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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Pocatello, ID

May 26, 2023Blaine County, Butte County, Custer County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2023, 5:25 PM MDT for Blaine County, Butte County, Custer County, Idaho. It was in force for 3 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: May 26, 2023, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2023, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Blaine County, ID, Butte County, ID, Custer County, ID

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at May 26, 1:17 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 1:17 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 3:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 4:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 4:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 4:44 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 4:55 PM MDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 5:16 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
516 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     TSTM WND GST     CRATERS OF MOON         43.42N 113.53W
05/26/2023  M50 MPH          BUTTE              ID   MESONET

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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 25, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Blaine, Lincoln	42 min
May 25, 6:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Blaine	47 min
May 25, 6:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Minidoka	50 min
May 25, 7:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Butte	53 min
May 25, 7:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Butte	63 min
May 25, 7:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Power	47 min
May 25, 8:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Custer	38 min
May 25, 8:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bannock, Bingham, Power	44 min
May 25, 8:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Clark	67 min
May 25, 8:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Custer	55 min
May 25, 9:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Butte	58 min
May 26, 12:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Bonneville, Jefferson	3 hr
May 26, 1:35 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Cassia	5 hr
May 26, 2:34 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PIH	Cassia	26 min
May 26, 2:48 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Bingham	3 hr
May 26, 2:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Cassia	35 min
May 26, 3:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Cassia	3 hr
May 26, 3:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Cassia	3 hr
May 26, 3:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Lincoln	33 min
May 26, 3:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Cassia, Power	29 min
May 26, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Blaine, Power	53 min
May 26, 4:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PIH	Blaine, Lincoln	2 hr
May 26, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bear Lake	77 min
May 26, 4:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Blaine	16 min
May 26, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Blaine, Butte, Minidoka, Power	59 min
May 26, 4:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Bannock, Oneida, Power	3 hr
May 26, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Butte	48 min
May 26, 5:41 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Butte, Clark	3 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.