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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 6, 20269 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this red flag warning at Jul 6, 2026, 12:36 PM MDT for 9 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jul 7, 2026, 2:00 PM 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: Jul 6, 2026, 12:36 PM MDT (18:36 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 7, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 7, 2026, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Bannock County, ID, Bear Lake County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Franklin County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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 6, 12:34 PM MDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 12:34 PM MDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Cassia	48 min
Jul 6, 5:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Cassia	38 min
Jul 6, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Power	31 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.