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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 9, 2014

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this flash flood watch at Aug 9, 2014, 3:06 AM MDT. It took effect at Aug 9, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2014, 3:06 AM MDT (09:06 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 9, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 9, 2014, 8:35 PM MDT
In force: 9 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 Aug 9, 3:05 AM MDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:05 AM MDT, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 9:22 PM MDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
922 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2014

IDZ031-090415-
BLAINE ID-
922 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO

AT 918 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO
THUNDERSTORMS 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF CORRAL...MOVING EAST TOWARD THE
BEAVER CREEK FIRE SCAR AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
MODERATE RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL WESTERN BLAINE COUNTY...

LAT...LON 4365 11467 4368 11467 4368 11423 4341 11427
      4344 11453 4348 11452 4350 11457 4353 11460
      4356 11459 4360 11469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 275DEG 16KT 4358 11480

HUSTON

Local storm report, Aug 8, 9:28 PM MDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
928 PM MDT FRI AUG 08 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W ARIMO               42.56N 112.23W
08/08/2014                   BANNOCK            ID   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROAD CLOSURES BETWEEN ARIMO AND ROBIN DUE TO STANDING
            WATER UP TO 12 INCHES DEEP.

&&

JAH

Local storm report, Aug 8, 9:36 PM MDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
936 PM MDT FRI AUG 08 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0936 PM     HEAVY RAIN       WNW SODA SPRINGS        42.66N 111.60W
08/08/2014  M0.50 INCH       CARIBOU            ID   TRAINED SPOTTER

            0.50 INCHES IN 20 MINUTES.

&&

MH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Oneida	44 min
Aug 8, 6:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Blaine, Cassia, Minidoka, Power	4 min
Aug 8, 6:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Cassia, Minidoka, Power	39 min
Aug 8, 6:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bear Lake	55 min
Aug 8, 7:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bingham	56 min
Aug 8, 7:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bear Lake	55 min
Aug 8, 7:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Franklin	60 min
Aug 8, 8:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bannock	59 min
Aug 8, 8:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Bear Lake	63 min
Aug 8, 8:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Caribou	53 min
Aug 8, 9:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Camas	53 min
Aug 8, 9:52 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Blaine	2 hr
Aug 9, 1:17 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Blaine	4 hr
Aug 9, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Oneida	58 min
Aug 9, 3:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Cassia	54 min
Aug 9, 3:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Blaine	52 min
Aug 9, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Custer	57 min
Aug 9, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Franklin	54 min
Aug 9, 4:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Cassia	50 min
Aug 9, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Cassia	45 min
Aug 9, 4:44 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Cassia	3 hr
Aug 9, 5:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PIH	Blaine	2 hr
Aug 9, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PIH	Minidoka	60 min

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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.