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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 7, 2008Caribou County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2008, 6:21 PM MDT for Caribou County, Idaho. It was in force for 24 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: Aug 7, 2008, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2008, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Caribou County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 7, 2:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 4:12 AM MDT, 14 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
412 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2008

IDZ017>025-031-032-081015-
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-
412 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO. THE
BEST CHANCES WILL BE IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS INTO TONIGHT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS
LOW A THIS TIME. DUE TO THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND AMOUNT OF
LIGHTNING STRIKES...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS
OF EASTERN IDAHO THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  PLEASE SEE RFWPIH FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH
BEST CHANCES COMING FRIDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT...ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS MINIMAL AS OF NOW. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR FRIDAY. PLEASE SEE FFAPIH FOR MORE INFORMATION.
ALTHOUGH NO RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY AND/OR
SATURDAY...THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT LATER SHIFTS WILL BE
ISSUING THESE STATEMENTS.

AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN STATES AND
CANADA EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BE PUSH EAST OF
THE AREA. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH.

.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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bonneville	36 min
Aug 8, 3:39 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PIH	Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Custer, Fremont and 7 more	20 hr
Aug 8, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Cassia	52 min
Aug 8, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Cassia	34 min
Aug 8, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Cassia	51 min
Aug 8, 5:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Blaine	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.