Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
208 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

.SHORT TERM...THIS AFTERNOONS MAIN IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN IN
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM CELLS. BASED ON MORNINGS UPPER AIR
SOUNDINGS THE PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS RANGE UP TO 1.25 INCHES.
INITIAL RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SOME OF THE SLOWER MOVING STORMS SO
FAR HAVE PRODUCED UP TO .75 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LESS THAN 1
HOUR. DUE TO THIS HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AND SLOW MOVEMENT A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN LOCATIONS OF IDAHO.
WIND GUST POTENTIAL FOR THE STORMS NEARS 45 TO 50 MPH WHICH
COMBINED WITH HIGH FREEZING LEVEL SHOULD LIMIT THE SEVERE
POTENTIAL.

SATURDAY WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG WITH LIGHT UPPER LEVEL WINDS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF
HEAVY RAIN FOR IMPACT CONCERNS.

.LONG TERM...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN ON SUNDAY WITH
WARMING TEMPERATURES BUT A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE SLIDES BY TO
THE NORTH OF US ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES ALONG THE IDAHO / MONTANA BORDER. NORTHWEST FLOW
AFTERWARDS KEEPS US WARM AND DRY UNTIL FRIDAY. TWO LONG RANGE
MODELS HINTING AT TROUGH DEVELOPING BUT STRENGTH AND POSITION
LIMIT CONFIDENCE AT THIS POINT SO JUST PLACING CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS POINT.  PRESTON

&&

.AVIATION...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.
WILL HAVE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS WELL AS SATURDAY.  HAVE
VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL 4 TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.  WILL HAVE WIND GUSTS FROM THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BUT OTHER
THAN THAT NOT EXPECTING STRONG WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY.
GK

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS TODAY
ACROSS THE DISTRICT.  WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ZONES 475 AND 476
DEWPOINTS ARE VERY ELEVATED AND EXPECT RAIN WHERE THUNDERSTORMS
OCCUR.  FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE CHUNK OF SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE DISTRICT WHERE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR
THIS EVENING.  EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME CONDITIONS SATURDAY WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING.  EXPECT DRIER CONDITIONS
SUNDAY UNDER A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE.
GK

&&

.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ022>025.

&&

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
428 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

IDZ019-112330-
CLARK ID-FREMONT ID-
428 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO
  CLARK COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO

AT 418 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WEST YELLOWSTONE TO 12 MILES NORTH OF KILGORE TO HUMPHREY TO 22
MILES WEST OF DUBOIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY SWEEP
ACROSS THE MONTANA BORDER INTO RURAL CLARK AND FREMONT COUNTIES
THROUGH 520 PM MDT.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 520 PM MDT INCLUDE...
   KILGORE AND SPENCER...
   HENRYS LAKE...
   IDMON...

LAT...LON 4415 11246 4433 11283 4445 11284 4451 11271
      4446 11239 4453 11236 4457 11229 4453 11210
      4457 11187 4452 11182 4457 11169 4455 11148
      4459 11153 4466 11149 4471 11149 4472 11141
      4476 11139 4463 11122 4457 11122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 294DEG 11KT 4476 11130 4456 11178
          4441 11224 4427 11263

HUSTON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
439 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

IDZ022>025-112315-
CARIBOU ID-ONEIDA ID-POWER ID-CASSIA ID-BANNOCK ID-FRANKLIN ID-
439 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  SOUTHERN BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  SOUTHEASTERN POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  ONEIDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  SOUTHWESTERN CARIBOU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO

UNTIL 515 PM MDT

AT 431 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR SWEETZER SUMMIT ON
INTERSTATE 84...NEAR ROY...AND WEST OF ARIMO IN THE GARDEN CREEK GAP
AREA.  STORMS ARE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.  LOCALIZED FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITY AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATER ON ROADWAYS. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POPPING NEAR
MALAD ON MCCAMMON ON INTERSTATE 15.

LAT...LON 4291 11185 4204 11185 4205 11310 4256 11303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 273DEG 3KT 4250 11261

PRESTON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
456 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

IDZ023-120000-
BINGHAM ID-BONNEVILLE ID-
456 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO

AT 445 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALISADES MOVING SLOWLY
EAST. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 600 PM MDT INCLUDE...
  RURAL CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY...

LAT...LON 4345 11135 4318 11121 4314 11153 4331 11161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 248DEG 1KT 4327 11148

HUSTON

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