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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 10, 2011Bannock County, Bingham County, Power County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2011, 7:32 PM MDT for Bannock County, Bingham County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 43 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 10, 2011, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Power County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2011-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

897 
WUUS55 KPIH 110132
SVRPIH
IDC005-011-077-110215-
/O.NEW.KPIH.SV.W.0013.110611T0132Z-110611T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
732 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...POCATELLO...MCCAMMON...
  SOUTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...
  POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CRYSTAL...AMERICAN FALLS...

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 730 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 8 MILES WEST OF ABERDEEN TO 6 MILES EAST OF AMERICAN FALLS TO
  10 MILES WEST OF CRYSTAL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF AMERICAN FALLS TO 6 MILES EAST OF AMERICAN FALLS TO 10
  MILES WEST OF CRYSTAL...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...ABERDEEN...ARBON VALLEY...CRYSTAL...
MICHAUD...POCATELLO...POCATELLO ARPT...PORTNEUF...CHUBBUCK...FORT
HALL...INKOM AND MCCAMMON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED IN THE ROCKLAND AREA WITH 
THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4274 11286 4296 11318 4307 11248 4284 11215
      4280 11214 4275 11214 4270 11211 4269 11209
      4262 11206 4251 11276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 258DEG 25KT 4292 11296 4276 11273
          4261 11267

$$

HATTINGS
2 follow-up statements
893 
WWUS55 KPIH 110151
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
751 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2011

IDC005-011-077-110215-
/O.CON.KPIH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110611T0215Z/
BINGHAM ID-POWER ID-BANNOCK ID-
751 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN BANNOCK...POWER AND SOUTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTIES...

AT 748 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ABERDEEN TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF ARBON VALLEY TO
CRYSTAL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF AMERICAN
FALLS TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POCATELLO TO CRYSTAL...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...ARBON VALLEY...CRYSTAL...MICHAUD...
POCATELLO...POCATELLO ARPT...PORTNEUF...CHUBBUCK...FORT HALL...
INKOM...MCCAMMON AND STERLING.

LAT...LON 4274 11286 4296 11318 4307 11248 4284 11215
      4280 11214 4275 11214 4270 11211 4269 11209
      4262 11206 4251 11276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 258DEG 25KT 4295 11278 4278 11255
          4263 11249

$$

HATTINGS
804 
WWUS55 KPIH 110213
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
813 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2011

IDC005-011-077-110223-
/O.EXP.KPIH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110611T0215Z/
BINGHAM ID-POWER ID-BANNOCK ID-
813 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BANNOCK...POWER AND
SOUTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM MDT...

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CHUBBUCK...FORT HALL...INKOM AND
MCCAMMON.

LAT...LON 4274 11286 4296 11318 4307 11248 4284 11215
      4280 11214 4275 11214 4270 11211 4269 11209
      4262 11206 4251 11276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 258DEG 25KT 4298 11257 4281 11235
          4266 11229

$$

HATTINGS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHPower48 min
Jun 10, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHPower47 min
Jun 10, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock, Power44 min

Nearby

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Sources

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.