Flash flooding occurred in Pocatello with a foot of water at the Center Street overpass and over 8 inches of water flooding intersections north of Center Street on the Idaho State Campus. A tornado occurred 3 miles west southwest of Wardboro in Bear Lake County.
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Flash flooding occurred in Pocatello with a foot of water at the Center Street overpass and over 8 inches of water flooding intersections north of Center Street on the Idaho State Campus. A tornado occurred 3 miles west southwest of Wardboro in Bear Lake County. Thunderstorm damage occurred in Cassia County as well.
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 7, 12:50 PM MST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 150 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MONDAY...WITH THE MAIN FOCUS ON THE SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN AN UPPER SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL FLATTEN THE PERSISTENT RIDGE PARKED OVER THE WESTERN US. MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW TURNS MORE WESTERLY AND MONSOON MOISTURE IS SHUNTED EAST INTO THE PLAINS. THUS VERY LOW CHANCE OF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND FLOW RETURNS TO MORE SOUTHWESTERLY ORIENTATION. THIS OPENS THE DOOR FOR ANOTHER SURGE OF MONSOON MOISTURE OUT OF AZ AND SOUTHERN CA NORTHWARD INTO UT AND SOUTHERN ID FOR THURSDAY AND ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...MONSOON MOISTURE REPEATEDLY SLOSHES INTO SOUTHERN IDAHO AND RETREATS INTO NORTHERN UT. AT PRESENT TIME...FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE DRY WITH MONSOON SURGES AFFECTING MOST OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. DSH && .AVIATION...CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SLOWER TO DEVELOP TODAY BUT STILL HAVE VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH 03Z AS WILL STILL SEE DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BUT UNDERNEATH STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL SEE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL CHANCE OF MVFR. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY STILL PRESENT OVER THE DISTRICT AND EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH EARLY EVENING ONCE AGAIN BEFORE DISSIPATING. COULD SEE LOCAL GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN UNDER THE STRONGEST STORMS. EXPECT A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN MONDAY BUT WILL BE MORE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. EXPECT DRYING CONDITIONS BY TUESDAY WITH MUCH LESS COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THE DRYING RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS SHOULD DROP AS WELL BY MID WEEK WITH AFTERNOON READINGS IN THE LOW TEENS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 344 AM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-081245- 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- 344 AM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IDAHO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SNAKE RIVER. EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...HAIL...AND BRIEF BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ONCE AGAIN OVER EASTERN IDAHO...MAINLY IN AREAS EAST OF AN ARCO TO MALTA LINE. EXPECT A CHANGE FROM THE CURRENT UNSETTLED WEATHER TO A MORE SEDATE ATMOSPHERE BY TUESDAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY OR FRIDAY WITH LOW PRESSURE PASSING TO THE NORTH OF IDAHO DURING THAT TIME. .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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
427 PM MDT SUN JUL 07 2013
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0426 PM HAIL 12 ENE IDAHOME 42.47N 113.15W
07/07/2013 M0.25 INCH CASSIA ID TRAINED SPOTTER
0.30 OF RAIN IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME - STRONG GUSTY WINDS
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PANGELThe Pocatello radar (KSFX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An 8 foot by 10 foot shed blown down by thunderstorm winds in Burley.
Tree blown down 7 miles north northeast of Declo in the Jackson area.
Flash flooding occurred in Pocatello with a foot of water at the Center Street overpass and over 8 inches of water flooding intersections north of Center Street on the Idaho State Campus.
Tornado spotted by public who took photograph of tornado 3 miles west southwest of Wardboro in between Paris and Dingle. No damage reported as tornado occurred in open area. Tornado was on the ground at approximately 7:30 pm MDT.
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