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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this freeze warning at Apr 15, 2026, 1:30 PM MDT for 12 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Apr 17, 2026, 3:00 AM 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
- Apr 15, 2026, 1:30 PM MDT (19:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2026, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Madison County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Power County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 14, 5:56 PM MDT, 19 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 5:56 PM MDT, 19 hours 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2:12 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Cassia and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:30 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Cassia and 6 more | 21 hr |
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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.