Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Pocatello, ID

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
159 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 2015

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ACTIVE PATTERN NEXT
FEW DAYS WITH MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THIS EVENING AND AGAIN
MONDAY. UPPER LOW OFF CALIFORNIA COAST ADVANCING INTO THE REGION
WITH SHORTWAVE LIFTING THROUGH OREGON TODAY. MIX OF INSTABILITY
AND SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST RAP AND HRRR DELAY CONVECTIVE
INITIATION UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BOTH FAVORING SOUTH
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND AREAS ALONG/NEAR THE DIVIDE. MORE WIDESPREAD
CONVECTION OCCURS OVERNIGHT MAINLY MAGIC VALLEY SPREADING NORTH
INTO CENTRAL MTNS AS SFC LOW ADVECTS NORTH INTO EAST IDAHO.
HRRR/RAP FURTHER EAST WITH SFC LOW THAN GFS/NAM. STRONG SOUTHERLY
WINDS EAST OF LOW SPREADING INTO SOUTHEAST CORNER AND HAVE NUDGED
FORECAST WINDS UP SLIGHTLY IN THIS REGION. SHORTWAVE LIFTS THROUGH
EAST IDAHO ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO
MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS AHEAD OF SHORTWAVE AXIS. FOCUS SHOULD BE
OVER CENTRAL MTNS AND THEN SHIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE DIVIDE
THROUGH THE EVENING. SECONDARY BAND OF CONVECTION ALSO POSSIBLE
ALONG SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS AHEAD OF SFC COLD FRONT MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HAVE PUSHED POPS HIGHER IN THIS REGION WITH
GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN NAM/GFS. COOLER AIR MASS IN PLACE FOR
TUESDAY BUT STILL UNSETTLED. BOTH NAM/GFS SWING BROAD AREA OF
PRECIP ACROSS CENTRAL MTNS INTO DIVIDE REGION TUE AFTERNOON
THROUGH OVERNIGHT. GUIDANCE FAVORS GOOD PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS
SNAKE PLAIN WITH NAM MUCH STRONGER THAN GFS IN RESULTING WINDS.
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LAKE WIND ADVISORY BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE
BETTER CONSENSUS FROM MODELS. DMH

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. MODELS COMING IN
BETTER AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE WEST WITH
A CUTOFF LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE CALIFORNIA COAST THURSDAY.
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AS THE LOW
DEVELOPS WITH INCREASING MOISTURE TRANSPORT. MODELS BEGIN TAPPING
SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE ANDRES AND ADVANCING IT INTO OUR
SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLANDS FRIDAY. KEEPING AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE POPS
THROUGH THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. WENT
WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER DAYTIME POPS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH
INFLUENCE OF INCREASED MOISTURE TRANSPORT AHEAD OF UPPER LOW.
HINSBERGER

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.AVIATION...WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE ADVANCING INTO IDAHO THIS
AFTERNOON WHICH COULD TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING AS
LAPSE RATES INCREASE. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS ARE
AGAIN POSSIBLE. HEADING INTO THE EVENING HOURS...A WARM FRONT WILL
LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT KEEPING SHOWERS/THUNDER
CHANCES ELEVATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. HINSBERGER

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.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
504 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0502 PM     HAIL             7 W PAUL                42.61N 113.93W
05/31/2015  M0.25 INCH       MINIDOKA           ID   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BARELY REACHED THE SIZE OF PEAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
538 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 2015

IDZ017-021-022-010015-
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY ID-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ID-
LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN ID-
538 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 2015

...HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AFFECTING
SOUTHWESTERN BINGHAM...LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE...WESTERN
CASSIA...NORTHWESTERN POWER AND MINIDOKA COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT...

AT 534 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SHOSHONE TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINIDOKA TO NEAR LAKE
WALCOTT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER STORMS EXTEND BACK
TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO TWIN FALLS COUNTY.

HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANYONE OUT ON LAKE WALCOTT NEEDS
TO FIND A SAFE PLACE NOW!

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...LAKE
WALCOTT...OAKLEY RESERVOIR...
PAUL...OAKLEY...RICHFIELD...DECLO...MINIDOKA...
DIETRICH...INTERSTATE 84 AND 86 JUNCTION...KIMAMA AND YALE REST AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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LAT...LON 4224 11428 4242 11429 4242 11407 4251 11407
      4254 11393 4276 11393 4277 11405 4281 11405
      4281 11435 4285 11438 4285 11456 4318 11433
      4328 11327 4281 11297 4249 11341 4213 11396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 215DEG 24KT 4285 11448 4294 11362 4260 11341

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