Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pocatello, ID

Issued

Apr 14, 2002, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)

Expired

Apr 14, 2002, 3:00 PM MDT

In force

39 min

Issued by

NWS Pocatello, ID

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bingham County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Jefferson County, ID

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
219 PM MDT SUN APR 14 2002

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN IDAHO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELLEY
  NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN IDAHO
  SOUTHERN BUTTE COUNTY IN IDAHO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ARCO
  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN IDAHO

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 211 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARCO TO 36
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARCO...OR FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARCO TO 17
  MILES NORTH OF ABERDEEN...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELLEY AT 245 PM MDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT NEAR 100 
MPH WITH THIS STORM IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER 
IMMEDIATELY

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL BLAINE 
AND SOUTHERN BUTTE COUNTY.

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 4361 11353 4311 11291 4341 11201 4399 11267

NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 14, 10:10 AM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
1010 AM MDT SUN APR 14 2002

SFC FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BACK INTO SW
IDAHO.  FRONT WILL PUSH EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND LOOKS TO PASS
THROUGH MOST OF SOUTHEAST ID THIS AFTERNOON.  FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY
LINGER OVER SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS TONIGHT.  BOTTOM LINE FOR FORECAST
IS VERY WINDY CONDITIONS FOR MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE AND LI OF -2 TO -3 THIS AFTERNOON WILL
RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  SHOWERS
HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ALSO IN
SOUTHWEST ID. EXPECT PRECIP TO SPREAD EAST INTO REST OF FORECAST
AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON.  WINDS IN PORTIONS OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN
ALREADY WELL INTO WIND ADVISORY CATEGORY WITH STRONGEST WINDS IN
VICINITY OF INEEL WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 3O TO 38 MPH RANGE.
ALREADY UPDATED FORECAST TO REFLECT AFTERNOON CONDITIONS AND TO BUMP
HIGH TEMPS UPWARD A FEW DEGREES DUE TO DECREASED CLOUD COVER IN
ADVANCE OF SFC FRONT.  NO ADDITIONAL UPDATES AT THIS TIME.

DSH

KSFX...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21.

BYI 66/40/52 644

.PIH...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED.  SEE LATEST BULLETIN FOR
DETAILS.

PIH WW 064/035 050/028 052 04644

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS, ID
207 PM MDT SUN APR 14 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0153 PM    BELLEVUE                  ID   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/14/02   BLAINE                         MULTIPE TREES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.

BRONG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS, ID
220 PM MDT SUN APR 14 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0200 PM    CRATERS OF THE MOON       ID   99 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/14/02   BUTTE                          REPORTED BY THE INEEL MESONET
                                          SITE AT THE CREATERS OF THE
                                          MOON NATIONAL MOMUMENT.

BRONG

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.