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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

September 18, 2026Bingham County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Sep 18, 2026, 12:21 AM MDT for Bingham County, Idaho. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 18, 2026, 12:21 AM MDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2026, 1:00 AM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 35

County Bingham County, ID

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Sep 17, 11:24 PM MDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 11:24 PM MDT, 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 17, 11:58 PM MDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 12:03 AM MDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 12:12 AM MDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 12:17 AM MDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 12:17 AM MDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 12:21 AM MDT, 0 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
Sep 17, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bingham	31 min
Sep 17, 7:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bear Lake	29 min
Sep 17, 7:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Jefferson	53 min
Sep 17, 8:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bingham	50 min
Sep 17, 9:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bingham, Bonneville	52 min
Sep 17, 9:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bingham	43 min
Sep 17, 9:51 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Madison	5 hr
Sep 17, 10:00 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Bonneville, Jefferson	4 hr
Sep 17, 10:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bannock, Bingham, Oneida, Power	29 min
Sep 17, 10:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bingham, Bonneville, Jefferson	36 min
Sep 17, 10:25 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PIH	Jefferson, Madison	4 hr
Sep 17, 10:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bannock, Bingham, Caribou, Power	38 min
Sep 17, 11:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bonneville, Teton	66 min
Sep 17, 11:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bonneville	49 min
Sep 18, 12:17 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bonneville, Madison, Teton	43 min
Sep 18, 2:52 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PIH	Bonneville, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison	8 hr
Sep 18, 8:28 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou	32 min
Sep 18, 9:08 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PIH	Blaine	5 hr
Sep 18, 10:30 AM MDT	Flood Watch	PIH	Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte and 10 more	8 hr
Sep 18, 10:44 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PIH	Jefferson, Madison	89 min
Sep 18, 1:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Blaine, Butte, Custer	3 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.