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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 31, 202618 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Jul 31, 2026, 12:29 PM MDT for 18 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 1, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 31 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 31, 2026, 12:29 PM MDT (18:29 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 1, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 2, 2026, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Boise County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Clark County, ID, Custer County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Madison County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Power County, ID, Teton County, ID, Valley County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHJefferson42 min
Jul 30, 7:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake37 min
Jul 31, 11:46 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryPIHBannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte and 13 more34 hr
Jul 31, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHTeton23 min
Jul 31, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCaribou37 min
Jul 31, 4:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBonneville34 min
Jul 31, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHClark24 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.