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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 2, 2021Bannock County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT for Bannock County, Idaho. It was in force for 77 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
77 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Bannock County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

493 
WGUS55 KPIH 022113
FFWPIH
IDC005-022315-
/O.NEW.KPIH.FF.W.0020.210802T2113Z-210802T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
313 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Bannock County in southeastern Idaho...

* Until 515 PM MDT.

* At 313 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of 
  rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Arimo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 4256 11225 4258 11227 4259 11228 4262 11213
      4254 11209 4251 11221

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

TAX
1 follow-up statement
426 
WGUS75 KPIH 022230
FFSPIH

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
430 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

IDC005-022240-
/O.CAN.KPIH.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210802T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bannock ID-
430 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL BANNOCK COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for portions 
of eastern Idaho and southeast Idaho.

LAT...LON 4256 11225 4258 11227 4259 11228 4262 11213
      4254 11209 4251 11221

$$

TW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHCassia, Oneida119 min
Aug 1, 6:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHOneida, Power2 hr
Aug 1, 7:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHCassia67 min
Aug 1, 8:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHOneida, Power59 min
Aug 1, 8:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHCassia54 min
Aug 2, 11:39 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock, Caribou111 min
Aug 2, 11:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake59 min
Aug 2, 12:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBingham, Bonneville2 hr
Aug 2, 12:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine, Butte, Custer3 hr
Aug 2, 12:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCaribou40 min
Aug 2, 12:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBonneville53 min
Aug 2, 12:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHButte, Custer2 hr
Aug 2, 1:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine, Custer116 min
Aug 2, 1:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBonneville, Madison, Teton115 min
Aug 2, 2:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHCuster115 min
Aug 2, 2:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock, Power115 min
Aug 2, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake48 min
Aug 2, 2:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine116 min
Aug 2, 2:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHButte, Clark2 hr
Aug 2, 2:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock23 min
Aug 2, 2:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine, Butte, Custer2 hr
Aug 2, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte, Clark, Jefferson64 min
Aug 2, 3:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock, Caribou62 min
Aug 2, 3:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock, Oneida57 min
Aug 2, 3:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine, Custer106 min
Aug 2, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHJefferson49 min
Aug 2, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCaribou45 min
Aug 2, 3:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCaribou40 min
Aug 2, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFranklin47 min
Aug 2, 4:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine2 hr
Aug 2, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHOneida41 min
Aug 2, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHOneida49 min
Aug 2, 4:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHButte68 min
Aug 2, 4:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock, Caribou, Franklin96 min
Aug 2, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake39 min
Aug 2, 4:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine107 min
Aug 2, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHJefferson40 min
Aug 2, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFremont49 min
Aug 2, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake46 min
Aug 2, 4:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHButte, Custer69 min
Aug 2, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte40 min
Aug 2, 4:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock, Franklin56 min
Aug 2, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFranklin44 min
Aug 2, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHOneida40 min
Aug 2, 5:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine, Lincoln55 min
Aug 2, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHClark50 min
Aug 2, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMinidoka51 min
Aug 2, 5:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHLincoln59 min
Aug 2, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham83 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.