Alert archive / Idaho / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1995, 5:25 PM MDT for Bingham County, Bonneville County, Idaho. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bingham County, ID, Bonneville County, ID
The nearest sounding before it
Lander/Hunt Fiel, WY (KLND), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 274 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
- 1590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 052326 TORPIH IDC011-019-060015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 525 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO ...BINGHAM COUNTY...WESTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTY A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED NEAR BLACKFOOT FROM A THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RESIDENTS BETWEEN BLACKFOOT AND IDAHO FALLS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPEARS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO` BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. CADENHEAD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 2:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 25 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, 3 hours 11 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, 3 hours 6 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, 3:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
IDZ002-003-004-007-010-012-060300-COR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 345 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 430 PM... SEVERE AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANYING A COLD FRONT AS IT SWEEPS EASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 330 PM, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH AT THE POCATELLO REGIONAL AIRPORT. PEA SIZED HAIL, HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND 60 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN CASSIA COUNTY NEAR BURLEY. THE FRONT WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 10 MPH, WHILE THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL EFFECT POCATELLO AND IDAHO FALLS OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. PEOPLE IN THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES. CADENHEAD
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
IDZ002-003-004-007-010-012-060300-COR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 345 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 430 PM... SEVERE AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANYING A COLD FRONT AS IT SWEEPS EASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 330 PM, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH AT THE POCATELLO REGIONAL AIRPORT. PEA SIZED HAIL, HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND 60 MPH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN CASSIA COUNTY NEAR BURLEY. THE FRONT WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 10 MPH, WHILE THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL EFFECT POCATELLO AND IDAHO FALLS OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. PEOPLE IN THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES. CADENHEAD j
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Power | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont, Jefferson, Madison | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 4:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bingham | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Oneida, Power | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Oneida | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Franklin, Oneida | 57 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.