Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2001, 5:29 PM MDT for Bannock County, Bingham County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2001, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2001, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Power County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 5:40 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Pocatello Arpt, ID |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 2932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
545 WUUS55 KPIH 102332 SVRPIH IDC005-011-077-110000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 529 PM MDT FRI AUG 10 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BANNOCK COUNTY IN IDAHO SOUTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN IDAHO NORTHEASTERN POWER COUNTY IN IDAHO * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 519 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ABERDEEN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF AMERICAN FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POCATELLO ARPT AT 545 PM MDT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MICHAUD AT 550 PM MDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS. LAT...LON 4300 11292 4287 11275 4293 11244 4327 11259
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.