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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 9, 2008Bonneville County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2008, 4:17 PM MDT for Bonneville County, Idaho. It was in force for 28 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 9, 2008, 4:17 PM MDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2008, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Bonneville County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 9, 2:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:57 AM MDT, 12 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
357 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008

IDZ017>025-031-032-101000-
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-
357 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED AGAIN ACROSS EASTERN
IDAHO. THE HIGHEST CHANCES ARE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE
PLAIN. GUSTY WIND AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTHERN AREAS WELL. DUE TO THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND POTENTIAL
LIGHTNING STARTS...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF
EASTERN IDAHO. PLEASE SEE RFWPIH FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

DRIER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER
THE MOUNTAINS.

BREEZY CONDITIONS IN THE SNAKE PLAIN WILL MAKE FOR POSSIBLE FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS AND FOR BOATERS ON AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.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 8, 6:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Butte, Custer	24 min
Aug 8, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Butte, Custer	46 min
Aug 8, 7:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Butte, Clark, Jefferson	60 min
Aug 8, 8:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bingham, Butte, Jefferson	39 min
Aug 8, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Bannock, Bingham, Power	32 min
Aug 9, 2:44 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PIH	Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Custer, Fremont and 7 more	18 hr
Aug 9, 11:39 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Custer	36 min
Aug 9, 12:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Clark	22 min
Aug 9, 1:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Custer	44 min
Aug 9, 1:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PIH	Custer	16 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.