Roofing material was blown onto Main Street in Blackfoot when a microbust struck a warehouse building owned by Blacker's Furniture Store. It tied up traffic for a very short time.
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Roofing material was blown onto Main Street in Blackfoot when a microbust struck a warehouse building owned by Blacker's Furniture Store. It tied up traffic for a very short time.
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, 12:44 PM MST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 144 PM MDT Wed May 31 2017 .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Saturday. Upper ridging pushes off to the east tonight as an upper trof moves into the Pac NW. Isold tstms are possible tonight in the central mtns...spreading across the entire fcst area by Thu aftn as the upper trof and associated cold front moves thru. The best chances will be in the central mtns and upper Snake highlands. By Fri morn...the upper trof moves off to the east and is replaced by a ridge. This will keep the fcst area dry thru Sat. Temps will be running a few degrees coole Thu thru Sat. Hedges .LONG TERM...Saturday night through Wednesday. Next Pacific trof approaches Sunday with GFS continuing with idea of closing it off over southern Idaho. European also closes off low but weakens it quicker and drives it east more rapidly than GFS. General trend in forecast is for showers in the long term period with very warm temperatures Sunday cooling in the Monday through Wednesday time period as the upper trof/low works through the region but beginning to warm up again Wednesday. Models not overly wet despite the presence of the low with most precipitation focused on the central mountains. GK && .AVIATION... Some convection developing along eastern border and kept in vicinity thunderstorms at DIJ but kept out at other locations. Will remain VFR at all locations. Expect winds in the 10 knot range at PIH and IDA and DIJ sites with gusts expected to approach 20 knots through sunset before tapering off. Expect the winds to increase Thursday as well at all sites. Thunderstorm activity should be more widespread Thursday as well. GK && .HYDROLOGY...Very warm temps today will result in more runoff and rising water levels. Due to the origin of the snowmelt being at higher elevation...many streams may not peak until Fri. The cooler temps for the nexe few days will result in falling water levels after Fri. Hedges && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pocatello ID 329 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2017 IDZ019-020-023-312215- Caribou Highlands ID-Upper Snake Highlands ID- Upper Snake River Plain ID- 329 PM MDT WED MAY 31 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL TETON...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHERN BONNEVILLE AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT... At 328 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northeast of Ririe Reservoir, moving northeast at 15 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Teton...southeastern Jefferson...northern Bonneville and southeastern Madison Counties. LAT...LON 4354 11162 4360 11168 4377 11147 4363 11133 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 226DEG 13KT 4359 11162 rs
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Roofing material was blown onto Main Street in Blackfoot when a microbust struck a warehouse building owned by Blacker's Furniture Store. It tied up traffic for a very short time.
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