Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pocatello, ID

AN IMPRESSIVE OUTBREAK OF CONVECTION IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO WITH EXTREMELY
HEAVY PRECIP TOTALS.  OVER  1 INCH IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES BECOMING COMMON
MANY AREAS.  FLASH FLOOD WATCH WELL SUPPORTED BY ACTIVITY.  COORDINATION
WITH BOISE...THEY WILL EXTEND FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 PM.  ALTHOUGH
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...SHEAR AXIS AND
LOCATION OF SHORTWAVE FAVORS SLOW MOVING CELLS WITH LARGE SCALE
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING.  LATEST WSR-88D SHOWS ACTIVITY
BEGINNING TO BLOSSOM IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THIS AREA.  VILS 30+ HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTING NEAR DIME-SIZE HAIL.  LOTS MORE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS TO COME!!!   DRYER AIR OVER CENTRAL NEVADA AND SOUTHWEST IDAHO
WILL WORK INTO AREA LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.  ALTHOUGH RIDGE BUILDS
SLIGHTLY NEXT 48 HOURS...MODELS INDICATE INSTABILITY PERSISTS.  WILL
KEEP ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION IN ZONES THROUGH PERIOD.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AGAIN DUE TO INCREASING SUN AND RIDGE
REESTABLISHING.  BAUCK

PIH BB 055/087 054/092 054 03522
IDA BB 054/085 052/089 053 03622

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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.

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