Idaho, 2001Flash Flood in Idaho, July 11, 2001
July 11, 2001 · NWS PIH · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 11, 8:25 AM MST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 8:25 AM MST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
925 AM MDT WED JUL 11 2001
MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS STILL PREVALENT OVER SE IDAHO THIS MORNING WITH
SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 50S ACROSS ENTIRE REGION. SCT
CONVECTION YESTERDAY NOT AS WIDESPREAD AS PREVIOUS DAYS BUT STILL SOME
AREAS SAW HEAVY DOWNPOURS PAST MIDNIGHT. LIFTED INDEXES AND CAPES
SIMILAR TODAY AND H7-H5 LAPSE RATES GREATER THAN 7 DEG C AS OPPOSED TO
LESS THAN 6C YESTERDAY WITH SOME COOLING TAKING PLACE AT H5. WATER
VAPOR LOOPS INDICATING SHORT WAVE MOVING INTO CENTRAL NEVADA WITH
MOISTURE PLUME WHICH WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON.
ALL AREAS SUBJECT TO DIURNAL CONVECTION WITH BEST AREAS PROBABLY IN
WESTERN ZONES WITH SHORT WAVE ADVANCING AS INDICATED WITH H3 VORT LOBE
MOVING THROUGH CWA 18Z-06Z TIME FRAME. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FOR GOOD
HEATING...BETTER THAN YESTERDAY AS WELL. CHANCE WORDING COVERS ALL
ZONES FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE THIS WITH
MORNING UPDATES. HEAVY RAIN WORDED IN MOUNTAIN ZONES AS WELL. NO
CHANGES TO FCST.
GK
BYI 85/60/89 333
.KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21.
PIH BeB 085/057 088/056 090 05442
.PIH...NONE.
Flash Flood, Cassia
- When
- July 11, 1:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cassia County, South Central Portion
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.284, -113.600 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rains from thunderstorms brought flash flooding to rural roads in the City of Rocks area
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Texas, July 11, 20011 death · 1 event
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Colorado, July 11, 20011 injured · $215,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 11, 2001$400,000 · 1 event
- Wildfire in California, July 11 to 13, 20012 injured · $150,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 11, 20012 injured · $100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 11, 2001$120,000 · 70 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 11, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 2001$45,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, July 11, 2001$15,000 · 0.75 in hail · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 11 to 12, 2001$12,000 · 69 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 11, 2001$15,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 11, 20011 injured · 52 kt wind · 2 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5257825.