Alert archive / Idaho / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2019, 4:06 PM MDT for Bannock County, Bingham County, Caribou County, Idaho. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 2, 2019, 4:06 PM MDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2019, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Caribou County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
563
WFUS55 KPIH 022206
TORPIH
IDC005-011-029-022230-
/O.NEW.KPIH.TO.W.0002.190602T2206Z-190602T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
406 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2019
The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Caribou County in southeastern Idaho...
North central Bannock County in southeastern Idaho...
Southeastern Bingham County in southeastern Idaho...
* Until 430 PM MDT
* At 405 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northeast of Fort Hall Mount Putnam or 11 miles
northwest of Chesterfield Reservoir, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Caribou...north central Bannock and southeastern
Bingham Counties, including the following locations: Trail Creek
Campground.
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 outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4299 11192 4296 11216 4313 11225 4316 11189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 172DEG 0KT 4305 11206
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Huston2 follow-up statements
370
WWUS55 KPIH 022219
SVSPIH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
419 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2019
IDC005-011-029-022230-
/O.CON.KPIH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190602T2230Z/
Caribou ID-Bannock ID-Bingham ID-
419 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CARIBOU...NORTH CENTRAL BANNOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM
COUNTIES...
At 419 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northeast of Fort Hall Mount Putnam or 11 miles
northwest of Chesterfield Reservoir, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Trail Creek Campground.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, report it to the
National Weather Service or your local nearest law enforcement agency
who will send your report. This act may save lives of others in the
path of dangerous weather.
&&
LAT...LON 4299 11192 4296 11216 4313 11225 4316 11189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 172DEG 0KT 4305 11206
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Huston086
WWUS55 KPIH 022228
SVSPIH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
428 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2019
IDC005-011-029-022238-
/O.EXP.KPIH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190602T2230Z/
Caribou ID-Bannock ID-Bingham ID-
428 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CARIBOU...NORTH CENTRAL
BANNOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM
MDT...
The storm southeast of Blackfoot which prompted the warning has
weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of
producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to
expire. However gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with
this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4299 11192 4296 11216 4313 11225 4316 11189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 172DEG 0KT 4305 11206
$$
HustonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 7:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 7:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Caribou | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 10:04 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PIH | Cassia | 51 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bear Lake | 80 min |
| Jun 2, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bannock, Caribou, Cassia, Power | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Bonneville | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Blaine | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 4:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | Bingham, Bonneville | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 4:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Butte | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | Bonneville | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Teton | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 5:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Franklin | 48 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.