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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2021, 1:18 PM MDT for Bingham County, Idaho. It was in force for 57 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
- May 2, 2021, 1:18 PM MDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
County Bingham County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 289 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1276 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 2, 3:25 AM MDT, 9 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 3:25 AM MDT, 9 hours 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 7:36 AM MDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 2, 1:18 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Pocatello ID 118 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021 IDZ054-022015- Lower Snake River Plain ID- 118 PM MDT Sun May 2 2021 ...THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINGREE DRIFTING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH 215 PM MDT... At 115 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm near Springfield, or 11 miles north of American Falls Reservoir. This storm was drifting slowly south and east with time. Wind gusts to 40 mph are possible with this storm along with brief moderate rain and occasional lightning. Locations impacted include... American Falls Reservoir, Fort Hall Buffalo Lodge, Springfield, Pingree and Sterling. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you are recreating on American Falls Reservoir, Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water during a thunderstorm. Gusty winds and choppy waves are possible. && LAT...LON 4314 11282 4319 11258 4298 11244 4291 11279 TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 344DEG 4KT 4310 11268 Huston
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 2, 7:36 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Power | 4 hr |
| May 2, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | Lincoln | 91 min |
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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.