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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Pocatello, ID

October 7, 2021Cassia County, Power County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 2021, 4:41 PM MDT for Cassia County, Power County, Idaho. It was in force for 34 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, 4:41 PM MDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cassia County, ID, Power County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.

732 
WUUS55 KPIH 072241
SVRPIH
IDC031-077-072315-
/O.NEW.KPIH.SV.W.0024.211007T2241Z-211007T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Power County in southeastern Idaho...
  East central Cassia County in southeastern Idaho...

* Until 515 PM MDT.

* At 441 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
  Malta, moving east at 20 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Idahome.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4235 11340 4249 11341 4259 11293 4234 11287
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 261DEG 17KT 4242 11332 

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

$$

JKeyes
2 follow-up statements
557 
WWUS55 KPIH 072257
SVSPIH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
457 PM MDT Thu Oct 7 2021

IDC031-077-072315-
/O.CON.KPIH.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-211007T2315Z/
Power ID-Cassia ID-
457 PM MDT Thu Oct 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL POWER AND EAST CENTRAL CASSIA COUNTIES...

At 457 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northeast
of Malta, moving northeast at 20 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 south
central Power and east central Cassia Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4238 11330 4251 11333 4259 11293 4240 11288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 246DEG 19KT 4245 11323 

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

$$

JKeyes
878 
WWUS55 KPIH 072316
SVSPIH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
516 PM MDT Thu Oct 7 2021

IDC031-077-072325-
/O.EXP.KPIH.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-211007T2315Z/
Power ID-Cassia ID-
516 PM MDT Thu Oct 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL POWER AND EAST
CENTRAL CASSIA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

Remember, a New Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for 
Southwestern Power and East Central Cassia Counties until 545 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 4238 11330 4251 11333 4259 11293 4240 11288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 261DEG 17KT 4246 11313 

$$

JKeyes

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, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia25 min
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, 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.