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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2013, 12:18 PM MDT for Bonneville County, Madison County, Teton County, Idaho. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2013, 12:18 PM MDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2013, 1:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bonneville County, ID, Madison County, ID, Teton County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 320 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 6, 3:35 AM MDT, 8 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:35 AM MDT, 8 hours 43 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 438 AM MDT SAT JUL 6 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-071245- 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- 438 AM MDT SAT JUL 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO...BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL...WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR ALL BUT THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...IN THE AFTERNOONS AND DURING THE NIGHT HOURS BOTH DAYS. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT DIMINISHES SHARPLY FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .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. MESSICK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:54 AM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Jefferson | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 6:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Oneida | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Franklin | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 10:54 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Jefferson | 66 min |
| Jul 6, 10:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 12:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison, Teton | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 12:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 2:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Teton | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia, Minidoka | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville, Teton | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Clark | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia, Minidoka | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Clark | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Caribou, Power | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Clark, Fremont | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 5:43 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Bannock | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison | 67 min |
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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.