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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 8, 2006Blaine County, Cassia County, Power County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2006, 1:04 PM MDT for Blaine County, Cassia County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2006, 1:04 PM MDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2006, 1:24 PM MDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Blaine County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Power County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 2006-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 9:45 AM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 9:45 AM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 6:48 AM MDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
648 AM MDT THU JUN 8 2006

IDZ017>025-031-032-091300-
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-
CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-
BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI-
648 AM MDT THU JUN 8 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IDAHO. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS WILL PROVIDE FUEL FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE MAIN
THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY.
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL HELP PROVIDE FOCUS FOR STRONG
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS REMAIN THE
PRIMARY THREATS. A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO
THE REGION BEGINNING SATURDAY. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE WEEKEND WILL BE GREATLY DIMINISHED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY
INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL...
EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE
FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR
208-233-0834.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHFremont, Teton23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.