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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pocatello, ID

October 7, 2021Bannock County, Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2021, 2:02 PM MDT for Bannock County, Idaho. It was in force for 28 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
Oct 7, 2021, 2:02 PM MDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2021, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
40

County Bannock County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 2021-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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 2021-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

179 
WWUS85 KPIH 072002
SPSPIH

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
202 PM MDT Thu Oct 7 2021
 
IDZ058-062-072030-
Marsh and Arbon Highlands ID-Blackfoot Mountains ID-
202 PM MDT Thu Oct 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Caribou, northeastern Bannock, east central Power and southeastern
Bingham Counties through 230 PM MDT...

At 201 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over 
Inkom, or 8 miles north of McCammon, moving northeast at 20 to 25 
mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 35 to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Eastern Pocatello, McCammon, Chesterfield Reservoir, Inkom, Portneuf
Gap, Fort Hall Mount Putnam, Chesterfield, Bancroft and Mink Creek
Pass.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4260 11237 4276 11249 4313 11193 4276 11167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 240DEG 49KT 4276 11225 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

TW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHBannock24 min
Oct 7, 2:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchPIHBear Lake, Caribou, Cassia, Franklin, Oneida33 hr
Oct 7, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia25 min
Oct 7, 2:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPIHCassia2 hr
Oct 7, 3:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHCassia45 min
Oct 7, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia51 min
Oct 7, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia, Power34 min
Oct 7, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPIHCassia, Power31 min
Oct 7, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPIHPower31 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.