Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Pocatello, ID

SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
325 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2000

CONTINUE TO REMAIN UNDER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND SCATTERED CONVECTION
NOW FIRING OVER NORTHERN NV/UT AND IDAHO IN ADVANCE OF JET PUSHING
THROUGH NV/UT AND RELATIVELY WEAK S/WV MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST NV.
A FEW STORMS HAVE APPROACHED BUT REMAINED BELOW SEVERE THRESHOLDS.
EXPECT STORMS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS S/WV
IN NW NV CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTHEAST AND LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING.  FOR
REST OF FORECAST PERIOD...RIDGING OVER INTERMOUNTAIN REGION WILL BUILD
SLIGHTLY FOR TUESDAY WITH WEAKER UPSTREAM S/WVS MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHERN ID AND SOMEWHAT DECREASED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ON TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN LOWER POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION.

FOR THE EXTENDED...WILL REMAIN UNDER SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH EMBEDDED
S/WVS MOVING THROUGH SO SLIGHT THREAT OF CONVECTION REMAINS THROUGH
THURSDAY.  WILL BEGIN TO SEE DRYING TREND BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY AND
CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND.  DSH

.KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 11.

BYI 58/91/57/91 5222

.PIH...NONE.

PIH BB 055/089 052/089 051 02522

IDZ017>023-031-032-180200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
350 PM MDT MON JUL 17 2000

...AFTERNOON ROUNDUP OF STORM REPORTS...

AS OF 345 PM MDT...HERE ARE VARIOUS REPORTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT
HAVE OCCURRED OR ARE OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO.

  * EVENT *         * TIME *     * PLACE *
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HALF-INCH HAIL      245 PM      MINK CREEK IN POCATELLO
PEA-SIZE HAIL       317 PM      PORTNEUF GAP SOUTH OF POCATELLO
.25 RAIN IN 15     324 PM      SOUTH POCATELLO
    MINUTES
HALF-INCH HAIL      338 PM      MACKAY
PEA-SIZE HAIL       345 PM      DECLO

ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS EVENING WITH A COMPLETE
ROUNDUP OF REPORTS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

END/WAW/DMH