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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 5, 202425 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Aug 5, 2024, 12:37 AM MDT for 25 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 5, 2024, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 16 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 5, 2024, 12:37 AM MDT (06:37 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 5, 2024, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 6, 2024, 4:00 AM MDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID

All 25 counties

Bannock County, ID, Bear Lake County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Boise County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Clark County, ID, Custer County, ID, Franklin County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Madison County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID, Teton County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID, Valley County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 4, 5:40 PM MDT, 6 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 5:40 PM MDT, 6 hours 57 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
Aug 5, 1:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Cassia	28 min
Aug 5, 1:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bear Lake	22 min
Aug 5, 2:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Cassia	34 min
Aug 5, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Power	47 min
Aug 5, 5:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Custer	51 min
Aug 5, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Clark	47 min
Aug 5, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Blaine	37 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.