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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Pocatello, ID

May 8, 2013Bannock County, Power County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2013, 2:36 PM MDT for Bannock County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 8, 2013, 2:36 PM MDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2013, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bannock County, ID, Power County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 8, 1:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 1:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 5:00 AM MDT, 9 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
500 AM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

IDZ017>025-031-032-091100-
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-
500 AM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. NON-
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN BECOME LESS
PROBABLE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THOUGH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY
OCCUR NEAR THESE STORMS.

.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, May 8, 12:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1259 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

IDZ024-025-082000-
BEAR LAKE ID-FRANKLIN ID-
1259 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
  SOUTHWESTERN BEAR LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO

UNTIL 200 PM MDT

AT 1254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES NORTH OF FISH HAVEN...MOVING WEST
AT 15 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 200 PM MDT INCLUDE...
   MINK CREEK...RIVERDALE...PRESTON...

LAT...LON 4203 11191 4232 11188 4224 11131 4201 11133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 096DEG 12KT 4215 11144

HUSTON
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 1:44 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 12:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFranklin61 min
May 8, 1:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock46 min
May 8, 1:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFranklin46 min
May 8, 1:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock44 min
May 8, 2:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.