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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 5, 20134 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2013, 5:51 PM MDT for 4 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2013, 5:51 PM MDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bingham County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Jefferson County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 6:23 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 67Taber, ID

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 284 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2013-07-05Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2013-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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.

720 
WUUS55 KPIH 052351
SVRPIH
IDC011-019-023-051-060030-
/O.NEW.KPIH.SV.W.0021.130705T2351Z-130706T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
551 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUTTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOUTHWEST INL...CENTRAL INL...
  NORTHWEST INL...
  WESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOUTHEAST INL...BLACKFOOT...
  NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...
  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 546 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHWEST INL TO 7 MILES WEST OF STERLING...OR ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHWEST INL TO 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ABERDEEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
   SOUTHWEST INL AND  PINGREE...
   CENTRAL INL AND  ROCKFORD...
   FORT HALL EAGLE LODGE... TABER AND  MORELAND...
   SOUTHEAST INL... ROSE AND  BLACKFOOT...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO.

&&

LAT...LON 4348 11204 4311 11239 4303 11272 4299 11278
      4325 11301 4328 11301 4328 11304 4356 11328
      4397 11263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 232DEG 53KT 4340 11310 4307 11281

$$

DMH
2 follow-up statements
365 
WWUS55 KPIH 060018
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
618 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

IDC011-019-023-051-060030-
/O.CON.KPIH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130706T0030Z/
JEFFERSON ID-BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-BONNEVILLE ID-
618 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE...SOUTHEASTERN BUTTE...WESTERN BINGHAM
AND SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 616 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
SOUTHEAST INL TO ROSE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST INL
TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACKFOOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTY...
  RURAL NORTHERN BINGHAM COUNTY...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO.

&&

LAT...LON 4348 11204 4311 11239 4303 11272 4299 11278
      4325 11301 4328 11301 4328 11304 4356 11328
      4397 11263
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 232DEG 53KT 4364 11267 4331 11238

$$

DMH
654 
WWUS55 KPIH 060030
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
630 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

IDC011-019-023-051-060041-
/O.EXP.KPIH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130706T0030Z/
JEFFERSON ID-BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-BONNEVILLE ID-
630 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE...
SOUTHEASTERN BUTTE...WESTERN BINGHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 631 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE 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.

* LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTY...
  RURAL NORTHERN BINGHAM COUNTY...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO.

&&

LAT...LON 4348 11204 4311 11239 4303 11272 4299 11278
      4325 11301 4328 11301 4328 11304 4356 11328
      4397 11263
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 232DEG 53KT 4363 11266 4330 11237

$$

DMH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHLincoln51 min
Jul 4, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia, Lincoln, Minidoka59 min
Jul 4, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBlaine, Butte, Cassia, Lincoln, Minidoka, Power47 min
Jul 4, 9:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock, Bingham, Power55 min
Jul 5, 2:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHCassia3 hr
Jul 5, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHClark59 min
Jul 5, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia44 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCuster50 min
Jul 5, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCuster45 min
Jul 5, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia37 min
Jul 5, 4:45 PM MDTTornado WarningPIHCassia, Oneida, Power60 min
Jul 5, 4:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHBannock3 hr
Jul 5, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBingham, Blaine, Butte, Lincoln, Minidoka, Power51 min
Jul 5, 5:18 PM MDTTornado WarningPIHBannock, Oneida57 min
Jul 5, 5:41 PM MDTTornado WarningPIHBannock, Caribou, Franklin64 min
Jul 5, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Caribou46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.