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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

August 6, 2021Bingham County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 7:33 AM MDT for Bingham County, Idaho. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2021, 7:33 AM MDT (13:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 8:00 AM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
30

County Bingham County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 6, 7:36 AM MDTHAIL 0.72 E Chubbuck, IDHAIL UP TO DIME SIZE REPORTED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 579 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
579 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

434 
WWUS85 KPIH 061333
SPSPIH

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
733 AM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
 
IDZ054-058-062-061400-
Marsh and Arbon Highlands ID-Blackfoot Mountains ID-
Lower Snake River Plain ID-
733 AM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Caribou, north central Bannock, south central Bonneville and
southeastern Bingham Counties through 800 AM MDT...

At 733 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fort Hall Mount Putnam, or 12 miles west of Chesterfield Reservoir,
moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Pocatello, Chesterfield Reservoir, northern Blackfoot Reservoir,
Chubbuck, Inkom, Portneuf Gap, Fort Hall Mount Putnam, Fort Hall
Putnam Lodge, Cutthroat Trout Campground and Trail Creek Campground.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4274 11233 4295 11251 4329 11170 4305 11152
TIME...MOT...LOC 1333Z 240DEG 49KT 4293 11220 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

GK

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, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHTwin Falls27 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.