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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 19, 1995Bannock County, Power County, Idaho

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 1995-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 1995-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHPower67 min
Jun 19, 5:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Bingham46 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.