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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 2, 2021Caribou County, Oneida County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 8:10 PM MDT for Caribou County, Oneida County, Idaho. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 2, 2021, 8:10 PM MDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Caribou County, ID, Oneida County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 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, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

894 
WWUS85 KPIH 030210
SPSPIH

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
810 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
IDZ057>063-030245-
Franklin/Eastern Oneida Region ID-Bear Lake Valley ID-
Bear River Range ID-Marsh and Arbon Highlands ID-Caribou Range ID-
Raft River Region ID-Blackfoot Mountains ID-
810 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CARIBOU...EASTERN ONEIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN BANNOCK...SOUTHEASTERN POWER...NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND
NORTHWESTERN BEAR LAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM MDT...

At 806 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of thunderstorm 
and outflows near Lava Hot Springs, moving southeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Moderate 
rain is occurring with a few of these thunderstorms as well. Brief 
ponding of water is possible. 

Locations impacted include...
Soda Springs, Malad, McCammon, Lava Hot Springs, Blackfoot Reservoir,
Swanlake, Grace, Downey, Arimo, Thatcher, Henry, Pleasantview, Cherry
Creek Rest Area, Virginia, Chesterfield, Holbrook Summit, Clifton,
Oxford, Hawkins Reservoir and Samaria.

LAT...LON 4200 11235 4224 11271 4302 11177 4291 11109
      4200 11214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 305DEG 49KT 4270 11197 

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TW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMinidoka69 min
Aug 2, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham47 min
Aug 2, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Bingham, Power36 min
Aug 2, 7:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock, Power79 min
Aug 2, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHMadison55 min
Aug 3, 4:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine, Butte, Custer2 hr
Aug 3, 5:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPIHBlaine73 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.