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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 26, 2020Bingham County, Bonneville County, Jefferson County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2020, 9:26 PM MDT for Bingham County, Bonneville County, Jefferson County, Idaho. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 26, 2020, 9:26 PM MDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2020, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bingham County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Jefferson County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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 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 Aug 26, 2:26 PM MDT, 7 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:26 PM MDT, 7 hours before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 26, 4:11 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:39 PM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 6:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMinidoka49 min
Aug 26, 6:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHLincoln64 min
Aug 26, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBlaine, Butte, Lincoln, Minidoka38 min
Aug 26, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBlaine44 min
Aug 26, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte62 min
Aug 26, 8:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBlaine57 min
Aug 26, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHJefferson40 min
Aug 26, 8:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBlaine52 min
Aug 26, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBingham, Bonneville, Butte, Jefferson47 min
Aug 26, 10:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMadison43 min
Aug 27, 3:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFremont38 min
Aug 27, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFremont, Jefferson62 min
Aug 27, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMadison44 min
Aug 27, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia57 min
Aug 27, 3:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCuster53 min
Aug 27, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHTeton16 min
Aug 27, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCuster87 min
Aug 27, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia52 min
Aug 27, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte54 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.