Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Pocatello, ID

Issued

Aug 5, 2014, 1:44 PM MDT (19:44 UTC)

Expired

Aug 5, 2014, 3:45 PM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Pocatello, ID

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Bingham County, ID

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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200 
WGUS55 KPIH 051944
FFWPIH
IDC011-052145-
/O.NEW.KPIH.FF.W.0021.140805T1944Z-140805T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
144 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 142 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM
  OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL EASTERN BINGHAM COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4303 11191 4314 11228 4337 11197 4337 11187
      4336 11182 4328 11182 4328 11168

$$

TW

851 
WGUS75 KPIH 052127
FFSPIH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
327 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014

IDC011-052145-
/O.CON.KPIH.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140805T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BINGHAM ID-
327 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY...

AT 318 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVEY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.50 TO 1.00 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4303 11191 4314 11228 4337 11197 4337 11187
      4336 11182 4328 11182 4328 11168

$$

HUSTON

810 
WGUS75 KPIH 052153
FFSPIH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
353 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014

IDC011-052203-
/O.EXP.KPIH.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140805T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BINGHAM ID-
353 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL BINGHAM
COUNTY...

LAT...LON 4303 11191 4314 11228 4337 11197 4337 11187
      4336 11182 4328 11182 4328 11168

$$

HUSTON

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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.