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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

June 29, 2021Bonneville County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2021, 4:59 PM MDT for Bonneville County, Idaho. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 29, 2021, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Pocatello, ID

County Bonneville County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 29, 2:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:59 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
459 PM MDT Tue Jun 29 2021

IDZ062>064-292345-
Big Hole Mountains ID-Caribou Range ID-Blackfoot Mountains ID-
459 PM MDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...CLUSTER OF WEAK THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF PALISADES MOVING SOUTHWEST
INTO THE CARIBOU HIGHLANDS THROUGH 545 PM MDT...

At 454 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of weak
thunderstorm near Palisades Reservoir, moving southwest at 30 mph.

Brief light rain, occasional lighting, and wind gusts to 40 mph are
possible with these storms as they move through Palisades Reservoir
and across the Caribou highlands through 545 PM MDT.

Locations impacted include...
Palisades Reservoir, Irwin and Grays Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If on or near Palisades Reservoir, now would be a good time to move
to shore and seek shelter until the storms pass. Gusty winds can
create hazardous waves on the lake.

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LAT...LON 4295 11163 4320 11180 4345 11105 4341 11104
      4322 11104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 063DEG 29KT 4328 11116

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.