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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2013, 7:40 PM MDT for Fremont County, Madison County, Teton County, Idaho. It was in force for 50 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, 7:40 PM MDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2013, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fremont County, ID, Madison County, ID, Teton County, ID
The radar
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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 Jul 6, 2:59 PM MDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:59 PM MDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 259 PM MDT SAT JUL 6 2013 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AGAIN PRODUCING WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN GRIDS WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO PERSIST THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES SUNDAY WITH MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE AND EXTENSIVE INSTABILITY SO EXPECT A REPEAT ONCE AGAIN OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. AND AGAIN HAVE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY. GET A BIT DRIER AIR MASS PUSH IN FROM THE WEST MONDAY AND EXPECT LESS COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORM AND ONLY HAVE ISOLATED IN HIGH ELEVATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. GK .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES THROUGH THE LONG TERM AS WELL AND EXPECT HOT CONDITIONS WITH NOTHING MORE THAN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. GK && .AVIATION...THE PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGE HAS MOVED MORE TO THE EAST... WITH MONSOON MOISTURE OVER SE ID. SCT TSTMS EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS...WITH ISOLD TSTMS ELSEWHERE. SOME TSTMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...BUT OVERALL VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THRU TONIGHT. DSH && .FIRE WEATHER...THE PERSISTENT UPPER RIDGE HAS MOVED EASTWARD... PUSHING MUCH OF THE MONSOON MOISTURE TO THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS...WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED COVERAGE ELSEWHERE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS NEXT WEEK...WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE WESTERLY AND WILL LIMIT ACCESS TO MONSOON MOISTURE...SO THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED IN COVERAGE. DSH && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:38 AM MDT, 15 hours 2 minutes before
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
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Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 6, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Clark, Fremont, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia, Power | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville, Madison, Teton | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Power | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Caribou, Power | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 5:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Bannock | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bonneville | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 5:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Caribou | 51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.