May 30, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Cassia, Minidoka	29 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.