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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 1, 2013Blaine County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT for Blaine County, Idaho. It was in force for 60 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
Jul 1, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

County Blaine County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 1, 1:45 PM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:45 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
145 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. UPPER RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE
OVER IDAHO WITH MONSOONAL MOISTURE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
STATE TODAY. MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRIMARILY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE MOISTURE PLUM SHIFTS
EAST...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER SOUTHEAST
IDAHO ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VERY HOT CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH NEAR RECORD OR RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES BOTH DAYS. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE EASTERN MAGIC
VALLEY AND SNAKE RIVER PLAIN WILL APPROACH 100 BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
DSH

LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A PACIFIC WAVE APPROACHES IDAHO ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THE
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION IS
FLATTENED SOMEWHAT. AS A RESULT TEMPERATURES FOR THE PERIOD WILL
DROP BY 8 TO 12 DEGREES BEGINNING THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN NEAR 90 IN THE SNAKE PLAIN AND IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S IN
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
THURSDAY WITH THE SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH WITH MAINLY MOUNTAIN
ACTIVITY FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DSH

&&

.AVIATION...LOOK FOR VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING FOR KSUN AND TO AN LESSER EXTENT KBYI AS MONSOONAL MOISTURE
WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE AREA. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS FOR KIDA AND KPIH
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT EXCEPT FOR
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS WHERE GUSTY OUTFLOWS ARE LIKELY. WYATT

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WORKING AROUND AN AREA OF HIGH
PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH
OF THE WEEK. BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS INITIALLY WILL BE IN THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BUT THE REST OF EAST IDAHO WILL SEE THUNDERSTORMS
BY MIDWEEK. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE
NEAR STORMS. WYATT

&&

.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:19 AM MDT, 9 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
419 AM MDT MON JUL 1 2013

IDZ017>025-031-032-021030-
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-
419 AM MDT MON JUL 1 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

EXTREMELY HOT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. EXPECT AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. STORMS MAY PRODUCE 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HOT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED TO WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:00 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
200 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013

IDZ018-032-012100-
CUSTER ID-
200 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO

UNTIL 300 PM MDT

AT 154 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTH OF CHILLY..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHERN CUSTER COUNTY...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY...

LAT...LON 4384 11358 4368 11376 4385 11410 4402 11396
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 301DEG 5KT 4389 11393

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte64 min
Jul 1, 2:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte42 min
Jul 1, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte62 min
Jul 1, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCuster49 min
Jul 1, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHClark42 min
Jul 1, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHClark47 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.