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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2009, 5:21 PM MDT for Bannock County, Caribou County, Idaho. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2009, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2009, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
Counties Bannock County, ID, Caribou County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 273 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 3, 1:39 PM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:39 PM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 139 PM MDT WED JUN 3 2009 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SPIN OFF OF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. THIS LOW KEEPS PUMPING MOISTURE INTO THE AREA WHICH HAS PRODUCED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE NOSING IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST HAS EXERTED SOME INFLUENCE OVER THE AREA TODAY...REDUCING THE COVERAGE. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS WHERE FLOODING HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND NEAR THE CASTLE ROCK BURN AREA NEAR KETCHUM. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. CONVECTION TODAY SHOULD LARGELY DIMINISH TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET. THEN REDEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT ON THURSDAY. COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE BETTER THAN TODAY SINCE THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL HAVE SLIPPED AWAY FROM THE AREA. THIS CONVECTION SHOULD ONCE AGAIN DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. ON FRIDAY...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL HAVE MOVED ONSHORE. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO SPLIT WITH A CHUNK OF IT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH NEVADA FRIDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON FRIDAY WITH IMPRESSIVE COVERAGE EXPECTED. THE CONVECTION MAY NOT DIMINISH AS WELL FRIDAY NIGHT SINCE A COLD FRONT WILL BE DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST AS WELL. SMALL HAIL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. UPPER TROF WORKS THROUGH SATURDAY WITH CONTINUED MOIST CONDITIONS AND EXPECT A COOLING TREND OVER THE WEEKEND WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. GFS AND EUROPEAN START TO DIFFER BY NEXT WEEK WITH GFS SHOWING A MORE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT PATTERN WITH THE EUROPEAN KEEPING CYCLONIC FLOW AND EVEN A CLOSED LOW OVER IDAHO BY WEDNESDAY. BOTH KEEP WET PERIODS IN THE EXTENDED AND KEPT WITH THE TREND OF A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DAILY WITH COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. GK && .AVIATION...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. HAVE THE THUNDERSTORMS VICINITY AT ALL TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...A PERSISTENT UPPER LOW OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST CONTINUES TO PUMP MONSOON MOISTURE INTO THE GREAT BASIN/NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS WILL AGAIN RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND ABOVE NORMAL HUMIDITY. THE UPPER LOW OPENS UP OVER THE WEEKEND AND MOVES NORTHEAST...RESULTING IN MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT WILL REMAIN LOW INTO NEXT WEEK. HEDGES && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR IDZ022>025-031. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 6:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 600 AM MDT WED JUN 3 2009 IDZ017>025-031-032-041300- 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- 600 AM MDT WED JUN 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO. SEE THE LATEST URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PERIOD. HEAVY SHOWERS...PRODUCING A FLASH FLOOD THREAT...WILL RETURN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .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. MESSICK
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Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Caribou | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 6:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Oneida | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia, Oneida | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 8:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Franklin, Oneida, Power | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 8:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock, Franklin, Power | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 10:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin | 95 min |
| Jun 3, 4:02 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PIH | 22 hr | |
| Jun 3, 2:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Blaine | 119 min |
| Jun 3, 2:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Cassia | 94 min |
| Jun 3, 3:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 4:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Fremont | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 5:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Caribou | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 5:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.