Heavy rain across Southwest Idaho on the 9th through the 10th led to minor flooding on the Weiser River near Weiser and Cambridge.
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Heavy rain across Southwest Idaho on the 9th through the 10th led to minor flooding on the Weiser River near Weiser and Cambridge.
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 Boise, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 10, 1:59 AM MST, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 259 AM MDT MON MAR 10 2014 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A STRONG...WARM AND WET SYSTEM IS POISED TO MOVE THROUGH THE CWA TODAY...WITH THE TROUGH AXIS PASSING OVER ERN OREGON LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID- AFTERNOON AND THROUGH SW IDAHO FROM MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...PASSING BY SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED IN THE MTNS THROUGH MIDDAY...SO THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THROUGH NOON MDT. RAINFALL TOTALS SO FAR FOR THIS EVENT RANGE FROM AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN THE MTNS...TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO A FEW TENTHS IN THE VALLEYS. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON IN THE WATCH AREA...AND IT IS OFTEN THE CASE THAT MUDSLIDES OCCUR HOURS AFTER HEAVY RAIN ENDS...SO PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION IF YOU MUST DRIVE IN SLIDE-PRONE AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT AND EVEN INTO TOMORROW. PRECIP WILL MOVE OUT FOR THE MOST PART WITH THE TROUGH AXIS PASSAGE. SNOW LEVELS WILL PLUMMET FROM CURRENT VALUES WHICH RANGE FROM 5KFT IN BAKER COUNTY TO 7KFT IN THE WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY...DOWN TO AROUND 3KFT TOMORROW MORNING. TEMPS THROUGH TOMORROW WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. THIS MAY SEEM ODD SEEING THAT WE WILL HAVE A COLD FRONT PASS THROUGH TODAY. HOWEVER...MILD PRE- FRONTAL AIR IS BEING COOLED BY PRECIPITATION AND WILL BE KEPT COOL BY CLOUD COVER DURING THE DAY. AND TOMORROW...THE COOLER POST- FRONTAL AIR WILL SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE...ALLOWING IT TO WARM UP TO READINGS VERY CLOSE TO TODAY IN MOST AREAS. WINDS WILL BE MODERATE IN THE WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL NOT BE REACHED. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE COUNTRY. RIDGE WILL BE FLATTENED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND ALSO AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT AS WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH THESE SHORTWAVES AS THEY MOVE JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT NEAR NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY AND WARM TO AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY SUNDAY. && .AVIATION...MOUNTAINS OBSCURED. RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION WITH WIDESPREAD LOW VFR CONDITIONS AND AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS. SNOW LEVELS THIS MORNING WILL BE AROUND 6500 FEET MSL AND FALL TO AROUND 4K FEET MSL BY THIS EVENING. WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY WITH DECREASING PRECIPITATION BEHIND THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS FRONT BUT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY MENTION IN THE TAFS. SURFACE WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5 TO 15 KNOTS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15-25 KNOTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE MAGIC VALLEY. && .BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY IDZ011-013-033. OR...NONE. && WEATHER.GOV/BOISE SHORT TERM...SP LONG TERM....JA AVIATION.....JA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 543 AM MDT MON MAR 10 2014 IDZ033-111145- UPPER WEISER RIVER- 543 AM MDT MON MAR 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WEISER RIVER NEAR WEISER UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. A WET PACIFIC STORM CONTINUES TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO THE REGION. SHOWERS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DRY CONDITIONS WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ011-013-111145- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-BOISE MOUNTAINS- 543 AM MDT MON MAR 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY AS A WET PACIFIC STORM CONTINUES TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA. DECREASING SHOWERS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DRY CONDITIONS WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ012-014>016-028>030-ORZ061>064-111145- LOWER TREASURE VALLEY ID-UPPER TREASURE VALLEY- SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-CAMAS PRAIRIE- OWYHEE MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-HARNEY COUNTY- BAKER COUNTY-MALHEUR COUNTY-LOWER TREASURE VALLEY OR- 543 AM MDT MON MAR 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO...SOUTHWEST IDAHO...NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST OREGON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD RAIN DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY. SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER SOUTHWEST IDAHO TONIGHT WITH DRY CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHEAST OREGON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DRY CONDITIONS WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Moderate flooding on the Weiser River due to heavy rain and snowmelt occurred around the Weiser area affecting many of the county roads and the south and east part of the town.
Moderate flooding on the Weiser River due to heavy rain and snowmelt occurred around the Cambridge area affecting many of the county roads.
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