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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Pocatello, ID

May 30, 2023Blaine County, Butte County, Custer County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2023, 12:55 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 30, 2023, 12:55 PM MDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2023, 4:00 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

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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 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 30, 9:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 9:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 56 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, 7:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Oneida	53 min
May 30, 1:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Blaine	2 hr
May 30, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Caribou	48 min
May 30, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Oneida	25 min
May 30, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Power	48 min
May 30, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bonneville	30 min
May 30, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bannock, Power	42 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Idaho, 2023 Every flash flood warning in 2023

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.