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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 27, 2020Cassia County, Oneida County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2020, 7:46 PM MDT for Cassia County, Oneida County, Idaho. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2020, 7:46 PM MDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2020, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cassia County, ID, Oneida County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2020-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2020-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
602 PM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020

IDZ062-063-280045-
Caribou Range ID-Blackfoot Mountains ID-
602 PM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CARIBOU AND
SOUTHEASTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT...

At 601 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Wayan, moving northeast at 45 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Palisades Reservoir and eastern Grays Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4302 11140 4313 11150 4334 11105 4308 11104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 240DEG 37KT 4309 11135

McKaughan
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:40 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
740 PM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020

IDZ056-057-059-280230-
Franklin/Eastern Oneida Region ID-Raft River Region ID-
Southern Hills/Albion Mountains ID-
740 PM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ONEIDA AND
SOUTHEASTERN CASSIA COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM MDT...

At 739 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles north of Park Valley, or 22 miles south of Malta, moving east
at 45 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Juniper, Stone, Sweetzer Summit and Bridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 4207 11356 4231 11279 4200 11260 4199 11353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 256DEG 40KT 4199 11342

McKaughan
Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:46 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
746 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0744 PM     HAIL             11 SSW BRIDGE           42.00N 113.44W
06/27/2020  E1.00 INCH       CASSIA             ID   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBonneville43 min
Jun 27, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia29 min
Jun 27, 7:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHOneida50 min
Jun 27, 10:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBear Lake, Franklin, Oneida31 min
Jun 27, 11:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMadison63 min
Jun 28, 4:53 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHPower37 min
Jun 28, 5:18 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHOneida57 min
Jun 28, 5:34 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock41 min
Jun 28, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake48 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.