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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 4, 2021Clark County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2021, 3:59 PM MDT for Clark County, Idaho. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 4, 2021, 3:59 PM MDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Clark County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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
Jun 4, 4:29 PM MDTHAIL 0.259 Nw Small, ID
Jun 4, 4:37 PM MDTHAIL 0.76 Nnw Small, IDCORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 6 NNW SMALL. DIME-SIZED HAIL. 45-50 MPH WIND GUSTS. VERY HEAVY RAIN FOR 5 MINUTES.
Jun 4, 4:37 PM MDTHAIL 76 Nnw Small, IDDIME-SIZED HAIL. 45-50 MPH WIND GUSTS. VERY HEAVY RAIN FOR 5 MINUTES.

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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 318 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

327 
WUUS55 KPIH 042159
SVRPIH
IDC033-042245-
/O.NEW.KPIH.SV.W.0003.210604T2159Z-210604T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
359 PM MDT Fri Jun 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Clark County in southeastern Idaho...

* Until 445 PM MDT.

* At 359 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 20 miles northwest
  of Dubois, moving east at 25 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...
  Spencer, Edie School, Small and Humphrey. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4423 11206 4416 11276 4436 11279 4446 11241
      4445 11239 4447 11237 4452 11216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 253DEG 20KT 4430 11261 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Huston
2 follow-up statements
445 
WWUS55 KPIH 042226
SVSPIH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
426 PM MDT Fri Jun 4 2021

IDC033-042245-
/O.CON.KPIH.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210604T2245Z/
Clark ID-
426 PM MDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...

At 425 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles west of
Spencer, or 14 miles northwest of Dubois, moving east at 25 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...
Spencer, Edie School, Small and Humphrey. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4423 11206 4418 11259 4440 11263 4446 11241
      4445 11239 4447 11237 4452 11216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 253DEG 20KT 4434 11241 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Huston
636 
WWUS55 KPIH 042246
SVSPIH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
446 PM MDT Fri Jun 4 2021

IDC033-042255-
/O.EXP.KPIH.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210604T2245Z/
Clark ID-
446 PM MDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However small 
hail and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. 
Spotters in the path of this storm reported dime-sized hail and 
brief heavy rain along with wind gusts of 45-50 mph.

LAT...LON 4423 11206 4418 11259 4440 11263 4446 11241
      4445 11239 4447 11237 4452 11216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 253DEG 20KT 4436 11233 

$$

Huston

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 1:25 PM MDTLake Wind AdvisoryPIHBannock, Bingham, Power32 hr
Jun 4, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHClark51 min
Jun 4, 3:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia49 min
Jun 4, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia22 min
Jun 4, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHClark39 min
Jun 4, 4:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia50 min
Jun 4, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia50 min
Jun 4, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia52 min
Jun 4, 4:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHClark51 min
Jun 4, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFremont59 min
Jun 4, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHOneida65 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.