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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Jul 16, 2026, 11:08 AM MDT for 20 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 17, 2026, 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
- Jul 16, 2026, 11:08 AM MDT (17:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 17, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2026, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
Counties Bannock County, ID, Bear Lake 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, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Madison County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID, Teton County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID, Valley County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 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 Jul 16, 5:01 AM MDT, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 5:01 AM MDT, 6 hours 7 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, 1:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PIH | Blaine, Custer | 28 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.