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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pocatello, ID

May 30, 20206 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2020, 9:04 PM MDT for 6 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 41 min. 3 reports 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
May 30, 2020, 9:04 PM MDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2020, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Clark County, ID, Fremont County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Madison County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 9:15 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 581 N Roberts, IDMESONET STATION ROB ROBERTS.
May 30, 9:16 PM MDTTSTM WND DMGLewisville, IDTREE UPROOTED IN LEWISVILLE. LOCATION APPROXIMATED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
May 30, 9:45 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 831 S Dubois, IDMESONET STATION ITDE3 D6 - CAMAS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 297 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, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2020-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 134 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2020-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

603 
WUUS55 KPIH 310304
SVRPIH
IDC019-023-033-043-051-065-310345-
/O.NEW.KPIH.SV.W.0021.200531T0304Z-200531T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
904 PM MDT Sat May 30 2020

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Fremont County in southeastern Idaho...
  Jefferson County in southeastern Idaho...
  Northeastern Butte County in southeastern Idaho...
  Northwestern Bonneville County in southeastern Idaho...
  Northwestern Madison County in southeastern Idaho...
  Clark County in southeastern Idaho...

* Until 945 PM MDT.

* At 903 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 14 miles north of Northwest Inl to near Terreton to
  10 miles northwest of Idaho Falls, moving north at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Dubois, Menan, Roberts, Lewisville, Hamer, Spencer, Egin,
  Monteview, Plano, Small, Sage Junction, southern Saint Anthony Sand
  Dunes and Edie School.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4450 11269 4449 11266 4449 11265 4436 11212
      4398 11179 4343 11222 4384 11242 4404 11290
      4423 11286 4423 11281 4439 11281 4442 11283
      4445 11283 4448 11278 4449 11274 4450 11273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 202DEG 29KT 4406 11279 4390 11239 4355 11223 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DMH
2 follow-up statements
175 
WWUS55 KPIH 310323
SVSPIH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
923 PM MDT Sat May 30 2020

IDC023-310332-
/O.CAN.KPIH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200531T0345Z/
Butte ID-
923 PM MDT Sat May 30 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUTTE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4450 11269 4449 11266 4449 11265 4436 11212
      4398 11179 4363 11207 4363 11232 4384 11242
      4406 11254 4423 11286 4423 11281 4439 11281
      4442 11283 4445 11283 4448 11278 4449 11274
      4450 11273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 202DEG 29KT 4419 11272 4403 11231 4368 11215 

$$

IDC019-033-043-051-065-310345-
/O.CON.KPIH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200531T0345Z/
Fremont ID-Jefferson ID-Madison ID-Bonneville ID-Clark ID-
923 PM MDT Sat May 30 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT...CENTRAL JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN
MADISON...NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE AND CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES...

At 922 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 20 miles northwest of Monteview to 9 miles northwest
of Hamer to near Roberts, moving north at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Dubois, Menan, Roberts, Lewisville, Hamer, Spencer, Plano, Egin,
southern Saint Anthony Sand Dunes, Edie School, Small and Sage
Junction.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4450 11269 4449 11266 4449 11265 4436 11212
      4398 11179 4363 11207 4363 11232 4384 11242
      4406 11254 4423 11286 4423 11281 4439 11281
      4442 11283 4445 11283 4448 11278 4449 11274
      4450 11273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 202DEG 29KT 4419 11272 4403 11231 4368 11215 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DMH
328 
WWUS55 KPIH 310341
SVSPIH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
941 PM MDT Sat May 30 2020

IDC019-033-043-051-065-310351-
/O.EXP.KPIH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200531T0345Z/
Fremont ID-Jefferson ID-Madison ID-Bonneville ID-Clark ID-
941 PM MDT Sat May 30 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT...CENTRAL
JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN MADISON...BONNEVILLE AND CENTRAL CLARK
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM MDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4450 11269 4449 11266 4449 11265 4436 11212
      4398 11179 4363 11207 4363 11232 4384 11242
      4406 11254 4423 11286 4423 11281 4439 11281
      4442 11283 4445 11283 4448 11278 4449 11274
      4450 11273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 202DEG 29KT 4433 11264 4417 11223 4382 11207 

$$

DMH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 6:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHLincoln46 min
May 30, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHOneida39 min
May 30, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia, Oneida, Power29 min
May 30, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham, Power44 min
May 30, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte, Custer60 min
May 30, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBingham, Power28 min
May 30, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Bingham, Power28 min
May 30, 8:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham, Clark, Jefferson, Madison64 min
May 31, 11:13 AM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine46 hr

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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.