1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 8, 1:50 PM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 250 PM MDT SUN JUL 08 2001 CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWING SCATTERED TSTMS ACROSS NORTHERN CWA AND ANOTHER BAND MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE UT BORDER INTO OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL WITH ISOL SEVERE POSSIBLE. ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND THEN FADE LATE TONIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTMS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY AFTN AS AN UPPER LOW TAKES SHAPE ALONG THE UT/NV BORDER. AVN LESS PRONOUNCED WITH THIS FEATURE. DECENT DEFORMATION NORTH OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PROMOTE TSTMS WITH HVY RAIN. THE BIG PROBLEM WILL BE POSSIBLE TRAINING OF CELLS ALONG THE RIDGES. SHOULD THE MESOETA FCST COME TRUE...TUESDAY LOOKS LIKE A FLASH FLOOD EVENT DAY FOR OUR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MTNS WITH AN UPPER LOW SITUATED OVER CWA. A LACK OF STEERING CURRENT AND ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL BE ALL THE INGREDIENTS WE NEED FOR A FLASH FLOOD EVENT. THE AVN HOWEVER FAILS TO CAPTURE THIS FEATURE. AM LEANING TOWARD THE ETA SOLUTION. NO BIG CHANGES FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST. WED-FRI CONTINUED CHC OF AFTN TSTMS. WILL INTRO DRY CONDITIONS FOR SAT-SUN TIME FRAME AS BOTH EC/MRF DEVELOP UPPER LEVEL WSW FLOW ACROSS AREA (DRIER). WINTHER BYI 58/84/59/83 3534 .KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 32. PIH BB 057/085 056/084 054 06353 .PIH...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred in the town of Chesterfield. Water ran across a road and lift debris on the west side of twenty-four mile reservoir.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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