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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 17, 202012 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Aug 17, 2020, 12:22 PM MDT for 12 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 18, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2020, 12:22 PM MDT (18:22 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2020, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Blaine County, ID, Boise County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Clark County, ID, Custer County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Madison County, ID, Teton County, ID, Valley County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Aug 17, 3:36 AM MDT, 8 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:36 AM MDT, 8 hours 46 minutes before

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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.