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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this flash flood watch at Jul 16, 2026, 1:07 PM MDT for Blaine County, Custer County, Idaho. It took effect at Jul 17, 2026, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2026, 1:07 PM MDT (19:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 17, 2026, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2026, 5:11 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blaine County, ID, Custer County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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 watch 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 watch went out at Jul 16, 12:33 PM MDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 12:33 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 7:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 11:08 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bear Lake, Blaine, Boise, Bonneville, Butte and 14 more | 34 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 1:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 2:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Bannock | 2 hr |
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.