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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 5, 2013Bannock County, Oneida County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2013, 5:18 PM MDT for Bannock County, Oneida County, Idaho. It was in force for 57 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, 5:18 PM MDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2013, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bannock County, ID, Oneida County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 5:35 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Virginia, ID	VISIBILITY DOWN TO 20 FEET IN HEAVY RAIN

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

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

876 
WFUS55 KPIH 052318
TORPIH
IDC005-071-060015-
/O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0003.130705T2318Z-130706T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
518 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...
  NORTH CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO...

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 512 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  VIRGINIA...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MALAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
   VIRGINIA...

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 4226 11244 4242 11252 4242 11250 4249 11250
      4253 11213 4229 11215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 258DEG 21KT 4239 11240

$$

RS

2 follow-up statements

073 
WWUS55 KPIH 052345
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
545 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

IDC005-071-060015-
/O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130706T0015Z/
ONEIDA ID-BANNOCK ID-
545 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BANNOCK AND NORTH CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTIES...

AT 542 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF VIRGINIA...OR
16 MILES NORTH OF MALAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
   VIRGINIA...

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 4226 11244 4242 11252 4242 11250 4249 11250
      4253 11213 4229 11215
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 258DEG 21KT 4242 11218

$$

RS

565 
WWUS55 KPIH 060012
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
612 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

IDC005-071-060022-
/O.EXP.KPIH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130706T0015Z/
ONEIDA ID-BANNOCK ID-
612 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BANNOCK AND NORTH CENTRAL
ONEIDA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT...

AT 612 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 4226 11244 4242 11252 4242 11250 4249 11250
      4253 11213 4229 11215
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 258DEG 21KT 4245 11197

$$

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, 4:45 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PIH	Cassia, Oneida, Power	60 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, 5:41 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.