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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Aug 23, 2014, 1:02 PM MDT for Bear Lake County, Caribou County, Idaho. It was in force for 27 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 23, 2014, 1:02 PM MDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2014, 1:29 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bear Lake County, ID, Caribou County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 1:04 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Nw Soda Springs, ID | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC NW OF SODA SPRINGS. |
| Aug 23, 1:04 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Wsw Soda Springs, ID | PEA SIZE HAIL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
867 WFUS55 KPIH 231902 TORPIH IDC007-029-232000- /O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0008.140823T1902Z-140823T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 102 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BEAR LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO... SOUTHERN CARIBOU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SODA SPRINGS... * UNTIL 200 PM MDT * AT 1254 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF SODA SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... SODA SPRINGS... CONDA... 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 4267 11126 4243 11144 4265 11186 4281 11174 TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 299DEG 9KT 4269 11169 $$ HUSTON
1 follow-up statement
222 WWUS55 KPIH 231929 SVSPIH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 129 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014 IDC007-029-231939- /O.CAN.KPIH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140823T2000Z/ BEAR LAKE ID-CARIBOU ID- 129 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CARIBOU AND NORTHWESTERN BEAR LAKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 129 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 8 7 7 1 9 3 7. && LAT...LON 4267 11126 4243 11144 4265 11186 4281 11174 TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 299DEG 9KT 4265 11160 $$ HUSTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 7:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 7:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 8:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 54 min |
| Aug 22, 8:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia, Minidoka | 43 min |
| Aug 23, 12:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 85 min |
| Aug 23, 12:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Caribou | 82 min |
| Aug 23, 1:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 1:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Franklin | 61 min |
| Aug 23, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Franklin | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 1:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake | 51 min |
| Aug 23, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Franklin | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 2:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake | 65 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.