1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 1:55 PM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 255 PM MDT SAT JUL 07 2001 ABUNDANT MONSOON MOISTURE ACROSS REGION THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT CLOUD COVER KEEPING TSTMS ISOL BUT THOSE THAT DO DEVELOP SHOULD HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MESOETA LINGERS PRECIP INTO SUNDAY MORNING SO WILL KEEP PRECIP GOING OVERNIGHT. MODELS DIVERGE STARTING SUNDAY WITH ETA MUCH WETTER THAN THE AVN FOR SUN/MON. ETA TRACKS NEXT S/WV NORTH INTO WESTERN ID LATE SUNDAY AND THEN PRODUCES A CUT-OFF 5H LOW ACROSS CENTRAL ID ON MONDAY. AVN FLATTENS THE WAVE AND SHEARS IT EAST BY MONDAY (THUS DRIER). GIVEN THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE AND THE BETTER RESOLUTION OF THE ETA...DECIDED TO GO WITH THE WETTER ETA. SO AGAIN CHC POPS SUNDAY AFTN AND MON AFTN. EXTENDED FCST CONTINUES TO BE A BROKEN RECORD WITH AFTN/EVE TSTMS AND NEAR SEASONABLE TEMPS. NOTICED THE NEW MRF TRYS TO BRING WESTERLY FLOW INTO THE AREA BY SATURDAY BUT IT TRIED THIS YESTERDAY FOR THE FRIDAY PERIOD...SO I AM IN NO HURRY TO DRY US OUT. WINTHER BYI 62/85/60/88 433 .KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 11. PIH BB 058/086 056/088 054 06433 .PIH...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Localized flooding occurred from 1.5 to 2.0 inches of rain in 2 hours in the northern portions of the town of Spencer.
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