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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2009, 2:18 PM MDT for 4 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 42 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 6, 2009, 2:18 PM MDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2009, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Caribou County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 12:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
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 6, 10:52 AM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 10:52 AM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:10 AM MDT, 10 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 410 AM MDT THU AUG 6 2009 IDZ017>025-031-032-071015- 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- 410 AM MDT WED AUG 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS. ELSWHERE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:50 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
1259 PM MDT THU AUG 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 PM HAIL ENE STANLEY 44.22N 114.93W
08/06/2009 M0.50 INCH CUSTER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
3/8 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN. NORTHWEST WINDS AT
12 MPH. TEMPERATURE 50 DEGREES. MOUNTAIN TOPS OBSCURED.
1249 PM HAIL STANLEY 44.22N 114.94W
08/06/2009 M0.50 INCH CUSTER ID OTHER FEDERAL
HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WITH WINDS FROM NORTH NORTHWEST AT
12-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
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GWICKLUNLocal storm report, Aug 6, 1:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:39 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO 139 PM MDT THU AUG 6 2009 IDZ019-020-023-062030- JEFFERSON ID-TETON ID-BONNEVILLE ID-MADISON ID- 139 PM MDT THU AUG 6 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTH CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO WEST CENTRAL TETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 230 PM MDT AT 138 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BONE..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POPLAR... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4388 11156 4377 11125 4335 11161 4343 11181 TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 206DEG 26KT 4343 11168 HANKO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Blaine, Butte, Custer, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 10:52 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PIH | 8 hr | |
| Aug 6, 11:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 40 min | |
| Aug 6, 12:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Custer | 56 min |
| Aug 6, 12:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Custer | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 12:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Custer | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 1:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Custer | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 1:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Custer | 18 min |
| Aug 6, 1:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bonneville | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 1:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont, Madison | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville, Madison, Teton | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont, Madison, Teton | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 3:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Butte, Cassia, Minidoka and 2 more | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville, Teton | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Blaine, Butte, Custer, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Clark, Fremont, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Custer | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Butte, Clark, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Custer | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Clark | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Butte, Clark, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Custer | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.