Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1995, 5:55 AM MDT for Bannock County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1995, 5:55 AM MDT (11:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1995, 6:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bannock County, ID, Power County, ID
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIH 191153 RRA SVRPIH IDC005-077-191245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 555 AM MDT MON JUN 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO ...NORTHERN BANNOCK COUNTY...POWER COUNTY THE SALT LAKE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SW OF ROCKLAND. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THE CITY OF POCATELLO IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD REACH THERE BY 630 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN LARGE HAIL, HEAVY RAINS, DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. END...WSO PIH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 19, 12:28 AM MDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
IDZ003-190730 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1230 AM MDT MON JUN 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE POCATELLO AREA... SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AT THE POCATELLO AIRPORT INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED IN THE POCATELLO AREA. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND OCCASIONAL DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST THE STORM DROPPED .15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES AT THE POCATELLO AIRPORT. URBAN FLOODING MAY BE A POSSIBILITY IN THIS SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND POCATELLO SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO THIS NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. HEIM
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:30 AM MDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
IDZ003-190730 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1230 AM MDT MON JUN 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE POCATELLO AREA... SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AT THE POCATELLO AIRPORT INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED IN THE POCATELLO AREA. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND OCCASIONAL DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST THE STORM DROPPED .15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES AT THE POCATELLO AIRPORT. URBAN FLOODING MAY BE A POSSIBILITY IN THIS SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND POCATELLO SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO THIS NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. HEIM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Power | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 5:29 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.