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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 27, 2020Fremont County, Jefferson County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2020, 3:13 PM MDT for Fremont County, Jefferson County, Idaho. It was in force for 62 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
Aug 27, 2020, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2020, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Fremont County, ID, Jefferson County, ID

The radar

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The text

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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 Aug 27, 2:18 PM MDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 2:18 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:07 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:13 PM MDT, 0 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, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBingham, Bonneville, Jefferson49 min
Aug 26, 10:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMadison43 min
Aug 27, 3:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFremont38 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.