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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 5, 1995Bannock County, Bingham County, Power County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 3:23 PM MDT for Bannock County, Bingham County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1995, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Power County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 1995-06-05Temperature 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 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 5, 10:39 AM MDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
IDZ002-003-004-007-010-012-060300-COR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
200 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

THE NWS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN IDAHO, INCLUDING THE CITIES OF POCATELLO, IDAHO FALLS AND MALAD.

A WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, TRIGGERING THUNDERSTOMS.  AT 135 PM, A LINE OF
THUNDRSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF BURLEY TO 55 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TWIN FALLS.  THIS LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 10 MPH.

YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND TAKE SHELTER WITH THE
APPROACH OF ANY STORMS.  THESE STORMS CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

CADENHEAD
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
IDZ003-051800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
200 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

THE NWS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN IDAHO, INCLUDING THE CITIES OF POCATELLO, IDAHO FALLS AND MALAD.
A WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, TRIGGERING THUNDERSTOMS.  AT 135 PM, A LINE OF
THUNDRSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF BURLEY TO 55 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TWIN FALLS.  THIS LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 10 MPH.

YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND TAKE SHELTER WITH THE
APPROACH OF ANY STORMS.  THESE STORMS CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR
FURTHER UfPDATES.

CADENHEAD
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
IDZ002-003-004-007-010-012-060300-COR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
200 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

THE NWS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN IDAHO, INCLUDING THE CITIES OF POCATELLO, IDAHO FALLS AND MALAD.

A WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, TRIGGERING THUNDERSTOMS.  AT 135 PM, A LINE OF
THUNDRSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF BURLEY TO 55 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TWIN FALLS.  THIS LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 10 MPH.

YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND TAKE SHELTER WITH THE
APPROACH OF ANY STORMS.  THESE STORMS CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

CADENHEAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHFremont, Jefferson, Madison56 min
Jun 5, 4:48 PM MDTTornado WarningPIHBingham42 min
Jun 5, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHOneida, Power44 min
Jun 5, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Oneida53 min
Jun 5, 5:25 PM MDTTornado WarningPIHBingham, Bonneville50 min
Jun 5, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHFremont42 min
Jun 5, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Franklin, Oneida57 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.