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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

October 2, 2016Bonneville County, Teton County, Idaho

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

The outline as issued.

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

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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 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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In the hours before

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 2:13 AM MDTWind AdvisoryPIH42 hr
Oct 2, 2:27 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPIH42 hr
Oct 2, 8:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHFremont45 min
Oct 2, 9:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte38 min
Oct 2, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHTeton34 min
Oct 2, 3:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHClark, Fremont54 min
Oct 2, 3:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBonneville, Teton57 min
Oct 2, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham52 min
Oct 2, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHButte, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson50 min
Oct 2, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFranklin44 min
Oct 2, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFremont48 min
Oct 2, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMadison45 min
Oct 2, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHOneida55 min
Oct 2, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBonneville45 min
Oct 2, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia, Oneida, Power38 min
Oct 2, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBingham, Bonneville, Jefferson51 min
Oct 2, 5:11 PM MDTTornado WarningPIHClark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison49 min
Oct 2, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBingham, Bonneville, Jefferson, Madison44 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.