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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2013, 4:45 PM MDT for Cassia County, Oneida County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 60 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, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2013, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cassia County, ID, Oneida County, ID, Power County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:22 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | 15 S Rockland, ID | PEA SIZE HAIL AND ONE INCH OF RAIN FALL |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
951 WFUS55 KPIH 052245 TORPIH IDC031-071-077-052345- /O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0002.130705T2245Z-130705T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 445 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO... NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO... SOUTHEASTERN POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO... * UNTIL 545 PM MDT * AT 443 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF SNOWVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... RURAL SOUTHERN POWER COUNTY... RURAL WESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY... RURAL CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTY... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN POWER COUNTY... RURAL NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 4260 11258 4226 11241 4215 11298 4240 11314 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 248DEG 20KT 4232 11293 $$ RS
2 follow-up statements
593 WWUS55 KPIH 052321 SVSPIH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 521 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013 IDC031-071-077-052345- /O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130705T2345Z/ ONEIDA ID-POWER ID-CASSIA ID- 521 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL CASSIA...SOUTHEASTERN POWER AND NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA COUNTIES... AT 516 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL POWER COUNTY...OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF MALAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN POWER COUNTY... RURAL NORTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 8 7 7 1 9 3 7. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. && LAT...LON 4260 11258 4226 11241 4215 11298 4240 11314 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 248DEG 20KT 4240 11267 $$ RS
721 WWUS55 KPIH 052343 SVSPIH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 543 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013 IDC031-071-077-052353- /O.EXP.KPIH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130705T2345Z/ ONEIDA ID-POWER ID-CASSIA ID- 543 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CASSIA...SOUTHEASTERN POWER AND NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT... AT 543 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. 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 4260 11258 4226 11241 4215 11298 4240 11314 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 248DEG 20KT 4245 11251 $$ RS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia, Lincoln, Minidoka | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Blaine, Butte, Cassia, Lincoln, Minidoka, Power | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 9:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Power | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 2:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Cassia | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Clark | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Custer | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Custer | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 4:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Bannock | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Blaine, Butte, Lincoln, Minidoka, Power | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 5:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bannock, Oneida | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bannock, Caribou, Franklin | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Caribou | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 5:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Jefferson | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.