Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2015, 1:56 PM MDT for Blaine County, Cassia County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 1, 2015, 1:56 PM MDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2015, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blaine County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Power County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
233 WUUS55 KPIH 011956 SVRPIH IDC013-031-077-012045- /O.NEW.KPIH.SV.W.0021.150601T1956Z-150601T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 156 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO... EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO... SOUTHWESTERN POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO... * UNTIL 245 PM MDT * AT 155 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBA...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF MALTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MALTA...LAKE WALCOTT...ROCKLAND...COLD WATER REST AREA...ELBA... YALE REST AREA...PILAR BUTTE...MASSACRE ROCKS...BRIDGE...IDAHOME AND SUBLETT RESERVOIR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4217 11366 4296 11329 4258 11280 4199 11337 TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 203DEG 12KT 4217 11343 $$ HINSBERGER
2 follow-up statements
559 WWUS55 KPIH 012017 SVSPIH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 217 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 IDC013-031-077-012045- /O.CON.KPIH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150601T2045Z/ BLAINE ID-CASSIA ID-POWER ID- 217 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE...NORTHEASTERN CASSIA AND SOUTHWESTERN POWER COUNTIES... AT 217 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MALTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MALTA...LAKE WALCOTT...ROCKLAND...COLD WATER REST AREA...YALE REST AREA...MASSACRE ROCKS AND IDAHOME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4230 11353 4291 11326 4258 11282 4217 11336 TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 203DEG 12KT 4224 11339 $$ HINSBERGER
263
WWUS55 KPIH 012037
SVSPIH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
237 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015
IDC013-031-077-012046-
/O.EXP.KPIH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150601T2045Z/
BLAINE ID-CASSIA ID-POWER ID-
237 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE...
NORTHEASTERN CASSIA AND SOUTHWESTERN POWER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
245 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4230 11353 4291 11326 4258 11282 4217 11336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 203DEG 12KT 4224 11339
$$
HINSBERGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Blaine, Cassia, Minidoka, Power | 37 min |
| May 31, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Power | 44 min |
| May 31, 6:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Fremont | 40 min |
| May 31, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Fremont | 30 min |
| May 31, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Power | 44 min |
| May 31, 7:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte, Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 31, 8:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Jefferson, Madison | 37 min |
| May 31, 9:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, Teton | 41 min |
| May 31, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, Teton | 36 min |
| May 31, 10:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, Teton | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Custer | 80 min |
| Jun 1, 5:08 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Blaine | 82 min |
| Jun 1, 10:23 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Custer | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 12:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Butte, Custer | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Blaine, Butte, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Butte, Clark | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 3:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Power | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Power | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Franklin, Oneida | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Bonneville, Jefferson, Madison | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville, Fremont, Madison, Teton | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin | 43 min |
Nearby
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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.