Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2012, 6:58 PM MDT for 4 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 24, 2012, 6:58 PM MDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Butte County, ID, Minidoka County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
699
WUUS55 KPIH 250058
SVRPIH
IDC011-013-023-067-250200-
/O.NEW.KPIH.SV.W.0002.120425T0058Z-120425T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
658 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO...
SOUTHERN BUTTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOUTHWEST INL...CENTRAL INL...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MINIDOKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO...
NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
* AT 653 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHWEST
INL...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 20 AND
26 TRAVELING BETWEEN CRATERS OF THE MOON AND ATOMIC CITY MAY
ENCOUNTER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
* LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
TABER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 8 7 7 1 9 3 7.
&&
LAT...LON 4367 11272 4332 11260 4311 11269 4314 11347
4353 11341
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 260DEG 37KT 4333 11316
$$
RS2 follow-up statements
161
WWUS55 KPIH 250139
SVSPIH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
739 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2012
IDC011-013-023-067-250200-
/O.CON.KPIH.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120425T0200Z/
MINIDOKA ID-BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-BLAINE ID-
739 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BLAINE...SOUTHERN BUTTE...NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM AND
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MINIDOKA COUNTIES...
AT 735 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF TABER...OR
14 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHEAST INL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 8 7 7 1 9 3 7.
&&
LAT...LON 4367 11272 4332 11260 4311 11269 4314 11347
4353 11341
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 260DEG 37KT 4340 11256
$$
RS584
WWUS55 KPIH 250156
SVSPIH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
756 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2012
IDC011-013-023-067-250206-
/O.EXP.KPIH.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120425T0200Z/
MINIDOKA ID-BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-BLAINE ID-
756 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BLAINE...SOUTHERN
BUTTE...NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MINIDOKA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM MDT...
AT 756 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT
OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 8 7 7 1 9 3 7.
&&
LAT...LON 4367 11272 4332 11260 4311 11269 4314 11347
4353 11341
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 260DEG 37KT 4343 11231
$$
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 11:27 AM MDT | Flood Watch | PIH | 23 hr | |
| Apr 25, 11:41 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PIH | Fremont, Madison | 47 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:41 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PIH | Fremont, Madison | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.