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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 14, 19924 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1992, 4:35 PM MDT for 4 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1992, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1992, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Whole counties

Counties Blaine County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Power County, ID

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 5:02 PM MDTTornado F0Cassia, ID

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 233 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 1992-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 1992-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
IDZ003-004-010-012-142300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
300 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 1992

...THUNDERSHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

THUNDERSHOWERS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO AS MOISTURE
CIRCULATING AROUND AN UPPER LEVEL IN CENTRAL NEVADA MOVES INTO IDAHO.

AN OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED A THUNDERHOWER IN THE EAST PART OF
POCATELLO WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  THE THUNDERSHOWERS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOIP ACROSS SOUTHEAST IDAHO
THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILLk SPREAD NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE
TONIGHT WITH THE WET AND UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUING INTO MONDAY FOR
MUCH NEEDED MOISTURE IN DRY AREAS OF THE STATE.

KEIRNS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
IDZ003-004-010-012-142300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
300 PM MDT SUN JUN 14 1992

...THUNDERSHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

THUNDERSHOWERS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO AS MOISTURE
CIRCULATING AROUND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IN CENTRAL NEVADA MOVES INTO IDAHO.

AN OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED A THUNDERHOWER IN THE EAST PART OF
POCATELLO WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  THE THUNDERSHOWERS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST IDAHO
THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE
TONIGHT WITH THE WET AND UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUING INTO MONDAY FOR
MUCH NEEDED MOISTURE IN DRY AREAS OF THE STATE.

KEIRNS

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.