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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID

April 29, 1995Bear Lake County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1995, 5:35 PM MDT for Bear Lake County, Idaho. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1995, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1995, 6:21 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Whole counties

County Bear Lake County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-29Temperature 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 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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 292336
SVRPIH
IDC007-300030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
535 PM MDT SAT APR 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
 
   ...CENTRAL BEARLAKE COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM MDT RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO BEAR
LAKE COUNTY.  THIS STORM HAS HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.
 
THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.  THIS STORM
IS EXPECTED TO HIT TO CITIES OF PARIS AND MONTPELIER AT AROUND 600 PM
MDT.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
END/HEIM

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, Apr 29, 5:04 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
IDZ004-300200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
503 PM MDT SAT APR 29 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS...

RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF
MALAD CITY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.  THESE STORMS ARE
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN, AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING.  PLEASE STAY ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND MOVE TO
SHELTER IF A STORM THREATENS YOU AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE COMMERCIAL BRADCAST
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

END/HEIM

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.