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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 5:09 PM MDT for Bonneville County, Idaho. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 7, 2016, 5:09 PM MDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2016, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
County Bonneville County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 2:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:14 AM MDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1114 AM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016 IDZ025-071815- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION ID- 1114 AM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016 ...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH FOR SOUTHEASTERN BEAR LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM MDT... AT 1113 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONTPELIER TO NEAR GARDEN CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MONTPELIER...BEAR LAKE IDAHO PORTION...SAINT CHARLES...DINGLE... PARIS...BLOOMINGTON...GENEVA...FISH HAVEN...OVID...BERN...LIBERTY... BORDER SUMMIT...PEGRAM AND GENEVA SUMMIT. 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. IF ON OR NEAR BEAR LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM. && LAT...LON 4200 11149 4234 11146 4240 11105 4200 11105 TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 261DEG 15KT 4232 11140 4200 11141 VALLE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:47 PM MDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1247 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016 IDZ024-025-071915- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION ID-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION ID- 1247 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016 ...DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AFFECTING SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM MDT... AT 1247 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRESTON...FRANKLIN...DAYTON...WESTON...CLIFTON... RIVERDALE AND WHITNEY. LAT...LON 4200 11202 4218 11200 4221 11177 4200 11174 TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 216DEG 36KT 4206 11190 VALLE
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:59 PM MDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1259 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016 IDZ020-071930- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN ID- 1259 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016 ...HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AFFECTING SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND NORTH CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM MDT... AT 1259 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UCON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RIGBY...LORENZO...UCON...RIRIE...ARCHER...HEISE AND THORNTON. LAT...LON 4349 11186 4360 11202 4379 11189 4366 11162 TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 225DEG 37KT 4359 11186 VALLE
Local storm report, Aug 7, 1:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
135 PM MDT SUN AUG 07 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0134 PM HAIL SSW CHALLIS 44.50N 114.23W
08/07/2016 E0.50 INCH CUSTER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORT FROM CHALLIS ESTIMATED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH
HAIL ONGOING AT THIS TIME.
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RSURVICKLocal storm report, Aug 7, 2:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 9:58 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou and 14 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:08 AM MDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PIH | 16 hr | |
| Aug 7, 11:14 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 11:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 12:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Caribou | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 12:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Franklin | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 12:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 2:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bear Lake | 37 min |
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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.