Alert archive / Idaho / River Flood Warnings in 2017
River Flood Warning 24, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this river flood warning at Jun 28, 2017, 8:46 AM MDT for Custer County, Idaho. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2017, 8:46 AM MDT (14:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2017, 7:50 AM MDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Custer County, ID
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Big Lost River below Mackay Reservoir (MAKI1). The gauge peaked at 4.50 ft at Jun 29, 2017, 1:00 AM MDT.
- Action stage
- 3.8 ft
- Minor stage
- 4.3 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 13127000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 28, 2:39 AM MDT, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:39 AM MDT, 6 hours 7 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 239 AM MDT Wed Jun 28 2017 .SHORT TERM...Today and Tonight. A few folks are probably waking up to thunder, rain and wind to blow around the garbage cans. As moisture and next wave drops southeast out of Canada into the Northern Rockies, this trend of showers and thunderstorms will remain. Stronger storms will likely initiate later today coming off the central mountains moving into the Snake Plain, with additional strong storms along and east of I-15 into this evening. Gusty winds and hail are possible again along with locally heavy rain. Parameters for isolated severe storms are there again, but perhaps just a tad bit off from yesterday. SPC has the highest potential around Island Park again, but we wouldn't be shocked if a severe storm or two developed elsewhere this afternoon. By tonight, activity will dwindle isolated showers over the central mountains and the Upper Snake Plain and Highlands. Similar to yesterday, outside of thunderstorms the overall pattern is conducive to breezy conditions. Sustained winds of 15-25mph with gusts to 35mph are forecast. We were close to Lake Wind conditions on American Falls Reservoir and we should be just high enough to be over the hump for that, so we are issuing a LAKE WIND ADVISORY for American Falls Reservoir for this afternoon until sunset. Our midweek cooldown continues with 70s/near 80 in the valleys and 50s/60s for the backcountry. Keyes .LONG TERM...Thursday through next Wednesday. As that wave keeps dropping southeast through tomorrow, a few showers and storms are possible around Island Park. Otherwise, it's dry and we will be dry everywhere through Saturday morning. A fast moving storm will kick off isolated storms over the central mountains and Upper Snake Highlands in the afternoon and evening hours. After that, we're back to dry and warmer heading into the Fourth of July. It will be breezy each day into early next week as well. Keyes && .AVIATION...Embedded short-wave feature rotating into the base of a Canadian trough early this morning with attending nocturnal convection advancing through SE Idaho. Numerical models show additional thunderstorm activity sweeping through the CNTRL mountains late this morning and into the Island Park region by around noon with trailing convection firing across the SE mountains later in the afternoon. For now, KSUN may be impacted with the first wave late this morning with KIDA and KDIJ this afternoon and early evening. Main impact here will be gusty outflow winds with thunderstorms near terminals with perhaps a slight chance of temporary MVFR VIS/CIG restrictions if a cell happens to pass directly over the terminal. Huston && .FIRE WEATHER...A low pressure trough will sweep through the region today along with an ill defined surface front and scattered thunderstorms. The thunderstorms are expected to impact primarily the CNTRL and NE mountains early today and then perhaps the SE mountains later this afternoon. Gusty winds are expected throughout SE Idaho this afternoon however the only place with low enough humidity to support a Red Flag is zone 425 (Shoshone area). We will also highlight the gusty winds in the remaining zones. Temperatures bottom out Thursday and begin to warm through the weekend and early next week as a ridge of high pressure builds over the region. One passing system may bring a threat of thunderstorms and breezy conditions to SE Idaho Saturday afternoon/eve otherwise mostly dry conditions should prevail. Huston && .HYDROLOGY...Additional light to moderate precipitation from yesterday and today as well as very warm temperatures from yesterday will help keep flows elevated if not slightly increasing by tomorrow. However, cooler temperatures today and tomorrow will help decrease flows by Friday and Saturday. For those areas with remaining high elevation snow, which is the Central Mountains, Big Lost and the Tetons, they will see increase flows next week after a return of very warm temperatures this weekend into next week. Wyatt && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning from noon today to 9 PM MDT this evening for IDZ425. Lake Wind Advisory from 1 PM this afternoon to 9 PM MDT this evening for IDZ021. &&
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:37 AM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:52 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | Blaine, Butte, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Power | 11 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:59 AM MDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PIH | 18 hr | |
| Jun 28, 12:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Blaine | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 1:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 1:28 PM MDT | River Flood Advisory | PIH | Bonneville, Jefferson, Madison | 50 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Blaine, Minidoka, Power | 37 min |
| Jun 28, 2:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Blaine, Power | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Caribou | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 4:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Fremont | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.