Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pocatello, ID

Issued

Sep 5, 2007, 1:57 PM MDT (19:57 UTC)

Expired

Sep 5, 2007, 2:30 PM MDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Pocatello, ID

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bonneville County, ID

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS55 KPIH 051957
TORPIH
IDC019-052030-
/O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0009.070905T1957Z-070905T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
157 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

* UNTIL 230 PM MDT

* AT 154 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF PALISADES...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF GRAY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 4353 11105 4314 11105 4327 11139
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 218DEG 25KT 4324 11121

$$

HEDGES

000 
WWUS55 KPIH 052033
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
233 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2007

IDC019-052043-
/O.EXP.KPIH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070905T2030Z/
BONNEVILLE ID-
233 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY EXPIRED AT
230 PM MDT...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 4353 11105 4314 11105 4327 11139
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 218DEG 25KT 4324 11121

$$

HEDGES

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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.