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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pocatello, ID

October 2, 2016Bannock County, Bingham County, Caribou County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2016, 7:34 PM MDT for Bannock County, Bingham County, Caribou County, Idaho. It was in force for 43 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, 7:34 PM MDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2016, 8:17 PM MDT
In force
43 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), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2016-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 161 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2016-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

377 
WFUS55 KPIH 030134
TORPIH
IDC005-011-029-030230-
/O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0004.161003T0134Z-161003T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
734 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
  EAST CENTRAL BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
  WESTERN CARIBOU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT
    
* AT 734 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  OVER LAVA HOT SPRINGS. THE TORNADIC STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SODA SPRINGS...LAVA HOT SPRINGS...CHESTERFIELD RESERVOIR...SOUTHERN
  BLACKFOOT RESERVOIR...CHESTERFIELD...CUTTHROAT TROUT CAMPGROUND 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 MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4249 11204 4264 11216 4308 11188 4275 11139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 240DEG 0KT 4261 11202 

$$

MESSICK
2 follow-up statements
204 
WWUS55 KPIH 030156
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
756 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

IDC005-011-029-030230-
/O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161003T0230Z/
BINGHAM ID-BANNOCK ID-CARIBOU ID-
756 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM...EAST CENTRAL BANNOCK AND WESTERN CARIBOU
COUNTIES...
    
AT 756 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAVA
HOT SPRINGS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SODA SPRINGS...LAVA HOT SPRINGS...CHESTERFIELD RESERVOIR...SOUTHERN
BLACKFOOT RESERVOIR...CHESTERFIELD...CUTTHROAT TROUT CAMPGROUND 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 MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4249 11204 4264 11216 4308 11188 4275 11139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 240DEG 0KT 4261 11202 

$$

MESSICK
081 
WWUS55 KPIH 030217
SVSPIH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
817 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

IDC005-011-029-030227-
/O.CAN.KPIH.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161003T0230Z/
BINGHAM ID-BANNOCK ID-CARIBOU ID-
817 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM...EAST CENTRAL
BANNOCK AND WESTERN CARIBOU COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4249 11204 4264 11216 4308 11188 4275 11139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 240DEG 0KT 4261 11202 

$$

HUSTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham40 min
Oct 2, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham, Power36 min
Oct 2, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock32 min
Oct 2, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou33 min
Oct 2, 6:44 PM MDTTornado WarningPIHBannock, Bingham, Caribou31 min
Oct 2, 7:09 PM MDTTornado WarningPIHBingham, Bonneville, Caribou51 min
Oct 2, 8:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHTeton23 min
Oct 2, 8:17 PM MDTTornado WarningPIHBingham, Bonneville, Caribou, Teton21 min
Oct 2, 8:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHTeton39 min
Oct 2, 9:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHOneida40 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.