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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 18, 202422 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Aug 18, 2024, 1:40 PM MDT for 22 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 18, 2024, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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 18, 2024, 1:40 PM MDT (19:40 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2024, 3:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2024, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID

All 22 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, Jefferson County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Madison County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID, Teton County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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 18, 1:34 AM MDT, 12 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:34 AM MDT, 12 hours 6 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 18, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bingham	42 min
Aug 18, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Lincoln	32 min
Aug 18, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Lincoln	45 min
Aug 18, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Camas	38 min
Aug 18, 5:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Minidoka	40 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.