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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 3, 2009

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this flash flood watch at Jun 3, 2009, 4:02 AM MDT. It took effect at Jun 3, 2009, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2009, 4:02 AM MDT (10:02 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 3, 2009, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 4, 2009, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Flood severity
None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 3, 3:48 AM MDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:48 AM MDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:15 AM MDT, 23 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
415 AM MDT TUE JUN 2 2009

IDZ017>025-031-032-031300-
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-
415 AM MDT TUE JUN 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL IDAHO.  SEE THE LATEST URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY

DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PERIOD.  HEAVY SHOWERS...PRODUCING A FLASH
FLOOD THREAT...WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:25 PM MDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCaribou38 min
Jun 2, 6:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHOneida64 min
Jun 2, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia, Oneida43 min
Jun 2, 8:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFranklin, Oneida, Power54 min
Jun 2, 8:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock, Franklin, Power55 min
Jun 2, 10:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin95 min
Jun 3, 2:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHBlaine119 min
Jun 3, 2:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHCassia94 min
Jun 3, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia56 min
Jun 3, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte52 min
Jun 3, 4:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHJefferson50 min
Jun 3, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock40 min
Jun 3, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHJefferson39 min
Jun 3, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte41 min
Jun 3, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFremont43 min
Jun 3, 5:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock, Caribou54 min
Jun 3, 5:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHLincoln51 min
Jun 3, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia64 min
Jun 3, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMadison40 min
Jun 3, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCaribou36 min
Jun 3, 5:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte49 min

Nearby

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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.