Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1995, 3:34 PM MDT for Clark County, Idaho. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1995, 3:34 PM MDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1995, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, ID
The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 318 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 252138 RRA SVRPIH IDC033-252215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 334 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO ...SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY AT 330 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF SMALL. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL EFFECT DUBOIS BY 4 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. END/BAUCK
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, Aug 25, 1:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
IDZ012-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 125 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING .. AT 125 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSHOWERS BETWEEN CHALLIS...MACKAY AND GILMORE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHERN LEMHI COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF RENO...NICHOL AND GILMORE THROUGH 230 PM. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL AS THE STORMS INVADE. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 0.25 TO 0.75 INCH IN AN AREA FROM CHILLY TO GOLDBURG. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN 8 AND 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOLDBURG. TRAVELLERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR CONSIDERABLE PONDING ALONG ROADWAYS WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS OBSERVED. SOME LOCAL RUNOFF WITH MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. END/BAUCK
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 1:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
IDZ012-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 125 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING .. AT 125 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSHOWERS BETWEEN CHALLIS...MACKAY AND GILMORE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHERN LEMHI COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF RENO...NICHOL AND GILMORE THROUGH 230 PM. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL AS THE STORMS INVADE. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 0.25 TO 0.75 INCH IN AN AREA FROM CHILLY TO GOLDBURG. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN 8 AND 15 MILES SOBUTHEAST OF GOLDBURG. TRAVELLERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR CONSIDERABLE PONDING ALONG ROADWAYS WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS OBSERVED. SOME LOCAL RUNOFF WITH MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. END/BAUCK
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 2:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
IDZ003-012-010-252130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 233 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN IDAHO... AT 225 PM A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHERN LEMHI COUNTY TO TO MACKAY AND ATOMIC CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EFFECT WESTERN CLARK...EASTERN BUTTE AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF BERENICE...TERRETON...MUD LAKE AND SMALL. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS STORMS PASS. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 0.75 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION SINCE 2 PM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF RENO AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GILMORE. TRAVELLERS ALONG HIGHWAY 33 AND HIGHWAY 28 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 2:40 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
IDZ003-012-010-252130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 233 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN IDAHO... AT 225 PM A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHERN LEMHI COUNTY TO TO MACKAY AND ATOMIC CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EFFECT WESTERN CLARK...EASTERN BUTTE AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF BERENICE...TERRETON...MUD LAKE AND SMALL. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS STORMS PASS. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 0.75 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION SINCE 2 PM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF RENO AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GILMORE. TRAVELLERS ALONG HIGHWAY 33 AND HIGHWAY 28 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING.
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 2:55 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
IDZ004-012-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 255 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST BONNEVILLE AND SOUTHERN TETON COUNTY... AT 250 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POPLAR IN NORTHEAST BONNEVILLE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO THE SOUTHERN TETON COUNTY. THE TOWNS OF DRIGGS AND VICTOR WILL LIKELY BE EFFECTED BETWEEN 315 AND 330 PM. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AS THIS STORM PASSES. HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SOME RUNOFF AND MINOR STREET FLOODING. END/BAUCK
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 2:59 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
IDZ004-012-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 255 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST BONNEVILLE AND SOUTHERN TETON COUNTY... AT 250 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POPLAR IN NORTHEAST BONNEVILLE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO THE SOUTHERN TETON COUNTY. THE TOWNS OF DRIGGS AND VICTOR WILL LIKELY BE EFFECTED BETWEEN 315 AND 330 PM. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AS THIS STORM PASSES. HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SOME RUNOFF AND MINOR STREET FLOODING. END/BAUCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 11:36 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont | 58 min |
| Aug 25, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont | 38 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.