Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Pocatello, ID

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WWUS55 KPIH 072353
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
551 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007

IDC007-080001-
/O.EXP.KPIH.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070708T0000Z/
BEAR LAKE ID-
551 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BEAR LAKE COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 600 PM MDT...

THE STORM THAT PRODUCED 65 MPH WINDS EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS SINCE 
COLLAPSED AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 4237 11138 4226 11136 4223 11109 4243 11108

$$

HUSTON

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
245 PM PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON
AND INITIATING THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY MAINLY IN CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN.  CHALLIS DID RECEIVE
NEARLY A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN SO THERE ARE SOME WET THUNDERSTORMS
WITH INCREASED MOISTURE STILL TODAY WITH SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS.  KEPT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN GRIDS
TONIGHT AS WAVE MOVES EAST.  EXPECT STORMS TO DIMINISH OR END BY
MIDNIGHT AND SHOULD BE MUCH DRIER SUNDAY AND ONLY PUT ISOLATED IN
EXTREME EASTERN HIGHLANDS.  TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN WELL ABOVE
NORMAL BUT NOT NEARLY AS HOT AS IT HAS BEEN THROUGH MONDAY.  STAY IN
DRY NORTHWEST FLOW MONDAY AS RIDGE BEGINS TO REBUILD TO WEST. EXPECT
LAKE WIND ADVISORY WINDS TO CONTINUE IN AFTERNOONS TODAY AND SUNDAY
IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH POTENTIAL FOR 15 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS
ON AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR.  GK

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS AND IS OVERHEAD BY THURSDAY.  EXPECT MAINLY DRY
CONDITIONS WITH THIS PATTERN AND CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
GK

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...UPPER DISTURBANCE TRACKING OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON
SPARKING WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE REGION. A MIX
OF WET AND DRY CELLS NOTED THUS FAR AND WILL CONTINUE RED FLAG
WARNING FOR ALL ZONES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  DRIER NW FLOW TAKES HOLD
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS NOSING UP TOWARD
WARNING CRITERIA.  NO HIGHLIGHTS IN THE WORKS YET BUT WILL HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO MONITOR SITUATION THROUGH THE PERIOD FOR POTENTIAL
UPDATES. UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO DRIFT BACK OVERHEAD BY MID-WEEK WITH
TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING BACK INTO THE MID 90S AND HUMIDITY DROPPING
BACK INTO THE LOWER TEENS. HUSTON
&&

.AVIATION...AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FIRING OVER CENTRAL MOUNTAINS NE
OF KSUN AND OVER NE NEVADA ALL ADVANCING NE WITH TIME. EXPECT AREA
OF CONVECTION OVER NE NEVADA TO BEGIN IMPACTING SNAKE RIVER VALLEY
TAF SITES AS EARLY AS 23Z AND CONTINUING THROUGH AROUND 03Z THIS
EVENING. EXPECT STRONG GUSTY DOWN BURST WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH
STORMS ALONG WITH PARTIAL MOUNTAIN OBSCUREMENT IN RAIN. VFR
CONDITIONS RETURN TO REGION AFTER 06Z AS DRIER NW FLOW PREVAILS OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HUSTON
&&

.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 405/406/407/409/410/411/412/413 THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SEE
STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
608 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007

IDZ017>025-031-032-081215-
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-
CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-
BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI-
608 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EASTERN IDAHO FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG OUTFLOW
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED
FOR AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR. A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CROSS IDAHO
TODAY AND TONIGHT...CREATING BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY
IN THE SNAKE PLAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP...MOST OF THEM
PRODUCING LITTLE OR NO RAIN AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. A FEW OF
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF
AN INCH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS AND ALSO CREATE
ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR TO ANY NEW/EXISTING FIRES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

BREEZY CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE SNAKE PLAIN WILL EXIST SUNDAY
AND MONDAY WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY MAINLY OVER THE
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS IS
POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD
ACROSS IDAHO AND BRING HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS BACK TO THE AREA.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY BREEZY
CONDITIONS LATER IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY
INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL...
EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE
FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR
208-233-0834.