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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2015, 1:08 AM MDT for Bannock County, Idaho. It was in force for 37 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 5, 2015, 1:08 AM MDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2015, 1:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
County Bannock County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
402 WWUS85 KPIH 050708 SPSPIH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 108 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015 IDZ021-023-050745- LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN ID-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS ID- 108 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015 ...SOUTH CENTRAL BINGHAM AND NORTH CENTRAL BANNOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM MDT... AT 105 AM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PORTNEUF GAP AND SCOUT MOUNTAIN AREA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY...DRIFTING NORTH TOWARDS POCATELLO WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POCATELLO...CHUBBUCK...INKOM...FORT HALL BUFFALO LODGE...FORT HALL PUTNAM LODGE...FORT HALL TOWNSITE...PORTNEUF GAP AND FORT HALL EAGLE LODGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4276 11223 4275 11246 4311 11258 4312 11217 TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 180DEG 0KT 4284 11235 $$ RS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:04 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Oneida | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:41 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Cassia, Power | 94 min |
| Jun 5, 1:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Custer | 84 min |
| Jun 5, 1:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Caribou | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 2:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake, Bonneville, Caribou | 93 min |
| Jun 5, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Clark, Custer | 111 min |
| Jun 5, 4:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PIH | Blaine, Custer | 3 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Idaho, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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.