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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pocatello, ID

May 5, 1995Bannock County, Franklin County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1995, 1:58 PM MDT for Bannock County, Franklin County, Idaho. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1995, 1:58 PM MDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1995, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bannock County, ID, Franklin County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 1995-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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 051959
SVRPIH
IDC005-041-052045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
158 PM MDT FRI MAY 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
 
   ...SOUTHERN BANNOCK COUNTY...NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 150 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CITY OF PRESTON. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO
THE NORTHWEST AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING
THE COMMUNITIES OF CLIFTON...BANIDA...AND OXFORD IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND
THE COMMUNITIES OF SWAN LAKE AND DOWNEY IN BANNOCK COUNTY BY 245 PM.
 
 
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. REMEMBER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO WARNING.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBingham, Power42 min

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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.