IDAHO FALLS – As showers and thunderstorms head into eastern Idaho Tuesday night, the National Weather Service in Pocatello is issuing a flood watch for the area.

The flood watch includes all of southern Idaho and is in effect through Wednesday evening.

“Excessive rainfall could lead to runoff that may not be readily absorbed into the ground, causing localized flooding or flash flooding,” the NWS says in a Tuesday afternoon weather briefing.

Forecasters are predicting strong gusty winds in conjunction with thunderstorms, with more than an inch of rain in some locations. Small hail is also a possibility.

“An unusually moist monsoonal air mass will lead to very efficient rain that could see showers and thunderstorms producing over an inch per hour rain rates,” meteorologists say.

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