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Wind Advisory 26, NWS Pocatello, ID
NWS Pocatello, ID issued this wind advisory at Oct 27, 2021, 2:24 AM MDT for 10 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Oct 27, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2021, 2:24 AM MDT (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 27, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pocatello, ID
Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Power County, ID
The radar
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
694 WWUS75 KPIH 270824 NPWPIH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pocatello ID 224 AM MDT Wed Oct 27 2021 IDZ051-052-054-055-272300- /O.NEW.KPIH.WI.Y.0026.211027T1800Z-211027T2300Z/ Shoshone/Lava Beds-Arco/Mud Lake Desert-Lower Snake River Plain- Eastern Magic Valley- Including the cities of Shoshone, Richfield, Carey, Mud Lake, INL, Craters of the Moon NM, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, Shelley, Fort Hall, Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, and Oakley 224 AM MDT Wed Oct 27 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...West winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...The lower Snake River plain, the eastern Magic Valley, the Shoshone and Lava Beds area, and the Arco and the Mud Lake Desert. This includes Blackfoot, Shelley, Fort Hall, Pocatello, American Falls, Rupert, Burley, and Oakley. * WHEN...From noon today to 5 PM MDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Unsecured objects may be blown around. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Localized areas of blowing dust caused by bare soil agricultural fields may reduce visibility suddenly, without warning, while traveling highways and interstates, making driving hazardous this afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/pocatello Messick
1 follow-up statement
602 WWUS75 KPIH 272249 NPWPIH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pocatello ID 449 PM MDT Wed Oct 27 2021 IDZ051-052-054-055-280000- /O.EXP.KPIH.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-211027T2300Z/ Shoshone/Lava Beds-Arco/Mud Lake Desert-Lower Snake River Plain- Eastern Magic Valley- Including the cities of Shoshone, Richfield, Carey, Mud Lake, INL, Craters of the Moon NM, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, Shelley, Fort Hall, Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, and Oakley 449 PM MDT Wed Oct 27 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... Winds have dropped to below advisory levels, but will be rather brisk through sunset. The wind advisory will be allowed to expire at 5 pm. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/pocatello
Nearby
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.