Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Pocatello, ID

Issued

Jun 20, 2003, 5:08 PM MDT (23:08 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 2003, 6:00 PM MDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Pocatello, ID

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oneida County, ID

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

746 
WUUS55 KPIH 202308
SVRPIH
IDC071-210000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
508 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN IDAHO

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 505 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES WEST OF PLEASANTVIEW TO
  CHERRY CREEK...OR FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF RIDGEDALE TO 5 MILES NORTH
  OF PORTAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PLEASANTVIEW AT 515 PM MDT
  MALAD CITY...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUIST AT 520 PM MDT

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO BY CALLING TOLL FREE
1-800-877-1937.

LAT...LON 4218 11264 4203 11241 4199 11212 4227 11211
          4246 11235

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HEDGES

NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 20, 3:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
330 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003

LOW PRESSURE TROUGH CROSSING INTO THE ENTER MOUNTAIN REGION THIS
MORNING.  ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT HARD TO PEN DOWN BUT BELIEVE
AT THE MOMENT FRONT IS BETWEEN KBYI AND KPIH. RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON WEST SIDE OF STATE SPREADING SLOWLY
EAST. SATELLITE ALSO SHOWS SOME CLEARING OF CLOUDS THIS MORNING
WHICH SHOULD HELP HEATING AND INSTABILITY EARLY ON AND CONTRIBUTE TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE UPPER VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN CLEARING WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING.  WINDY IN THE
SNAKE PLAIN BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY BUT A LITTLE SHORT OF ADVISORY
LEVELS. COULD BE MARGINAL IN THE ARCO DESERT AREA AND WILL NEED TO
MONITOR.

LOW PRESSURE TROUGH PERSISTS OVER PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH ABOUT
MID WEEK.  GFS INDICATES SECOND SHORT WAVE EMBEDDED IN THIS FLOW
MOVING DOWN THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST INTO IDAHO MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY.  UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR AND CLOUD COVER WILL HOLD
TEMPERATURES TO THE 50S AND 60S THOSE DAYS...THEN WARMING UP BY
THURSDAY. RS

KSFX...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21.

.PIH...NONE.

IDZ017>023-031-032-210000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
600 AM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO

.DAY ONE...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND THIS EVENING.  A SURFACE COLD
FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY BEFORE NOON AND BRING BREEZY WINDS
TO THE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.  A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS...ALL WEATHER REPORTS ARE
MUCH APPRECIATED AND IMPORTANT...EVEN OBSERVED WEATHER THAT DOES
NOT REACH SEVERE CRITERIA.  TRAINED SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR OTHER
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.