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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Oct 2, 2016, 5:44 AM MDT for Bonneville County, Teton County, Idaho. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2016, 5:44 AM MDT (11:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2016, 6:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
Counties Bonneville County, ID, Teton County, ID
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The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 2, 3:06 AM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 3:06 AM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 5:44 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
544 AM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
IDZ019-023-021245-
UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS ID-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS ID-
544 AM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
...THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL
APPROACHING TETON VALLEY...
AT 543 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES WEST OF SWAN VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. IN ADDITON...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.
SEEK A STURDY SHELER AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4331 11151 4343 11169 4406 11106 4405 11105
4363 11104
TIME...MOT...LOC 1143Z 222DEG 31KT 4346 11150
AD/GKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2:13 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | PIH | 42 hr | |
| Oct 2, 2:27 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PIH | 42 hr | |
| Oct 2, 8:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Fremont | 45 min |
| Oct 2, 9:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 38 min |
| Oct 2, 1:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Teton | 34 min |
| Oct 2, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Clark, Fremont | 54 min |
| Oct 2, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bonneville, Teton | 57 min |
| Oct 2, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 52 min |
| Oct 2, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Butte, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Oct 2, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Franklin | 44 min |
| Oct 2, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Fremont | 48 min |
| Oct 2, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Madison | 45 min |
| Oct 2, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Oneida | 55 min |
| Oct 2, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bonneville | 45 min |
| Oct 2, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Cassia, Oneida, Power | 38 min |
| Oct 2, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Jefferson | 51 min |
| Oct 2, 5:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison | 49 min |
| Oct 2, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Jefferson, Madison | 44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.