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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 5, 2021Twin Falls County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2021, 6:03 PM MDT for Twin Falls County, Idaho. It was in force for 27 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 5, 2021, 6:03 PM MDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

County Twin Falls County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Elko, NV at 00:00Z on 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 340 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Elko, NV at 00:00Z on 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

568 
WWUS85 KPIH 060003
SPSPIH

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
603 PM MDT Thu Aug 5 2021

IDZ056-060030-
Southern Hills/Albion Mountains-
603 PM MDT Thu Aug 5 2021

The very northern end of the Badger Creek fire burn scar has 
received 0.20 to 0.35 inches of rain. Please use caution as some 
areas that are more saturated may cause a flash flood. 

Excessive rainfall over the burn scar could result in debris flow. 
The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose 
materials.

LAT...LON 4233 11428 4233 11429 4234 11428 4241 11429
      4242 11426 4242 11418 4235 11421 4231 11428

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TW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham44 min
Aug 5, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCuster47 min
Aug 5, 6:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte41 min
Aug 5, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHBannock, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Custer and 1 more37 min
Aug 5, 7:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHJefferson47 min
Aug 5, 7:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHClark, Fremont38 min
Aug 5, 8:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHJefferson28 min
Aug 6, 2:09 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHPower51 min
Aug 6, 7:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBingham27 min
Aug 6, 8:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBear Lake, Franklin49 min
Aug 6, 10:16 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCamas44 min
Aug 6, 11:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCuster48 min
Aug 6, 12:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBlaine66 min
Aug 6, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHButte43 min
Aug 6, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBonneville, Jefferson, Madison, Teton40 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.