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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 2, 2021Bannock County, Bingham County, Power County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2021, 6:54 PM MDT for Bannock County, Bingham County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 2, 2021, 6:54 PM MDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Power County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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
Aug 2, 7:03 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 60Pocatello, ID
Aug 2, 7:13 PM MDTFUNNEL CLOUDN Pocatello, ID
Aug 2, 7:31 PM MDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Pocatello, ID

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

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

344 
WUUS55 KPIH 030054
SVRPIH
IDC005-011-077-030130-
/O.NEW.KPIH.SV.W.0013.210803T0054Z-210803T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
654 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Bannock County in southeastern Idaho...
  Northeastern Power County in southeastern Idaho...
  Southern Bingham County in southeastern Idaho...

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 654 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pocatello
  Airport, or near Pocatello, moving southeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, American Falls Reservoir,
  Chubbuck, Firth, Fort Hall Buffalo Lodge, Rose, Fort Hall Eagle
  Lodge, Fort Hall Lincoln Creek Lodge, Fort Hall Townsite, Fort Hall
  Bannock Creek Lodge, Pocatello Airport, Fort Hall Putnam Lodge,
  Groveland, Wapello and Trail Creek Campground.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4289 11290 4332 11225 4320 11180 4263 11276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 323DEG 49KT 4294 11258 

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

TW
2 follow-up statements
917 
WWUS55 KPIH 030114
SVSPIH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
714 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

IDC005-011-077-030130-
/O.CON.KPIH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210803T0130Z/
Bannock ID-Power ID-Bingham ID-
714 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BANNOCK...NORTHEASTERN POWER AND SOUTHERN BINGHAM
COUNTIES...

At 711 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Portneuf Gap,
or 9 miles southeast of Pocatello, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...gusts of 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph wind.

SOURCE...Radar indicated up to 60 mph. Recorded observation of 49 
         mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, American Falls Reservoir,
Chubbuck, Firth, Fort Hall Buffalo Lodge, Rose, Fort Hall Eagle
Lodge, Fort Hall Lincoln Creek Lodge, Fort Hall Townsite, Fort Hall
Bannock Creek Lodge, Pocatello Airport, Fort Hall Putnam Lodge,
Groveland, Wapello and Trail Creek Campground.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4289 11290 4332 11225 4320 11180 4263 11276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 323DEG 49KT 4275 11238 

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

TW
382 
WWUS55 KPIH 030128
SVSPIH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
728 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

IDC005-011-077-030138-
/O.EXP.KPIH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210803T0130Z/
Bannock ID-Power ID-Bingham ID-
728 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BANNOCK...
NORTHEASTERN POWER AND SOUTHERN BINGHAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730
PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits, and has mostly exited the warned area. Therefore, the 
warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4289 11290 4332 11225 4320 11180 4263 11276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 323DEG 49KT 4267 11230 

$$

TW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMinidoka69 min
Aug 2, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham47 min
Aug 2, 7:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock, Power79 min
Aug 2, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMadison55 min
Aug 2, 8:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCaribou, Oneida35 min
Aug 3, 4:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine, Butte, Custer2 hr
Aug 3, 5:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine73 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.