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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2014, 3:57 PM MDT for Blaine County, Idaho. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 22, 2014, 3:57 PM MDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2014, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Blaine County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 4:05 PM MDT | HAIL 0.5 | 5 Wsw Gannett, ID | MARBLE SIZE HAIL |
| Aug 22, 4:17 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 S Bellevue, ID | FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF BELLEVUE AT 417 THIS AFTERNOON |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
810 WFUS55 KPIH 222157 TORPIH IDC013-222245- /O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0005.140822T2157Z-140822T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 357 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELLEVUE... * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * AT 355 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MAGIC CITY...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF BELLEVUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... GANNETT... BELLEVUE... 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 4349 11432 4347 11408 4323 11423 4326 11438 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 203DEG 18KT 4330 11428 $$ HEDGES
1 follow-up statement
771 WWUS55 KPIH 222220 SVSPIH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 420 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014 IDC013-222245- /O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140822T2245Z/ BLAINE ID- 420 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY... AT 418 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLEVUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... BELLEVUE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 8 7 7 1 9 3 7. && LAT...LON 4335 11420 4336 11430 4349 11427 4347 11408 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 203DEG 18KT 4341 11422 $$ HEDGES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Madison, Teton | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Blaine, Lincoln | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 7:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PIH | Bingham, Butte | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PIH | Blaine, Butte, Custer | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:08 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Custer | 82 min |
| Aug 22, 9:26 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PIH | 15 hr | |
| Aug 22, 10:48 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Blaine | 57 min |
| Aug 22, 10:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Camas | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 11:31 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Camas | 59 min |
| Aug 22, 12:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Blaine | 74 min |
| Aug 22, 12:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Franklin | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 1:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Minidoka | 83 min |
| Aug 22, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Lincoln | 54 min |
| Aug 22, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 58 min |
| Aug 22, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Blaine, Lincoln | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 3:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 82 min |
| Aug 22, 4:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Blaine, Minidoka | 15 min |
| Aug 22, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 91 min |
| Aug 22, 4:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Blaine | 19 min |
| Aug 22, 4:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PIH | Blaine, Butte | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PIH | Blaine | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 56 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.