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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pocatello, ID
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.
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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.
- 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.
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
$$
MESSICK2 follow-up statements
204
WWUS55 KPIH 030156
SVSPIH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
756 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
IDC005-011-029-030230-
/O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161003T0230Z/
BINGHAM ID-BANNOCK ID-CARIBOU ID-
756 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM...EAST CENTRAL BANNOCK AND WESTERN CARIBOU
COUNTIES...
AT 756 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAVA
HOT SPRINGS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SODA SPRINGS...LAVA HOT SPRINGS...CHESTERFIELD RESERVOIR...SOUTHERN
BLACKFOOT RESERVOIR...CHESTERFIELD...CUTTHROAT TROUT CAMPGROUND AND
BANCROFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4249 11204 4264 11216 4308 11188 4275 11139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 240DEG 0KT 4261 11202
$$
MESSICK081
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
$$
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, 6:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Caribou | 31 min |
| Oct 2, 7:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.