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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2013, 2:12 PM MDT for Jefferson County, Idaho. It was in force for 63 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 28, 2013, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2013, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
County Jefferson County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 353 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 28, 2:00 PM MDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:00 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 200 PM MDT SUN JUL 28 2013 .DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. EARLY AFTERNOON SATELLITE IMAGERY WAS SHOWING A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFTING EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS CANADA AS THE SWRN EXTENT OF THE TROUGH AXIS APPEARED TO BE SWINGING INTO THE NW COAST. A MODEST 50KT UPPER LEVEL JET SEGMENT WAS INDICATED IN THE MODEL DATA LIFTING NE INTO MONTANA WHICH LIKELY HELPED INITIATE STRONG CONVECTION ACROSS THE SRN HIGHLANDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AIDED BY VERY MOIST LOW LEVELS. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THE TROUGH AXIS MIGRATES EAST THROUGH OREGON THIS EVENING. THE NAM WAS SHOWING SOME WEAK PRECIPITATION RETURNS DEVELOPING OVER THE ERN MAGIC VALLEY/SNAKE RIVER PLAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING...LIKELY THE RESULT OF THE TROUGH AXIS WORKING ACROSS SRN IDAHO. HENCE HAVE ADDED SOME MENTION OF NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS TO SE IDAHO LATE TONIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. AS THE MAIN UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO MIGRATE EAST ACROSS CANADA...A HANG BACK TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OFF THE NW COAST TUESDAY WHERE IT WILL LINGER AND GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE SLOWLY LIFTING ENE ACROSS THE NW STATES. THE POSITION OF THE LOW WILL PLACE SE IDAHO BETWEEN THE DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW TO OUR NW AND MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO OUR SOUTH. THUS HAVE CONTINUED A MENTION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. THE GFS IS SHOWING A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT WAVE EJECTING FROM THE LOW WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PLACE THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS UNDER THE GUN FOR WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE IF THE PATTERN/TIMING PERSISTS. HUSTON && .AVIATION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS NOTED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH CURRENT IMPACTS EXPECTED AT KSUN AND KIDA THROUGH THE EVENING. SATELLITE IMAGERY WAS SHOWING A TROUGH AXIS ROTATING THROUGH SRN OREGON WHICH THE MODELS DRIVE EAST THROUGH SRN IDAHO TONIGHT. THE NAM RESPONDED WITH ISOLATED NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KBYI/KPIH/KIDA LATE TONIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. WILL ADVISE ONCOMING SHIFT FOR POTENTIAL INCLUSION IN NEXT FORECAST ISSUANCE AT 1730 MDT. HUSTON && .FIRE WEATHER...A TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MODERATE WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AS WELL AS ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. ADDITIONALLY...EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS AND SOUTHERN EASTERN HIGHLANDS. EXPECT WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT OVER MOST AREAS. SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE CRITICAL FUEL AREAS WILL GO BELOW 15 PERCENT PARTICULARLY NEAR CHALLIS. ALSO AN AREA EXTENDING FROM CRATERS OF THE MOON EAST ACROSS INL WILL HAVE STRONG WINDS OVER 30 MPH AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT. HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO BUILD IN LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY MONDAY OVER THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS BECAUSE OF ANOTHER TROUGH. FURTHERMORE LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH RESIDUAL SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE. EXPECT SLIGHTLY WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM IMPACTS THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH MODERATE TO HIGH WINDS AND GOOD THUNDERSTORM CHANCES PARTICULARLY FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. WYATT && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 5:08 AM MDT, 9 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 508 AM MDT SUN JUL 28 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-291245- 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- 508 AM MDT SUN JUL 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO...WITH THE MAIN FOCUS AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SNAKE RIVER. BRIEF DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WIND UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EACH MORNING AND AFTERNOON EVERY DAY. THE HIGHEST RISK AREA WILL SWITCH FROM DAY TO DAY. THE DAY WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE THURSDAY NIGHT AND 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 11:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 11:31 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 12:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Cassia | 117 min |
| Jul 28, 12:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 1:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock, Oneida | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Blaine | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 1:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Caribou, Franklin | 81 min |
| Jul 28, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 3:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake, Franklin | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 4:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison, Teton | 41 min |
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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.