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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2016, 8:17 PM MDT for 4 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 21 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, 8:17 PM MDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2016, 8:38 PM MDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bingham County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Teton County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
638
WFUS55 KPIH 030217
TORPIH
IDC011-019-029-081-030315-
/O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0005.161003T0217Z-161003T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
817 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
EAST CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
SOUTHERN TETON COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL CARIBOU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...
* UNTIL 915 PM MDT
* AT 817 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR BLACKFOOT RESERVOIR. THE TORNADIC STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SWAN VALLEY...BLACKFOOT RESERVOIR...NORTHERN PALISADES RESERVOIR...
IRWIN...HENRY AND GRAYS LAKE.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA 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 4278 11160 4292 11191 4361 11133 4347 11104
4335 11104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 030DEG 0KT 4294 11169
$$
MESSICK1 follow-up statement
741
WWUS55 KPIH 030238
SVSPIH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
838 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
IDC011-019-029-081-030248-
/O.CAN.KPIH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161003T0315Z/
BONNEVILLE ID-BINGHAM ID-TETON ID-CARIBOU ID-
838 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BONNEVILLE...EAST CENTRAL
BINGHAM...SOUTHERN TETON AND NORTH CENTRAL CARIBOU COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER LARGE AMOUNTS
OF HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4278 11160 4292 11191 4361 11133 4347 11104
4335 11104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 030DEG 0KT 4294 11169
$$
MESSICKThe 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, 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, 8:51 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.