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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2014, 7:08 PM MDT for 4 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 14, 2014, 7:08 PM MDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2014, 7:52 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Butte County, ID, Power County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
097 WFUS55 KPIH 150108 TORPIH IDC011-013-023-077-150215- /O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0002.140815T0108Z-140815T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 708 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO... SOUTH CENTRAL BUTTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO... NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO... NORTHWESTERN POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO... * UNTIL 815 PM MDT * AT 706 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATOMIC CITY...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... ATOMIC CITY... 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. && LAT...LON 4358 11317 4345 11269 4299 11310 4309 11333 TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 212DEG 19KT 4315 11314 $$ RS
2 follow-up statements
032 WWUS55 KPIH 150125 SVSPIH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 725 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 IDC011-013-023-077-150215- /O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140815T0215Z/ BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-POWER ID-BLAINE ID- 725 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL BLAINE...NORTHWESTERN POWER...SOUTH CENTRAL BUTTE AND NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTIES... AT 718 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATOMIC CITY...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... ATOMIC CITY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 8 7 7 1 9 3 7. && LAT...LON 4358 11317 4345 11269 4299 11310 4309 11333 TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 212DEG 19KT 4323 11307 $$ RS
897 WWUS55 KPIH 150152 SVSPIH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 752 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 IDC011-013-023-077-150201- /O.CAN.KPIH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140815T0215Z/ BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-POWER ID-BLAINE ID- 752 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BLAINE...NORTHWESTERN POWER...SOUTH CENTRAL BUTTE AND NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 751 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... ATOMIC CITY... 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. && LAT...LON 4358 11317 4345 11269 4299 11310 4309 11333 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 212DEG 19KT 4335 11297 $$ RS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Blaine, Power | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 8:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 8:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 11:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock, Bonneville, Caribou | 82 min |
| Aug 15, 3:19 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham, Jefferson | 86 min |
| Aug 15, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Oneida | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 1:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Teton | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 2:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Oneida, Power | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bonneville, Teton | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Caribou | 56 min |
| Aug 15, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock | 65 min |
| Aug 15, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.