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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pocatello, ID

May 29, 2005Oneida County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2005, 7:46 PM MDT for Oneida County, Idaho. It was in force for 37 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: May 29, 2005, 7:46 PM MDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2005, 8:23 PM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oneida County, ID

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 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.

000 
WFUS55 KPIH 300146
TORPIH
IDC071-300215-
/O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0003.050530T0146Z-050530T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
746 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 740 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HOLBROOK...OR ABOUT NEAR SNOWVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF HOLBROOK BY 815 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.

LAT...LON 4206 11295 4189 11277 4208 11237 4229 11262

$$

HUSTON

WEATHER INFORMATION ON-LINE 24-HOURS A DAY
(ALL LOWER-CASE LETTERS)

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPIH 300208
SVSPIH
IDC071-300215-
/O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050530T0215Z/

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
806 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL ONEIDA
COUNTY...

AT 758 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ALONG 
WITH 1 INCH HAIL.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STONE...OR ABOUT 7 
MILES NORTH OF SNOWVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STONE BY 815 PM MDT

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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.

LAT...LON 4213 11284 4196 11263 4208 11237 4229 11262

$$

HUSTON

WEATHER INFORMATION ON-LINE 24-HOURS A DAY
(ALL LOWER-CASE LETTERS)

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO

000 
WWUS55 KPIH 300223
SVSPIH
IDC071-300232-
/O.EXP.KPIH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050530T0215Z/

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
822 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM
MDT...

AT 822 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND
WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO REMAIN ACTIVE AND INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN 
ONEIDA COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING TORNADOES.

LAT...LON 4213 11284 4196 11263 4208 11237 4229 11262

$$

HUSTON

WEATHER INFORMATION ON-LINE 24-HOURS A DAY
(ALL LOWER-CASE LETTERS)

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Oneida	18 min
May 29, 8:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bannock, Oneida	35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.