Alert archive / Idaho / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2012, 3:39 PM MDT for Bonneville County, Madison County, Idaho. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2012, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2012, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bonneville County, ID, Madison County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 265 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
650
WGUS55 KPIH 142139
FFWPIH
IDC019-065-142345-
/O.NEW.KPIH.FF.W.0002.120714T2139Z-120714T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
339 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...
* UNTIL 545 PM MDT
* AT 336 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
POPLAR AND HIGHWAY 26...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4364 11141 4352 11155 4359 11174 4363 11171
4363 11163 4366 11163 4365 11169 4381 11158
4378 11141
$$
RS2 follow-up statements
854
WGUS75 KPIH 142231
FFSPIH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
431 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012
IDC019-065-142345-
/O.CON.KPIH.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120714T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BONNEVILLE ID-MADISON ID-
431 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTH CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTIES...
AT 422 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREAS AROUND
KELLEY CANYON AND LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN NORTHEAST OF POPLAR ON HIGHWAY 26
AND WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL IDAHO.
&&
LAT...LON 4364 11141 4352 11155 4359 11174 4363 11171
4363 11163 4366 11163 4365 11169 4381 11158
4378 11141
$$
RS168
WGUS75 KPIH 142339
FFSPIH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
539 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012
IDC019-065-142350-
/O.EXP.KPIH.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120714T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BONNEVILLE ID-MADISON ID-
539 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MADISON AND NORTH CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTIES...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL IDAHO.
LAT...LON 4364 11141 4352 11155 4359 11174 4363 11171
4363 11163 4366 11163 4365 11169 4381 11158
4378 11141
$$
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia, Oneida, Power | 88 min |
| Jul 14, 1:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Blaine, Butte, Minidoka, Power | 21 min |
| Jul 14, 2:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham, Blaine, Butte, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bonneville | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 3:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Butte, Clark | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake | 94 min |
| Jul 14, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.