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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

July 20, 2021Butte County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2021, 2:21 PM MDT for Butte County, Idaho. It was in force for 54 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
Jul 20, 2021, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

County Butte County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 2021-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-221 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

168 
WWUS85 KPIH 202021
SPSPIH

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
221 PM MDT Tue Jul 20 2021
 
IDZ052-068-069-202115-
Arco/Mud Lake Desert ID-Lost River Range ID-Lost River Valleys ID-
221 PM MDT Tue Jul 20 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER AND CENTRAL
BUTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT...

At 221 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Darlington, or 10 miles north of Arco, moving east at 20 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Darlington and Moore. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4369 11356 4388 11351 4382 11300 4362 11303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 274DEG 17KT 4377 11336 

$$

GK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake43 min
Jul 20, 1:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte67 min
Jul 20, 2:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia69 min
Jul 20, 2:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHPower44 min
Jul 20, 2:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCaribou24 min
Jul 20, 2:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCaribou37 min
Jul 20, 3:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBonneville55 min
Jul 20, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCaribou36 min
Jul 20, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBonneville, Teton56 min
Jul 20, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFremont, Madison51 min
Jul 20, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCaribou34 min
Jul 20, 5:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHTeton32 min
Jul 20, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHFremont25 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.