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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 4, 20054 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 7:30 PM MDT for 4 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 45 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 4, 2005, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2005, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Madison County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 315 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 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 050131
TORPIH
IDC033-043-051-065-050215-
/O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0004.050605T0130Z-050605T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
730 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TERRETON
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 726 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR TERRETON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HAMER 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.

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 4390 11257 4375 11243 4385 11191 4413 11207

$$

RS

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

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPIH 050153
SVSPIH
IDC033-043-051-065-050215-
/O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050605T0215Z/

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
749 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN MADISON...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT...NORTHERN
JEFFERSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 728 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR TERRETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. MULTIPLE REPORTS 
OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMER 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.

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 4390 11257 4375 11243 4385 11191 4413 11207

$$

RS

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

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO

000 
WWUS55 KPIH 050215
SVSPIH
IDC033-043-051-065-050225-
/O.CAN.KPIH.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050605T0215Z/

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
815 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MADISON...EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT...NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 815 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 CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4390 11257 4375 11243 4385 11191 4413 11207

$$

RS

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

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO

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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.