Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Pocatello, ID

Issued

Sep 1, 2000, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)

Expired

Sep 1, 2000, 6:10 PM MDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Pocatello, ID

Area

Whole counties

County Clark County, ID

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS55 KPIH 012329
SVRPIH
IDC033-020010-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
529 PM MDT FRI SEP 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO

* UNTIL 610 PM MDT

* AT 525 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX 5 MILES NORTH OF BERENICE... MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL...
  CROSS STATE ROUTE 28 BY 600 PM MDT
  AFFECT RURAL RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN THE BIRCH CREEK VALLEY AREA
    ALONG STATE ROUTE 28 THROUGH 600 PM MDT

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND WINDS TO 65 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.



 
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NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 1, 3:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
300 PM MDT FRI SEP 01 2000

VERY ACTIVE AFTERNOON WITH SEVERAL WARNINGS ISSUED AND A LOT OF HAIL
REPORTS...MAINLY PEA-SIZED WITH A COUPLE REPORTS OF 1 INCH. SEVERE
STORMS DUE TO WELL-PLACED VORT MAX OVER CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MOVING INTO
WRN MT IN AN ALREADY VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS. EXPECT MORE OF THE
SAME THIS EVENING ACROSS THE CWA...WITH GOOD WIND SPEED SHEAR AND LI/S
OF -4 TO -5. ETA MODEL CARRIES ANOTHER SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN
WRN NV NORTHEAST...CLIPPING THE SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS 12Z SAT. THIS VORT
ON THE NOSE OF AN EAST-WEST 80+ KNOT JET MAX WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO
MOVE NORTH ACROSS CWA DURING THE DAY ON SAT FOR CONTINUED SHOWER/TSTM
ACTIVITY. PER ABOVE...WILL GO HIGH POPS NEXT TWO PERIODS. LESS
FAVORABLE DYNAMICS AND DRIER...MORE STABLE AIR TO MOVE INTO THE AREA
SAT NIGHT AND SUN...BUT WILL HOLD ON TO SLIGHT CHANCE OR LOW CHANCE
POPS. WITH CLEARING ON SUN...TEMPS UP A FEW DEGREES.

IN THE EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SIMILAR ON DAY 3...BUT THEN THEY
DIVERGE ON TIMING OF UPPER TROUGH. WILL GO WITH A COMPROMISED MRF
SOLUTION...WHICH IS BETWEEN THE FASTER UKMET AND SLOWER EURO. THUS...
EXPECT THE UPPER TROF TO MOVE INTO POSITION OVER ID BY DAY 4 FOR
COOL...SHOWERY...BREEZY WEATHER ALL THREE DAYS. WAW

KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 11.

BYI 54/72 48/77 7632

.PIH...NONE.

PIH WB G052/072 045/075 045 13763

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.