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Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 14, 20247 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Aug 14, 2024, 1:58 PM MDT for 7 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 15, 2024, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 14, 2024, 1:58 PM MDT (19:58 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 15, 2024, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 15, 2024, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Blaine County, ID, Boise County, ID, Butte County, ID, Custer County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Valley County, ID

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 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 14, 2:49 AM MDT, 11 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:49 AM MDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 8:06 AM MDT, 5 hours 52 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 13, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Franklin	29 min
Aug 13, 9:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Butte	23 min
Aug 14, 2:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Power	44 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.