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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 29, 1996Oneida County, Power County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 1:33 PM MDT for Oneida County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1996, 1:33 PM MDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1996, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Whole counties

Counties Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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.

NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 29, 9:08 AM MDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 9:08 AM MDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 9:33 AM MDT, 4 hours before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 11:29 AM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
IDZ003-291815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1128 AM MDT MON JUL 29 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN POWER COUNTY...

AT 1015 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN ROCKLAND AND NEELEY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.  ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTOROVER NEELEY IS MOVING TOWARD AMERICAN FALLS AND THE POCATELLO AIRPORT.

IN A FLASHT FLOOD SITUATION...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS
AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.  STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

END/MOLINA
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 12:48 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 11:42 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHPower63 min
Jul 29, 1:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHOneida, Power57 min
Jul 29, 1:51 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHBannock, Caribou54 min
Jul 29, 1:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Caribou54 min
Jul 29, 2:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHOneida, Power66 min
Jul 29, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHOneida, Power66 min
Jul 29, 2:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHCaribou58 min
Jul 29, 2:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCaribou58 min
Jul 29, 3:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHOneida52 min
Jul 29, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHOneida52 min
Jul 29, 3:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHCassia41 min
Jul 29, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia41 min
Jul 29, 4:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHCassia, Oneida60 min
Jul 29, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia, Oneida60 min
Jul 29, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBonneville, Jefferson68 min
Jul 29, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBingham57 min
Jul 29, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.