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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2016, 6:44 PM MDT for Bannock County, Bingham County, Caribou County, Idaho. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2016, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2016, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Caribou County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 6:55 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Chesterfield, ID | HAIL RANGED FROM GUMBALL TO GOLF BALL IN SIZE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
397
WFUS55 KPIH 030044
TORPIH
IDC005-011-029-030115-
/O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0002.161003T0044Z-161003T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
644 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
EASTERN BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
NORTHWESTERN CARIBOU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
* AT 644 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESTERFIELD...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF CHESTERFIELD
RESERVOIR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLACKFOOT RESERVOIR...CHESTERFIELD RESERVOIR...CHESTERFIELD AND
BANCROFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4264 11197 4277 11214 4311 11177 4292 11151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 224DEG 32KT 4276 11199
$$
HUSTON1 follow-up statement
868
WWUS55 KPIH 030114
SVSPIH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
714 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
IDC005-011-029-030121-
/O.EXP.KPIH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161003T0115Z/
BINGHAM ID-BANNOCK ID-CARIBOU ID-
714 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM...EASTERN BANNOCK AND
NORTHWESTERN CARIBOU COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. REMEMBER...A
TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
BONNEVILLE...EAST CENTRAL BINGHAM AND NORTH CENTRAL CARIBOU
COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 4264 11197 4277 11214 4311 11177 4292 11151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 224DEG 32KT 4276 11199
$$
HUSTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 6:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham | 40 min |
| Oct 2, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bingham, Power | 36 min |
| Oct 2, 6:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock | 32 min |
| Oct 2, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou | 33 min |
| Oct 2, 7:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou | 51 min |
| Oct 2, 7:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Caribou | 43 min |
| Oct 2, 8:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Teton | 23 min |
| Oct 2, 8:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou, Teton | 21 min |
| Oct 2, 8:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Teton | 39 min |
| Oct 2, 9:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Oneida | 40 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.