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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 2013, 2:10 PM MDT for Clark County, Fremont County, Jefferson County, Idaho. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 17, 2013, 2:10 PM MDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Jefferson County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2:43 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 N Dubois, ID | FUNNEL DETECTED 5 ESE OF OBSERVER LOCATION. |
| Sep 17, 2:47 PM MDT | TORNADO | 5 Ese Dubois, ID | DEBRIS BEING LIFTED. TORNADO ROPE-LIKE IN APPEARANCE AND 5 ESE OF DUBOIS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 325 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
- 271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
501 WFUS55 KPIH 172010 TORPIH IDC033-043-051-172100- /O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0009.130917T2010Z-130917T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 210 PM MDT TUE SEP 17 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DUBOIS... WEST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO... * UNTIL 300 PM MDT * AT 206 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CAMAS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF DUBOIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... DUBOIS... IDMON AND KILGORE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 INCH HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. && LAT...LON 4452 11204 4435 11170 4394 11220 4404 11242 TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 217DEG 26KT 4408 11220 $$ HUSTON
2 follow-up statements
884 WWUS55 KPIH 172032 SVSPIH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 232 PM MDT TUE SEP 17 2013 IDC033-043-051-172100- /O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130917T2100Z/ CLARK ID-JEFFERSON ID-FREMONT ID- 232 PM MDT TUE SEP 17 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL FREMONT...NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND EASTERN CLARK COUNTIES... AT 224 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF DUBOIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... IDMON... KILGORE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE 1 INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 8 7 7 1 9 3 7. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. && LAT...LON 4452 11204 4435 11170 4394 11220 4404 11242 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 217DEG 26KT 4421 11206 $$ HUSTON
582 WWUS55 KPIH 172058 SVSPIH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 258 PM MDT TUE SEP 17 2013 IDC033-043-051-172108- /O.EXP.KPIH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130917T2100Z/ CLARK ID-JEFFERSON ID-FREMONT ID- 258 PM MDT TUE SEP 17 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL FREMONT...NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND EASTERN CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM MDT... AT 258 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 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 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. && LAT...LON 4452 11204 4435 11170 4394 11220 4404 11242 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 217DEG 26KT 4436 11190 $$ HUSTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 7:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Minidoka | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Blaine, Minidoka, Power | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 11:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham, Power | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 12:44 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 1:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, Teton | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 1:48 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, Teton | 42 min |
| Sep 17, 5:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison, Teton | 40 min |
| Sep 17, 8:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Fremont | 84 min |
| Sep 17, 1:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Sep 17, 1:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin | 62 min |
| Sep 17, 1:40 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PIH | 43 hr | |
| Sep 17, 1:40 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | PIH | 24 hr | |
| Sep 17, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Clark, Fremont, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 2:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Fremont | 44 min |
| Sep 17, 2:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 41 min |
| Sep 17, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 54 min |
| Sep 17, 2:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 63 min |
| Sep 17, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Clark, Fremont | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 55 min |
| Sep 17, 3:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Blaine, Cassia, Minidoka, Power | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 3:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Clark, Fremont | 50 min |
| Sep 17, 3:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Fremont | 64 min |
| Sep 17, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 59 min |
| Sep 17, 4:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Fremont | 50 min |
| Sep 17, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Oneida, Power | 50 min |
| Sep 17, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Power | 42 min |
| Sep 17, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison | 59 min |
| Sep 17, 5:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bonneville, Fremont, Madison, Teton | 51 min |
| Sep 17, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock, Oneida | 48 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.