The Henry's Fork River near Rexburg was above flood stage in the latter portion of May through June 7th. 43 feet on May 23rd.
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The Henry's Fork River near Rexburg was above flood stage in the latter portion of May through June 7th. The river crested at 9.68 feet on June 6th with a maximum stage of 10.43 feet on May 23rd. No property damage occurred and no injuries or fatalities occurred.
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 May 31, 4:55 PM MST, 7 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 555 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2008 .UPDATE...HEATING OF DAY AND SMALL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH AREA CAUSED BRIEF T-STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY TO SW AND OVER SAWTOOTH MTNS. RADAR INDICATING SLIGHT CHANCE FOR CONTINUED CONVECTION IN THESE AREAS DUE TO OROGRAPHIC LIFT AND CURRENT T-STORM TRENDS. NO CHANGE TO FORECAST IN THOSE AREAS SO HAVE KEPT CHANCE FOR T-STORMS IN FORECAST. OTHERWISE...ISOLD SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SERN ID THIS EVENING AS REMAINS OF T-STORMS DRIFT FROM SW TO NE. HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR ALL AREAS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS CHANGE. AM EXPECTING ALL PRECIP TO END BY 900PM. REMAINING FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK. RENWICK .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 158 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2008/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST EXPECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY BUSY AS SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE AND THEN INLAND. A SHORTWAVE RIDGE IS POSITIONED OVER EASTERN IDAHO THIS MORNING...WHILE A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH OREGON AND WESTERN IDAHO. THUS...SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS BEEN LARGELY CONFINED TO THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. THE SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST TONIGHT AND THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL ADVANCE INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...COINCIDING WITH OPTIMAL HEATING. EXPECT TO SEE A BRIEF TIME OF DRY WEATHER FOR TUESDAY AS NAM AND GFS SHOW A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE AND COLD FRONT ARRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK AS A BROAD UPPER TROUGH SETS UP OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY AND THEN DROP BELOW NORMAL AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY. AVIATION... UPPER TROF PASSING THRU WRN ID SPREADING SOME HIGH CLOUDS INTO SE CORNER OF THE STATE. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR KJAC WILL MAINTAIN WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS AND SHOULD RESTRICT DEVELOPMENT OF VCTS ACROSS MOST OF MIDDLE & UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY AND SRN/ERN HIGHLANDS...SO REMOVED EARLIER MENTION OF VCTS AT KBYI-KPIH-KIDA. ISOLATED OROGRAPHIC -TSRA STILL POSSIBLE VCNTY KSUN THIS AFTN AS TROF-ASSOCIATED MOISTURE MOVES INTO SAWTOOTH MTN AREA OVER NEXT FEW HOURS. ANY CONVECTION WILL DIE OUT NEAR SUNSET. ANOTHER UPPER TROF ARRIVES SUN AFTN WITH BETTER CHANCE FOR ISOLD -TSRA OVER MOST OF SE ID. WARANAUSKAS FIRE WEATHER... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER SE IDAHO WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EASTWARD INTO WY/MT THIS AFTN/EVE. WEAK UPPER TROF SWINGING THRU WESTERN ID IS SPREADING LOTS OF HIGH CLOUDS BUT LITTLE/NO PRECIP. SAWTOOTH AND CENTRAL MTNS MAY SEE ISOLD SHOWERS AND A STRAY THUNDERSTORM OR TWO UNTIL SUNSET AS POCKET OF MOISTURE WITH THE TROF MOVES NORTHWARD. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT IN ALL AREAS AND MIN HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM MID 20S TO LOW 30S IN SNAKE PLAIN TO 35 PCT OR MORE IN THE MTNS. WARANAUSKAS HYDROLOGY... THE HENRYS FORK AT REXBURG IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 9.3 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER SHOULD HOLD RATHER STEADY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A RISE BACK TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IS EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING DUE TO ANTICIPATED RAINFALL ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW MELT. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR 10.1 FEET BY FRIDAY WITH ADDITIONAL RISES POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. THUS...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES. && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 417 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2008 IDZ017>025-031-032-011030- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 417 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HENRYS FORK OF THE SNAKE RIVER NEAR REXBURG UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE SEE BOIFLSPIH FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AT THIS TIME...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HENRYS FORK OF THE SNAKE RIVER NEAR REXBURG UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE SEE BOIFLSPIH FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO...AS SEVERAL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. BETTER ORGANIZED STORMS ALONG GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS ON SUNDAY. SOME SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ACTIVITY IN THE MOUNTAINS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FOR SUNDAY. ON MONDAY...A STRONGER SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE...CREATING A DECENT SHOT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE GIVING THE REGION A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF STRONG STORMS ON MONDAY WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL... EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR 208-233-0834.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Henry's Fork River near Rexburg was above flood stage in the latter portion of May through June 7th. The river crested at 9.68 feet on June 6th with a maximum stage of 10.43 feet on May 23rd. No property damage occurred and no injuries or fatalities occurred.
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