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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 21, 1995Bingham County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1995, 2:27 PM MDT for Bingham County, Idaho. It was in force for 11 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 2:27 PM MDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 2:38 PM MDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Whole counties

County Bingham County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 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 212029
TORPIH
IDC011-212045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
227 PM MDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
 
   ...SOUTH CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY
 
AT 225 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL ARE OBSERVING A FUNNEL
CLOUD AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF PINGREE AND
SPRINGFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH IS PRODUCING THIS ACTIVITY IS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILE PER HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
BAUCK
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 12:04 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Bingham41 min
Jun 21, 12:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Power63 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.