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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 24, 2004Minidoka County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2004, 4:51 PM MDT for Minidoka County, Idaho. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2004, 4:51 PM MDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2004, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Minidoka County, ID

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2004-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2004-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

059 
WFUS55 KPIH 242251
TORPIH
IDC067-242315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
451 PM MDT THU JUN 24 2004

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

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MINIDOKA COUNTY IN IDAHO

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 440 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ACEQUIA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF RUPERT...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ACEQUIA BY 505 PM MDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4289 11373 4280 11385 4263 11359 4273 11348

$$

KS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHFremont36 min
Jun 24, 5:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Caribou28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.