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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 7, 2011Bingham County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2011, 3:11 PM MDT for Bingham County, Idaho. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 7, 2011, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

County Bingham County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 7, 1:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 1:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:06 AM MDT, 11 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
406 AM MDT THU JUL 7 2011

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-
406 AM MDT THU JUL 7 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY EXPECTED 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, Jul 7, 1:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:11 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
311 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011

IDZ021-072145-
BINGHAM ID-BANNOCK ID-
311 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO

UNTIL 345 PM MDT

AT 306 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT HALL..MOVING NORTH AT
15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN BINGHAM COUNTY AND NORTHERN BANNOCK COUNTY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 15...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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 4295 11217 4290 11229 4293 11245 4323 11238
      4318 11205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 193DEG 13KT 4299 11230

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia28 min
Jul 7, 3:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBannock, Power2 hr
Jul 7, 5:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBonneville3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.