Thunderstorms brought flash flooding to Bannock County.
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Thunderstorms brought flash flooding to Bannock County.
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 Aug 13, 12:42 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 142 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN CA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY TO SE WA BY LATE FRI. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW WILL SERVE TO CONTINUE THE FLOW OF MONSOON MOISTURE INTO IDAHO AS WELL AS PROVIDE A FORCING MECHANISM FOR STRONGER TSTMS THIS AFTN AND EVE. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVE HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL MTNS...EASTERN MAGIC VALEY...AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. BY THU...THE UPPER FLOW TURNS MORE TO THE SW...WHICH WILL BEGIN TO PUSH THE MONSOON MOISTURE TO THE EAST. SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE OVER THE SW PARTS OF THE FCST AREA...BUT REMAIN SCATTERED OVER THE NORTH AND EAST. BY FRI...MOST OF THE MOISTURE IS OUT OF THE AREA. ONLY EXPECT ISOLD SHOWERS/TSTMS OVER THE CENTRAL MTNS AN NEAR THE DIVIDE. TEMPS WILL REMAIN MILD. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE THE UPPER LOW MOVES OUT OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY...THE WEATHER STAYS RATHER BENIGN. OTHER THAN ISOLD AFTN TSTMS NEAR THE DIVIDE...THE REST OF THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY. TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER. HEDGES && .AVIATION...BIG PUSH OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCES IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. EXPECT VCTS THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL TAF SITES WITH VCSH POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRIMARILY VFR CEILINGS/VIS EXCEPT RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE UNDER THUNDERSTORMS. VALLE && .FIRE WEATHER...STRONG PUSH OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING. THE MOISTURE WILL HANG AROUND ON THURSDAY WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN. DRIER AIR WILL ARRIVE ON FRIDAY. VALLE && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING IDZ031. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
312 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014
IDZ019-020-023-132245-
TETON ID-JEFFERSON ID-BONNEVILLE ID-MADISON ID-FREMONT ID-
312 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO
EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
NORTH CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
TETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
UNTIL 445 PM MDT
AT 306 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF POPLAR..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DRIGGS...
CLEMENTSVILLE...
FELT...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4333 11158 4342 11179 4406 11138 4385 11104
4370 11104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 211DEG 18KT 4346 11162
JAMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 350 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014 IDZ017-021-132230- MINIDOKA ID-POWER ID-CASSIA ID-BLAINE ID- 350 PM MDT WED AUG 13 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO NORTH CENTRAL CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO EAST CENTRAL MINIDOKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO WEST CENTRAL POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 430 PM MDT AT 347 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF RUPERT..MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MINIDOKA... LAT...LON 4295 11346 4287 11312 4256 11336 4264 11357 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 201DEG 17KT 4268 11342 RS
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Close to one inch of rainfall caused street flooding in Pocatello. Water was 8 inches deep on some roads. A manhole cover was dislodged on Jerome Street. Flooding was reported with several inches of water on the corner of 13th Street and Hayden.
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