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Red Flag Warning 27, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 22, 2024Cassia County, Twin Falls County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Aug 22, 2024, 8:55 PM MDT for Cassia County, Twin Falls County, Idaho. It took effect at Aug 23, 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

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The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2024, 8:55 PM MDT (02:55 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 23, 2024, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 23, 2024, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Cassia County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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 22, 1:26 PM MDT, 7 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 1:26 PM MDT, 7 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 6:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 22, 7:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 22, 7:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
707 PM MDT Thu Aug 22 2024

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

0645 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     14 NE Atomic City       43.55N 112.59W
08/22/2024  M46 MPH          Bingham            ID   Dept of Highways

            RWIS ITD93 Telegraph Hill US-20.

&&

CM

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 7:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
709 PM MDT Thu Aug 22 2024

IDZ060-061-063-230145-
Bear Lake Valley ID-Bear River Range ID-Caribou Range ID-
709 PM MDT Thu Aug 22 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND BEAR
LAKE COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM MDT...

At 709 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Garden City, or 7 miles southwest of Bear Lake Idaho Portion, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 35 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Montpelier, Bear Lake Idaho Portion, Georgetown, Saint Charles,
Dingle, Paris, Bloomington, Bern, Minnetonka Cave, Ovid, Border
Summit, Geneva, Fish Haven, Liberty, Pegram, Geneva Summit, and
Bennington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4200 11164 4247 11149 4247 11105 4200 11105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 213DEG 28KT 4200 11145

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...35 MPH

MacKay

Local storm report, Aug 22, 7:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
711 PM MDT Thu Aug 22 2024

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

0700 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 WSW Poplar            43.61N 111.71W
08/22/2024  M49 MPH          Bonneville         ID   Dept of Highways

            RWIS ITD18 Ririe US-26.

&&

CM

Local storm report, Aug 22, 7:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
716 PM MDT Thu Aug 22 2024

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

0705 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     9 SSW Mud Lake          43.72N 112.53W
08/22/2024  M49 MPH          Jefferson          ID   Mesonet

            Mesonet station ROV 9 SSW Mud Lake.

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 6:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bingham	28 min
Aug 22, 6:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bonneville, Jefferson	36 min
Aug 22, 7:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bear Lake	36 min
Aug 22, 9:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Butte	39 min
Aug 22, 9:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bingham	35 min
Aug 23, 12:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Butte	28 min
Aug 23, 12:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Custer	31 min
Aug 23, 1:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Clark	34 min
Aug 23, 1:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Madison	30 min
Aug 23, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Clark	25 min
Aug 23, 2:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Fremont	38 min
Aug 23, 3:57 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	PIH	Bannock, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Custer and 4 more	5 hr
Aug 23, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bear Lake, Franklin	40 min
Aug 23, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, Teton	68 min

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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.