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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 29, 2016Cassia County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2016, 1:59 PM MDT for Cassia County, Idaho. It was in force for 26 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 29, 2016, 1:59 PM MDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2016, 2:25 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cassia County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2016-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

852 
WUUS55 KPIH 291959
SVRPIH
IDC031-292045-
/O.NEW.KPIH.SV.W.0013.160629T1959Z-160629T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
159 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 159 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELBA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MALTA...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MALTA...BRIDGE...IDAHOME...SUBLETT RESERVOIR AND YALE REST AREA. 

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 4205 11341 4216 11360 4254 11340 4232 11301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 217DEG 22KT 4217 11347 

$$

DMH
1 follow-up statement
535 
WWUS55 KPIH 292025
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
225 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016

IDC031-292035-
/O.CAN.KPIH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160629T2045Z/
CASSIA ID-
225 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4205 11341 4216 11360 4254 11340 4232 11301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 217DEG 22KT 4230 11334 

$$

DMH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHClark64 min
Jun 29, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFremont57 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.