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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Pocatello, ID

October 7, 2021Cassia County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 2021, 2:35 PM MDT for Cassia County, Idaho. It was in force for 25 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 7, 2021, 2:35 PM MDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2021, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cassia County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 12:00Z on 2021-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

871 
WUUS55 KPIH 072035
SVRPIH
IDC031-072100-
/O.NEW.KPIH.SV.W.0022.211007T2035Z-211007T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
235 PM MDT Thu Oct 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Cassia County in southeastern Idaho...

* Until 300 PM MDT.

* At 233 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles east of
  Rogerson, or 20 miles west of Oakley Reservoir, moving east at 30
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Cassia County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4233 11428 4233 11429 4237 11429 4242 11417
      4242 11407 4246 11407 4249 11399 4225 11389
      4219 11428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 256DEG 26KT 4228 11431 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

McKaughan

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock24 min
Oct 7, 2:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock28 min
Oct 7, 2:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchPIHBear Lake, Caribou, Cassia, Franklin, Oneida33 hr
Oct 7, 2:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHCassia2 hr
Oct 7, 3:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia45 min
Oct 7, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia51 min
Oct 7, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia, Power34 min
Oct 7, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia, Power31 min
Oct 7, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHPower31 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.