Several funnel clouds were photographed on July 7th.
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Several funnel clouds were photographed on July 7th.
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, 2:11 AM MST, 9 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 311 AM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. UPPER LOW REMAINS OFF OF CALIFORNIA COAST WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER IDAHO CONTINUING TODAY. EXTENSIVE MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION AND EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY. DO NOT EXPECT IT TO BE AS WIDESPREAD AS MONDAY. FLOW TRANSITIONS TO SOUTHERLY WEDNESDAY WITH A WAVE SLIDING NORTH AND EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN WITH THE MOISTURE REMAINING IN PLACE AND EXPECT THAT TO BE THE MOST ACTIVE DAY PRECIPITATION WISE IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. MOST ACTIVITY THURSDAY SHOULD BE NORTH IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S MOUNTAINS AND 80S VALLEYS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WITH WEDNESDAY THE COOLEST DAY WITH THE MOST CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. GK .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. EXPECT FRIDAY TO BE MOST ACTIVE DAY IN EXTENDED AS ANOTHER SYSTEM PUSHES NORTH IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY TO NORTHWEST SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BUT COULD SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL NORMAL. GK && .AVIATION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL HELP TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS AFFECTING TAF SITES IS AROUND KSUN THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE VFR CEILINGS AND RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS. VALLE && .FIRE WEATHER...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEK. BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS IS WEDNESDAY WHEN A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. VALLE && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 UTC.
2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Several photographs received of funnel clouds over and near Blackfoot Reservoir between 1 and 2 pm MDT.
Photographs of funnel clouds east of Chesterfield received between 130 and 155 PM MDT.
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