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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Pocatello, ID

September 12, 2013

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this flash flood watch at Sep 12, 2013, 8:34 PM MDT. It took effect at Sep 13, 2013, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 2013, 8:34 PM MDT (02:34 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 13, 2013, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Sep 13, 2013, 8:54 PM MDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

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 Sep 12, 2:10 PM MDT, 6 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 2:10 PM MDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 4:07 AM MDT, 16 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
407 AM MDT THU SEP 12 2013

IDZ017>025-031-032-131300-
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-
407 AM MDT THU SEP 12 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IDAHO
FROM AS EARLY AS 900 AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN AREAS FROM HAILEY TO THE UTAH BORDER.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE AFFECTED AREA.
EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WIND...AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT
LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN BY MONDAY THE THREAT IS MUCH LESS
WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE. EVEN DRIER AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS
SHOULD DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY.

.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.

MESSICK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 12, 3:14 PM MDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 12, 7:38 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
738 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2013

IDZ021-130215-
BINGHAM ID-
738 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO

UNTIL 815 PM MDT

AT 737 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPRINGFIELD..MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPRINGFIELD...

LAT...LON 4312 11294 4328 11274 4311 11259 4304 11269
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 123DEG 14KT 4311 11268

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 7:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham37 min
Sep 12, 8:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine4 hr
Sep 12, 10:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHBlaine7 hr
Sep 13, 1:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock, Cassia, Franklin, Oneida, Power93 min
Sep 13, 1:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCuster90 min
Sep 13, 2:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBlaine91 min
Sep 13, 3:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHBlaine3 hr
Sep 13, 4:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBonneville3 hr
Sep 13, 4:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHPower3 hr
Sep 13, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMinidoka48 min
Sep 13, 5:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHMadison, Teton3 hr

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Sources

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