Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pocatello, ID

IMPRESSIVELY MOIST AIR MASS COVERS EASTERN IDAHO THIS MORNING.  EVEN
UPSTREAM IN RELATIVELY DRYER MID LEVEL AIR...ELKO...PRECIPITABLE WATER
0.93 WITH PROJECTED AFTERNOON CAPE 1500+.  SOME BREAKS IN CLOUDS
SOUTHERN IDAHO WILL ALLOW SUFFICIENT HEATING FOR ACTIVE CONVECTION DAY.
SHEAR AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARD INTO
UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS TONIGHT.  SLOW MOVING...NEARLY STATIONARY CELLS
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WILL DUMP LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS WELL SUPPORTED.  MAY NEED TO ADJUST SECOND PERIOD
POPS TO REFLECT CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL INTO EVENING.  WILL COORDINATE WITH
BOISE.  BAUCK

PIH TB 085/055 087/054 092 05632
IDA TB 082/054 085/052 089 05632

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
930 AM MDT MON JUL 29 1996

TIME(MDT)   ...CITY LOCATION...      STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
            ...COUNTY LOCATION...

0800 AM     10 NE POCATELLO          ID    HEAVY RAIN
07/29/96    BANNOCK                        4 HOUR STORM TOTAL OF
                                           0.65 INCH RAIN FALL.

0820 AM     CHUBBUCK                 ID    HEAVY RAIN
07/29/96  .  JEFFERSON                      6 HOUR STORM TOTAL IN
                                           NORTH CHUBBUCK OF 0.56
                                           INCH OF RAIN FALL.

END/MOLINA

IDZ003-291815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1128 AM MDT MON JUL 29 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN POWER COUNTY...

AT 1015 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN ROCKLAND AND NEELEY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.  ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTOROVER NEELEY IS MOVING TOWARD AMERICAN FALLS AND THE POCATELLO AIRPORT.

IN A FLASHT FLOOD SITUATION...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS
AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.  STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

END/MOLINA

IDZ003-004-292000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1240 PM MDT MON JUL 29 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARBON VALLEY...MCCAMMON AND SOUTHERN POCATELLO
AREAS...

AT 1240 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
EASTERN POWER AND NORTHERN BANNOCK COUNTIES.  THE STRONGEST STORMS
EXTEND FROM INKOM SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SCOUT MOUNTAIN TO THE COMMUNITY
OF CRYSTAL.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND PEA-SIZE HAIL.  SOME MINOR FLOODING AND RUNOFF IS
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.  TRAVELLERS USING INTERSTATE 15 FROM INKOM TO
MCCAMMON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR CONSIDERABLE PONDING AND LOCAL LY LOW
VISIBILITIES.

BAUCK

IDZ004-292015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
118 PM MDT MON JUL 29 1996

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG RAPID CREEK NORTH OF INKOM.
DOPPLER RADAR AND LOCAL SPOTTERS REPORT NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAIN IN
FIFTEEN MINUTES BETWEEN 1:00 AND 1:15 PM.  THE STORMS PRODUCING THIS
HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING ALONG RAPID CREEK AND EASTWARD INTO THE
UPPER PORTNEUF DRAINAGE IN THE NEXT HOUR.

AS THE STORMS PROGRESS EASTWARD.. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR
ALONG PEBBLE CREEK.. AND OTHER HEADWATER DRAINAGES OF THE UPPER
PORTNUF RIVER INTO EASTERN CARIBOU COUNTY.

PEOPLE TRAVELLING ALONG RAPID CREEK ROAD AND OTHER SECONDARY
ROADS IN NORTHEASTERN BANNOCK AND NORTHWESTERN CARIBOU COUNTIES
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY
IN BRIEF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS.. WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS... AND PONDING
OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.

END.l..GOENS