Alert archive / Idaho / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this wind advisory at Jan 4, 2021, 2:41 AM MST for 7 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 4, 2021, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2021, 2:41 AM MST (09:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2021, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2021, 3:53 AM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Power County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
382 WWUS75 KPIH 040941 NPWPIH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pocatello ID 241 AM MST Mon Jan 4 2021 IDZ051-054-055-042200- /O.NEW.KPIH.WI.Y.0001.210105T0600Z-210105T1800Z/ Shoshone/Lava Beds-Lower Snake River Plain-Eastern Magic Valley- Including the cities of Shoshone, Richfield, Carey, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, Shelley, Fort Hall, Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, and Oakley 241 AM MST Mon Jan 4 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Southwest to west winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE....Shoshone, Richfield, Carey, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, Shelley, Fort Hall, Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, Oakley. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 11 AM MST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Crosswinds will create difficult driving conditions, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...1 TO 3 inches of snow with locally higher amounts are expected from Richfield north to Carey, with blowing snow possible in this area which may limit visibility and result in slick driving conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/pocatello
2 follow-up statements
362 WWUS75 KPIH 041914 NPWPIH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pocatello ID 1214 PM MST Mon Jan 4 2021 IDZ051-054-055-051100- /O.CON.KPIH.WI.Y.0001.210105T0600Z-210105T1800Z/ Shoshone/Lava Beds-Lower Snake River Plain-Eastern Magic Valley- Including the cities of Shoshone, Richfield, Carey, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, Shelley, Fort Hall, Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, and Oakley 1214 PM MST Mon Jan 4 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Southwest to west winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Shoshone, Richfield, Carey, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, Shelley, Fort Hall, Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, Oakley. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 11 AM MST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Crosswinds will create difficult driving conditions, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...1 TO 3 inches of snow are expected near Craters of the Moon and Arco with areas of blowing and drifting snow possible which may limit visibility and result in slick driving conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/pocatello
370 WWUS75 KPIH 051053 NPWPIH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pocatello ID 353 AM MST Tue Jan 5 2021 IDZ051-054-055-051200- /O.CAN.KPIH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210105T1800Z/ Shoshone/Lava Beds-Lower Snake River Plain-Eastern Magic Valley- Including the cities of Shoshone, Richfield, Carey, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, Shelley, Fort Hall, Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, and Oakley 353 AM MST Tue Jan 5 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have fallen below Advisory criteria with the exception of the Yale, Idahome and Malta areas. Elsewhere, west-southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph will continue through mid- morning before diminishing. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/pocatello
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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.