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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID

October 4, 2006Lincoln County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 2006, 3:51 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Idaho. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 2006, 3:51 PM MDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 2006, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 4, 4:00 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	12 N Shoshone, ID

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -340 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPIH 042151
TORPIH
IDC063-042215-
/O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0002.061004T2151Z-061004T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
351 PM MDT WED OCT 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 342 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER
  WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  SHOSHONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

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 4303 11464 4295 11441 4319 11424 4319 11449

$$

JAM

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS55 KPIH 042214
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
411 PM MDT WED OCT 4 2006

IDC063-042221-
/O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061004T2215Z/
LINCOLN ID-
411 PM MDT WED OCT 4 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY CONTINUES...

THE THUNDERSTORM CELL THAT DEVELOPED A TORNADO HAS CONTINUED MOVING 
THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY.  THE TORNADO WARNING WILL CONTINUE AS WELL.

LAT...LON 4303 11464 4295 11441 4319 11424 4319 11449

$$

JAM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 4, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Blaine, Butte, Minidoka	31 min
Oct 4, 3:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Lincoln	36 min
Oct 4, 4:08 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PIH	Bingham, Blaine, Butte	37 min
Oct 4, 4:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PIH	Blaine, Lincoln	44 min
Oct 4, 4:45 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PIH	Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Jefferson	30 min
Oct 4, 5:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PIH	Bingham, Bonneville, Jefferson	30 min
Oct 4, 5:45 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PIH	Bonneville, Jefferson	30 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.